A professor of Italian studies, translator, literature scholar, and lectures at the University of Warsaw. She translates Magris, Tabucchi, Croce, Eco, Madieri and Orizio, and is herself the author of numerous publications, including Włochy w czasach romantyzmu (Italy in the time of Romanticism, with Anna Tylusińska, 2004), and Scritture del Novecento – saggi e appunti (2008), and co-author and editor of Historia literatury włoskiej w XX wieku (A history of Italian literature in the 20th century, 2001). She is also the recipient of many awards, including the prestigious Premio Internazionale Flaiano (2002), the Zaiks prize for translation (2005), and the Paweł Hertz translators’ prize (2012). She is also a member of the international Premio Alassio jury.