Nicoletta Maraschio


Nicoletta Maraschio is an academic teacher of "History of Italian Language" at University of Florence. She has been the first women in charge of Accademia della Crusca, from 2008 to 2014, succeeded to Francesco Sabatini.

Biography

Born in Pavia in 1946, Maraschio graduated from the University of Florence where she had began 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.
Since 2001 she has been the main editor of "L'italiano in pubblico" in cooperation with Sergio Raffaeli.

Main works