Monika Lustig

Monika Lustig (born 1953 in Karlsruhe) studied philosophy and German at Heidelberg University. In 1979 she moved to Italy, where she worked as a language teacher in schools and universities, as an editor and literary agent, and as a translator; on Elba, she founded the Studio Fiore Blu language school. In 1993 she published a commissioned biography of the anti-mafia prosecutor Leoluca Orlando. As a translator, she has rendered works by authors including Leonardo Sciascia, Andrea Camilleri, Marcello Fois and Simonetta Agnello Hornby into German. Her translations received grants from the German Literature Fund and the Friends of Literary and Scientific Translators. In 2019 she founded Edition CONVERSO – Mediterrane Sprachwelten. She also spent a period working as a farmer in Sardinia.