Martha Witt is a professor of creative writing at William Paterson University. She is the author of the novel Broken as Things Are (Henry Holt, 2004; Picador, 2005). Her short fiction has appeared in several national and international literary journals and anthologies. In collaboration with Mary Ann Frese Witt, she translated Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author (Italica Press, 2013) and Henry IV (Italica Press, 2016), as well as Grazia Deledda’s Ivy (Italica Press, 2019). Grazia Deledda's Dance of the Necklace, also translated in collaboration with Maryann Witt, is forthcoming from Italica Press this year. 

Mary Ann Frese Witt is professor emerita of Italian, French, and Comparative Literature at North Carolina State University.  Her books includeExistential Prisons (Duke University Press, The Search for Modern Tragedy: Aesthetic Fascism in Italy and France (Cornell University Press), and Metatheater and Modernity: Baroque and Neo-baroque (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press).  In addition to the translations in collaboration with Martha Witt, she translated Pirandello's novel Suo Marito (Her Husband) (Duke University Press) with Martha King.

Martha Witt è docente di scrittura creativa alla William Paterson University. È l'autrice del romanzo Broken as Things Are (Henry Holt, 2004; Picador, 2005). I suoi racconti sono stati pubblicati in diverse riviste e antologie letterarie nazionali e internazionali. In collaborazione con Mary Ann Frese Witt, ha tradotto Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore di Luigi Pirandello (Italica Press, 2013) ed Enrico IV (Italica Press, 2016), oltre a Ivy di Grazia Deledda (Italica Press, 2019). La Danza della Collana di Grazia Deledda, tradotta anche in collaborazione con Maryann Witt, è di prossima uscita questo mese sempre pubblicata da Italica Press.

Mary Ann Frese Witt è professoressa emerita di letteratura italiana, francese e comparata alla North Carolina State University. I suoi libri includono Existential Prisons (Duke University Press, The Search for Modern Tragedy: Aesthetic Fascism in Italy and France (Cornell University Press) e Metatheater and Modernity: Baroque and Neo-baroque (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). Oltre alle traduzioni in collaborazione con Martha Witt, ha tradotto con Martha King il romanzo di Pirandello Suo Marito (Suo Marito) (Duke University Press)