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ItalianFORDUMmIES2ND‰EDITION

ItalianFORDUMmIES2ND‰EDITIONby Teresa Picarazzi, Francesca Romana Onofri,and Karen Möller

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About the AuthorsTeresa Picarazzi graduated with a BA from Skidmore College and an MA/PhD in Italian Literature from Rutgers University. For many years she taughtItalian language, literature, and culture at several universities, including TheUniversity of Arizona, Wesleyan University, and Dartmouth College. She alsodirected the Italian language and study abroad programs at some of these.For the past six years, she has taught Italian at The Hopkins School in NewHaven, Connecticut.In her spare time, Teresa likes to cook and read. She lives in Fairfield,Connecticut, with her daughter, her husband, Toby the dog, and Mittensand Governor the cats. The family spends every summer in Ravenna, Italy.After her university studies in linguistics and Spanish and English languageand literature, Francesca Romana Onofri lived several years abroad to betterher understanding of the cultures and languages of different countries. InSpain and Ireland she worked as an Italian and Spanish teacher, as well asa translator and interpreter at cultural events. In Germany she was responsible for communication and special events in a museum of modern art, buteven then she never gave up on her passion for languages: She was an Italiancoach and teacher at the Opera Studio of the Cologne Opera House, and didtranslations — especially in the art field. Back in Italy, Francesca has editedseveral Berlitz Italian books and is working as a translator of art books, aswell as a cultural events organizer and educator.Karen Möller is currently studying Italian and English linguistics, literature, and culture. Before entering academia, Karen worked in the field ofpublic relations and wrote articles for all kinds of fashion magazines andnewspapers. Recently she has had occasion to work with Berlitz Publishingon German-Italian projects, including verb, vocabulary, and grammar handbooks, and Italian exercise books.

DedicationI would like to dedicate this book to my parents, Mary and Domenico.—Teresa PicarazziAuthor’s AcknowledgmentsI would like to thank my husband Giancarlo and daughter Emilia for theirpatience and support while I was working on this book, and my students,present and past, for their curiosity and love for all things Italian. I wouldalso like to thank the people at Wiley for making this book come true: acquisitions editor Michael Lewis for contacting me; project editor Susan Hobbs forcarefully guiding me step by step through the process, and technical editorsAlicia Vitti and Christiana Thielmann for making me look at some aspects ofItalian language and culture through a different lens.—Teresa Picarazzi

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