Francesco attended the translation school Civica Scuola Altiero Spinelli in Milan, where he graduated as literary translator from Dutch and English into Italian. He has been working with several Italian publishers (Adelphi, Iperborea, Bompiani, Rizzoli, Mondadori, ADD) and with the prestigious magazine Internazionale, translating the works of Dutch and Flemish authors. He is deeply in love with the Flemish city of Ghent and would love to run a sub-3-hour marathon.