Simona Wright is professor of Italian at The College of New Jersey, where she directs the Italian program. She holds a Laurea in German literature from Ca’ Foscari University (Venice, Italy) and a PhD in Italian Literature from Rutgers University. Her publications include a monograph on Italo Calvino, Calvino neobarocco (Longo 1998), several articles on Italian Women Writers, Contemporary Italian Poetry, Postcolonial literature and cinema, and Giacomo Leopardi.
