“I lived a thousand lives, journeying from place to place, from house to house and then from heart to heart.
My possessions were precious, as they told of my identity.
My history was scattered and I had to remind myself of it,
but I always loved coffee
and the stains it left in my books…”
The author
Stefania
Lucchetti
Stefania Lucchetti is the author of several books of poetry and essays in both Italian and English.
Born in 1975 in Italy, she saw her first poem published at the age of 13 while living in the US. After the diploma at the liceo classico Alighieri in Gorizia and juris doctorate from the Catholic University of Milan, she embarked on a career as a multiqualified lawyer in the field of international commercial law in Milan, London and Hong Kong, without ever ceasing to write.
She is a member of the prestigious Italian Poetry Org.
