Daria Galateria is an Italian writer and professor.

Biography edit

Daria Galateria was born in Rome, Italy, in 1950. She graduated in Literature at the Sapienza University of Rome with a thesis on monologue in Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry. She has taught French Literature and Language at the Sapienza University of Rome since 1975.[1] Over the years her research has focused in particular on the female memoir. She also edited the first Italian commented edition of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.[2]

In 1996 she was awarded the "Grinzane Cavour" for the book "Fughe dal re Sole".[3] In 2005 she was nominated Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

She hosted two cultural programs for Rai Radio 2 and Rai Radio 3, called Alle 8 della sera and Spazio Tre, respectively.[4] She collaborates with Il Manifesto, La Repubblica[5] and L'Espresso[6] since 1990.

Selected bibliography edit

  • Breton, Mursia, 1977.
  • Parigi 1789, Sellerio, 1989. (title translation: Paris 1789)
  • Il tè a Port-Royal, Sellerio 1995. (title translation: Tea at Port-Royal)
  • Fughe dal re Sole, Sellerio, 1996. (title translation: Escape from the Sun King)
  • Scritti galeotti, Erirai, 2000. (title translation: Papers from prison)
  • Entre nous, Sellerio, 2002. (title translation: Between us)
  • Mestieri di scrittori, Sellerio, 2007. (title translation: Jobs of writers)

Galateria edited the Italian translation of 29 works by foreign authors:

References edit

  1. ^ "University La Sapienza of Rome". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  2. ^ About the italian translation of "In search of Lost Time"
  3. ^ Grinzane Cavour Award
  4. ^ ""Alle otto di sera"". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  5. ^ Galateria's articles from "LaRepubblica.it"
  6. ^ "Galateria's articles from "L'Espesso"". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-07-16.