2025-10-01
Giovanna Paterniti – Translator of the Month
Our Translator of the Month for October is Giovanna Paterniti from Italy. She holds a Master’s degree in Scandinavian Language and Literature from Università Statale di Milano, where she later worked for ten years as a lecturer in the subjects Translation Theory and Practice from the Scandinavian Languages and Scandinavian Linguistics.
For more than twenty years, Giovanna has dedicated herself to translating and promoting contemporary Norwegian literature. Among the authors she has translated are Lars Saabye Christensen, Axel Hellstenius, Jostein Gaarder, Erlend Loe, Åsne Seierstad, Kjell Ola Dahl, Maja Lunde, and Aslak Nore.
