Paolo Nelli is an experienced teacher and an author. He graduated from Università di Padova with a master’s in clinical psychology (1994). He has taught Italian language and culture at various institutions, including the University of Art in London and he joined King's College London in 2008. He is currently Lecturer in Italian Language Education. As an author, he has published novels and collections of short stories in Italian. He is deeply involved in the Italian cultural scene in the UK, collaborating with various institutions including the Italian Cultural Institute London. He is the co-founder of FILL (Festival of Italian Culture in London) where he has produced several events and podcasts. In addition to Italian and English, he is fluent in French and, as a great lover of Greek culture, he is learning Modern Greek. Literature, art, architecture and cinema are an integral part of his professional life and nourish the planning of the courses he teaches.

Selected Publications

NOVELS

• Sindrome da assicuratore (Insurer's syndrome), La Nave di Teseo, 2024
• Il terzo giorno (The third day), La Nave di Teseo, 2020
• Trattato di economia affettiva (Treatise on the Economy of Feeling), La Nave di Teseo, 2018
• Golden Boot (Medea’s Boots), Roma, Fazi publisher, February 2012.
• Mio marito Francesca (Francesca, my husband), Milan, Sironi publisher, 2004.
• Short stories.
• Dialogo sull’amore? (About love?), Milan, Sironi publisher, 2002.
• La fabbrica di paraurti (The bumper’s factory), Rome, Derive Approdi, 1999.

 

PODCASTS IN ENGLISH

• The Italian files, 2023: Seven conversations with experts on lesser-known topics of Italian culture, society and history. Written with other members of FILL production
• The fifth siren, 2022: Series of five episodes on Venice environmental history, ecological risks and the future of the city.

 

TRANSLATIONS

• Filippo Devivo, Informazione e comunicazione a Venezia, Feltrinelli, 2012. Information & Communication in Venice, Oxford University Press, 2007. From English into Italian.

• Il naufragio della Querina (The Querina’s shipwreck), Roma, Nutrimenti, 2007. From ancient Venetian into modern Italian.
• A letter for me, Rome, Giunti in collaboration with Save the Children, 2005. Children's book. Translation from Italian into English.