Igiaba Scego was born in Rome to a family of Somali ancestry. She holds a PhD in education on postcolonial subjects and has done extensive academic work in Italy and around the world. The Italian edition of The Color Line won the Premio Napoli, and her memoir La mia casa e dove sono was awarded Italy's prestigious Mondello Prize. Scego received the Viareggio-Versilia International Award in 2021. Her novels include Beyond Babylon and Adua. Scego is a frequent contributor to "La Lettura," literary supplement to Corriera della sera, and to the magazines Internazionale and Confronti. She also coedited the anthology Africana.
