Nicoletta Maraschio is an academic teacher of "History of Italian Language" at University of Florence.
She was the first woman in charge of Accademia della Crusca, from 2008 to 2014, succeeding Francesco Sabatini.
Born in Pavia in 1946, Maraschio graduated from the University of Florence where she had begun her academic career as a professor in the Literature department.
She has also been a visiting professor in the United States and in several European universities.
She is married to Paolo Caretti, professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Florence.