Nicola is a London-based literary/academic translator (from Italian and French). His native language is Italian, he has a British education and has lived and worked in Italy, France and the UK. He has translated works by Italian early XXth century authors C. Malaparte and G. D’Annunzio, and philosophy articles by L. Renault and K. S. Ong Van Cung (from French). When he is not translating, he loves reading, writing and sports. He is founding partner and managing editor of a sports statistics website www.greatestsportingnation.com. Professional qualifications and experience: member of English PEN and assessor in Italian for PEN Translates; member of the Emerging Translators Network, London; English and French reader for Bompiani publishers, Italy; business translations: he collaborates with several agencies to earn his daily bread; Education: BA in Politics & Economics, Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford (1982).