I am a Ph.D. student in Italian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US). I lived in Florence but currently I live in Turin.
After graduating from the University of Turin, I taught Italian and Latin in high schools. Since 2016 I have been the artistic director of the “Pinerolo Poesia” festival, in Pinerolo (Italy).
I published a book of poetry: La danza degli aironi (2024).

Moreover, I have been playing the Bluegrass banjo since 2015, with my Italian band (The Trivettes Bluegrass Brothers) and within the Carolina Bluegrass Band (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
Recently I got started studying the clarinet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel in a more "human" way, to discover new cultures through real people, to broaden my sense of the world.

Interests

I love reading (poetry, ancient and modern literature) and writing, teaching, hiking, getting lost in the cities...
As a scholar, my research interests include 20th/21st Italian Literature, Italian Contemporary Poetry, Environmental Humanities.
In my second life of musician, I play piano, banjo 5 strings (bluegrass), a little bit of Arabic oud, and guitar.
I like traveling, definitely, meeting people, exploring different cultures!

• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• hiking
• mountains
• art
• cinema
• nature
• research
• bluegrass
• banjo
• university
• phd

Music, Movies, and Books

I would say New OrleansJazz, Bluegrass, Blues, classical (I studied classical piano for many years), songwriting, folkmusic, Arabic and eastern music.

Books and movies...We could talk about that if we get together :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States