Veronica Orazi

Veronica Orazi (Florence 1966), PhD in Ibero-Romance Philology, has taught at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the University of Bologna and the University of Siena. She is currently Full Professor of Spanish Literature and Catalan Language and Literature at the University of Turin. She is the Director of the Rivista Italiana di Studi Catalani, co-director of the series 'Bibliotheca Iberica' and a corresponding member of the "Institut d'Estudis Catalans" in Barcelona. She was awarded the Premi crítica Serra d'Or de catalanística (2000) and the Premio Città di Monselice per la traduzione letteraria - Sezione Leone Traverso (2002). In 2015 she received the Menció de la Delegació del Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya a Itàlia for her activity in promoting Catalan culture. Since 2015 he has directed the international research project "Glocal Perspectives in Iberian Studies". Her research interests focus on the study of medieval and contemporary Spanish and Catalan literature and on the Italian translation of Spanish and Catalan literature.

Publications

Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing Through Bibliotherapy
Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing Through Bibliotherapy
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Vicent Martines Peres, Veronica Orazi. © 2025. 320 pages.
In a world that's constantly on the move and full of stress, finding ways to take care of our mental health can be a challenge. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting our lives...
Managing Pandemic Isolation With Literature as Therapy
Managing Pandemic Isolation With Literature as Therapy
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Vicent Martines, Veronica Orazi. © 2023. 281 pages.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people had to cope with isolation due to lockdown policies that forced them to engage in fewer social activities. People were confined to the...
August Bover, “El contagi” (2021): Pandemic, Isolation, and the Therapeutic Power of Poetry
August Bover, “El contagi” (2021): Pandemic, Isolation, and the Therapeutic Power of Poetry
Veronica Orazi. © 2023. 23 pages.
In November 2021, August Bover (Barcelona 1949) published the collection of poems El Contagi. His previous poetic works include En pèlag d'amor (1999); L'hivern sota el...
Jordi Casanovas' #Coronavirusplays: Spanish and Catalan Micro-Theatre Within the Framework of the Project COVID-19 LiTraPan
Jordi Casanovas' #Coronavirusplays: Spanish and Catalan Micro-Theatre Within the Framework of the Project COVID-19 LiTraPan
Veronica Orazi. © 2022. 20 pages.
The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 and the diffusion of the COVID-19 disease had and still has a huge impact on the world's population. The pandemic has also psychological...
Teatre Lliure, En Procés: Theatre Meets Politics
Teatre Lliure, En Procés: Theatre Meets Politics
Veronica Orazi. © 2021. 12 pages.
En Procés is a project resulting from the collaboration between Lluís Pasqual and Joan Yago. They invited 11 Catalan playwrights to compose as many short plays on the facts...