ANTONELLA SIMONELLI MATHUR is an Italian writer, translator, and editor. In India, she found the right environment to explore her quest for spirituality and became a Buddhist in the Tibetan tradition, moving to Dharamshala. She is a member of the Dharamsala Writers Group, has written for Tibet House, and is an editor for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). She has been living in India since 1977 after graduating in Hindi Language and Literature from the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Venice.