Paola Brusasco

Paola Brusasco holds a PhD in English Studies and has taught English Language and Translation as a fixed-term lecturer at the University of Turin (Italy). Her main research interests are Post-colonial Studies and Translation Studies. She has published a number of articles, mainly, but not exclusively, on Sri Lankan writing in English with particular focus on issues of identity, human rights, and child soldiers in works by M. Ondaatje, R. Gunesekera, C. Muller, Shobasakthi, and has translated into Italian both classics (e.g. E. Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, R. L. Stevenson’s Olalla) and works by contemporary authors such as J. Clement, C. Davidson, and R. Banks.