ANNA FRESU

She is a director, author, theater actress, translator and scholar of African literature. She was born in La Maddalena, Sardinia. She moved to Rome in 1964 where she graduated from the Linguistic Lyceum and graduated in Literature and Philosophy at La Sapienza University. She has attended numerous theater courses, including the Teatro Studio, participating in the creation of the Spaziozero theater and collaborating with various directors and musicians. She is president of the cultural associations "Il Cerchio dell'Incontro" that promotes education for peace and development through workshops and theater shows and for which she has written and directed numerous shows that have participated in festivals and theater festivals in several Italian cities, and of "Writings of Africa" ​​which promotes knowledge of African literature and migration. In 1975 she worked in Portugal as a cultural mediator. From 1977she lived in Mozambique where she taught and directed the National Theater School, making many shows. She has created and directed, with the director and journalist Mendes de Oliveira, the "Department of Cinema for Children and Youth", making several films that have won international awards.