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Alastair McEwen was born in Scotland in 1950.

Aged twenty-six, he hitch-hiked to Italy and, like all barbarians before him, he was immediately seduced by il Bel Paese, where he remains to this day. Unlike other barbarians, however, he didn’t destroy anything.

For almost ten years he taught English and History in a private school in Milan, the city where he still lives and works.

After quitting teaching, he started working as a literary translator and – so far – he has translated about ninety books, plus a large number of essays, poems, screenplays, librettos and so on.
Alastair has worked with some of Italy’s best known writers, including Umberto Eco, Barrico, Busi, Jaeggy, Tabucchi, Veronesi and Roberto Calasso.
In addition, he has written  for Italian and American newspapers.

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