Mario Petrucci

Mario Petrucci
BornMario Petrucci
Lambeth, London, UK
OccupationPoet, physicist, ecologist
NationalityBritish / Italian
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, University College London, Middlesex University
GenrePoetry, Science, Education
Website
mariopetrucci.com

Mario Petrucci (born 1958) is a British-Italian poet, literary translator, educator and broadcaster. He was born in Lambeth, London and trained as a physicist at Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge, later completing a PhD in vacuum crystal growth at University College London. He is also an ecologist, having a BA in Environmental Science from Middlesex University.[1] Breaking with his early scientific career, Petrucci increasingly focussed on his literary projects, becoming the first poet to be resident at the Imperial War Museum[2] and with BBC Radio 3.[3][4][5]

Petrucci has utilised poetry and film in a variety of educational, cultural and community settings so as to deepen public (and academic) engagement with human conflict, environmental issues and science, whilst also encouraging a more vital exploration of personal and historic memory.[6] He has actively used the media to disseminate his poetry, and his broadcasting experience includes BBC radio’s Kaleidoscope, London Nights, Sunday Feature, Night Waves, The Verb and the BBC World Service, as well as BBC TV.[7]

  1. ^ "Poetry International (archival page)". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Poetry by the Imperial War Museum Poet-in-Residence, Mario Petrucci, 1999". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ "BBC – Listen Up! – New Music and Writing". BBC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 3 (Petrucci)". Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Comma Press biography (archived page)". Archived from the original on 30 April 2017.
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  7. ^ "Petrucci biography". literature.britishcouncil.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.