Benedetta Craveri

lives in Rome, Paris and Naples, where she teaches French literature at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University. Her books published by Adelphi include Madame du Deffand e il suo mondo (1982), La civiltà della conversazione (2001), Amanti e regine (2005), Maria Antonietta e lo scandalo della collana (2006) and Gli ultimi libertini (2016). She is a member of the administrative council of Fondazione Benedetto Croce in Naples and of the scientific council of the Joseph Brodsky cultural association. She has been a member of the Accademia dei Lincei since August 2016. In 2017 she received the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca-Institut de France. She writes for the culture section of la Repubblica.