The Team

Luisa Pèrcopo  was born in Melbourne and grew up trilingual in Cagliari, Sardinia. She holds a Laurea in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Cagliari, a Doctorate in Comparative Languages and Cultures of the English Speaking World from the University of Bologna and a PhD in English/Australian Studies from Kings College London.

Her current research interests are on photography and travel writing, world and Italian cinema, the literatures and cultures of islands, the Mediterranean as a post-colonial space, autobiographies by ethnic minority Australians and the Italian ‘diasporas’. She has published articles and essays on these topics in both edited collections of essays and refereed journals.

Luca Paci has a PhD in Philosophy and works as a poet, translator and lecturer. Among his works the translation of La Ragazza Carla  by Elio Pagliarani,  essays on Benedetto Croce,  Carmelo Bene, and Cesare Pavese.  In English he published The Fine Line with poet Juergen Gebrsezgabiher, the video poem London Trip-tych with Luke Heeley and took part on Poets on Pasolini for the BFI. He has organized a number of poetry and literary events in London and Italy. He is currently teaching at Swansea University.