Cristina Vezzaro holds a Master's Degree in Translation from the University of Geneva (1994). She has translated German, French and English fiction, non-fiction, poetry and theatre plays into Italian

(among others Ulrich Peltzer, Kathrin Röggla, Sherko Fatah, Fouad Laroui, Aldo Naouri, René Pollesch, Sophie Daull,

Wolf Wondratschek, Ulrike

Draesner, Antje Rávik Strubel, Demian Lienhard, Christine Vescoli, Iris Wolff).

In 2013, L’esteta radicale by the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle recipient Fouad Laroui was awarded the Premio Alziator in her translation.