Fabrizia Ramondino was born in Naples in 1936 and moved to the island of Majorca that same year after her father was named Italian consul . She was raised on this small Spanish island until she was eights years old . For the rest of her life , she lived in different countries , including France , Germany , and Italy . Her travels also took her to China , Quebec , Australia and the Sahara . Ramondino spent many years in Naples which is the culture she relates to most in her writing . During her time in Naples , Ramondino volunteered as a teacher at the Associazione Risveglio Napoli school . She obtained a degree in languages at Naples Eastern University . She also worked as a French teacher at multiple state schools . She was a political and a social activist for Centro di Coordinamento Campano , " a small organisation of the new left which worked primarily with the urban unemployed and poor agricultural labourers " . Ramondino gave birth to her first daughter in Naples . These different cultures that she has been faced with throughout her life shape and inspire every piece of Ramondino 's work . In 1944 , Ramondino returned to Naples . She lived in France from 1948 to 1950 , then she returned to Naples . From 1954 to 1956 , Ramondino lived in Germany . She returned to Italy , living in Naples and Rome before going back to Naples in 1960 . She received a degree in languages from the Istituto Universitario Orientale . Between 1966 and 1984 , she taught French . She left Naples for Itri after the earthquake in 1980
earthquake in 1980
1980 Irpinia earthquake
Fabrizia Ramondino