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Poems by Marisa De Franceschi
Translated by Maria Cristina Seccia
After graduating with a BA (2007) and MA degree (2009) in
Translation Studies at the University of Udine (Italy), Maria Cristina
Seccia started a PhD in Translation Studies in 2009 at Bangor
University (Wales), where she also works as a Graduate Teaching
Assistant in Italian. Her PhD project consists of the translation into
Italian of Caterina Edwards’ novel The Lion’s Mouth (1984) and a
critical and theoretical commentary. It aims to show how it is important
for the translator to preserve the hybridity of such a source
text in which the author’s Italian origins are deeply reflected both
from a cultural and linguistic point of view.
Marisa De Franceschi is the author of Surface Tension (Guernica,
1994), the short story collection Family Matters (Guernica,
2001) and editor of the anthology, Pillars of Lace (Guernica, 1998).
Her short stories, articles and book reviews have appeared in a
variety of publications including, Canadian Author & Bookman,
Pure Fiction and Accenti Magazine. Random Thoughts, a collection of
poetry and prose sketches, was recently published by Longbridge
Books, Montreal.