Laura LiberaleLaura Liberale is a professor, poet, novelist, editor, and translator. She was born in Turin in 1969, lives in Padua, and is currently a Creative Writing teacher in Padua and Este and holds seminars on Culture and Philosophy of India at the Institutefor the Study of Yoga and Eastern Culture in Turin. Her essays include "I mille nomi di Gangā" (The Thousand Names of Gangā, 2003) and "I Devīnāmastotra hindū. Gli inni purānici dei nomi della Dea" (The Hindu Devīnāmastotra. The Puranic Hymns and the Name of the Goddess, 2007). Liberale's novels are Tanatoparty (Death-Party, 2009), Madreferro (Mother-Iron, 2012), and Planctus (2014). She also authored a short collection, Père-Lachaise. Racconti dalle tombe di Parigi (Père-Lachaise. Stories from Paris Graves, 2014), and her short fiction appeared in the anthology, Sogni senza frontier. Racconti di vite migrant (Dreams Without Borders. Stories of Migrant Lives, 2013). Her poetic works include Sari. Poesie per la figlia (Sari. Poems for my Daughter, 2009), Ballabile terreo (Livid Dance Song, 2011, Mazzacurati-Russo Prize), La disponibilità della nostra carne (The Availability of Our Flesh, 2017, Lorenzo Montano Prize), and Unità stratigrafiche (Stratigraphic Unities, 2021, finalist, Premio Napoli). Her poems have been published in journals and anthologies, such as Einaudi's Nuovi poeti italiani 6 (New Italian Poets 6, 2012). Liberale is the editor of the collection of Italian fiction, Italia Felix (Ratio et Revelatio), and is a member of Santiago, a cultural project for independent writers and artists. Read More Read Less