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Eloisa Morra - about

© Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation

© Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation, 2019

Eloisa Morra is an Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Toronto. She holds a BA and MA from the Scuola Normale Superiore and a PhD from Harvard.

She is the author of Accendo la luce e divento me stessa. Florine Stettheimer (Electa 2025), La lente di Gadda (Electa 2024), Poetiche della Visibilità (Carocci, 2023) and Un allegro fischiettare nelle tenebre. Ritratto di Toti Scialoja (Quodlibet, 2014, Edinburgh Gadda Prize). Her latest exhibition projects include Calvino cantafavole (Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2023) and Pino Pascali Toti Scialoja. Confluenze (Kursaal Santalucia, 2024).

She is a contributing writer at Il Sole 24 ore and The European Review of Books. For all writing inquiries, please contact Grandi&Associati.