I have devoted myself to photography and poetry after several decades of research, teaching, and publishing in the fields of

political theory and language instruction (see Daniela Gobetti’s page at Amazon.com). I have become bilingual in Italian

and in English thanks to forty years spent in the United States. I love philosophy, languages and images: for me, conceptual,

verbal, and visual images belong in the same universe as I attempt to bring them in close conversation, whether I am taking a

photograph or writing a poem.

I hold a Laurea in Filosofia Politica from the University of Turin, the city where I was born in 1952. I moved to New York in 1979,

where I did a Ph.D. in Political Science at Columbia University. I taught Political Theory and managed a Center for European

Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I also became a translator and writer of books for learners of Italian. I moved to

Milan in late 2021, and back to Turin in January 2024. I divide my time between Turin and Gressoney St. Jean, in the Aosta Valley,

among my beloved mountains.

My photographic work has been awarded prizes in international competitions and has been shown in solo and group shows in

Italy, the United States, Switzerland and, most recently, France and Switzerland again, as you can see on the Awards page.

Click here to see my CV.

When I lived in Milan I discovered - a marvelous stroke of luck! - a group of women poets who founded an association, Apriti

Cielo! thirteen years ago. They generously welcomed me with open arms. Their core activity takes place in La stanza della poesia,

where we meet to read other poets with whom we open a conversation which inspires our own work, published as our Quaderni.

More recently we edited a volume, which includes both our work and that of other poets, entitled, È meglio pace - Lemmi in tempo

di guerra, Edizioni paginauno, 2025.