Bianca Pitzorno

She studied archaeology and classical literature and then began a career producing programs for television.

Later, she worked on the children's television series L'albero azzurro [it] ("The blue tree").

[2] Her books have been translated into many languages including French, German, Spanish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Korean and Japanese.

[5] She has translated into Italian works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Sylvia Plath, David Grossman, Tove Jansson and Soledad Cruz Guerra.

She also helps provide Cuban literature translated into Italian to youth in Italy.