Alessandre
Lavagnino

Alessandra Lavagnino was born in Naples in 1927, and grew up in Rome where she graduated in Biology. Her postgraduate research was partly carried out in Palermo, where she has lived ever since, teaching at the University, working on the campaign to eradicate malaria, and becoming Associate Professor of Parasitology. She is married with two children and two grandchildren, and continues to make frequent visits to Rome. Some of her most important writing has appeared in the years since she retired from academic life.