Katia Pizzi

Katia Pizzi è Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies presso l’Institute of Modern Languages Research (in precedenza Germanic & Romance Studies) della University of London – School of Advanced Study. Ha pubblicato cinque monografie e numerosi articoli e capitoli di volumi sulla letteratura e sulla cultura italiana. I suoi interessi di ricerca includono la letteratura nell’Italia nord-orientale (in particolare Trieste), le avanguardie storiche, la cultura popolare, la letteratura e l’illustrazione per l’infanzia. Ha curato recentemente il volume Pinocchio, Puppets and Modernity (New York-London, Routledge, 2011), premiato nel 2012 dalla Children’s Literature Association. Si occupa attualmente dei rapporti tra avanguardia futurista, scienza e tecnologia.

Katia Pizzi is Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (formerly Germanic & Romance Studies), School of Advanced Study, University of London. She has published five books and several articles and chapters in the uk and overseas on modern Italian literature and culture, including the north-eastern borders of Italy (especially Trieste), the Modernist avant-garde, popular culture, children’s literature and illustration. Her most recently published book is Pinocchio, Puppets and Modernity (New York-London, Routledge, 2011), winner of the Children’s Literature Association prize in 2012. Her current projects include a monograph on the Futurist avant-garde movement’s engagement with science and technology.