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Art of Loving Italy

Art of Loving Italy

Art & Beauty are all around us.

Awards & Honors, Pomp & Circumstance

Meeting Sophia Loren and speaking with her in Italian & receiving a handwritten letter from her!

Meeting Sophia
Sophia’s Letter

Dreaming Sophia
Winner of Reader Views
2018 Literary Fiction

Award FIRST PLACE

Waking Isabella
Winner of Reader Views
2019 Literary Fiction Award SECOND PLACE

Eternally Artemisia Featured Book
of the Month (April 2019) Women’s Writers

Book Presentations in Italy 2018
Rome, Montepulciano, Arezzo

Book Presentation Arezzo Italy 2019

Studentessa Matta Blog
Awarded Best Resource to Learn Italian

Studentessa Matta Blog
Ranked Top 100 Language Lovers Blogys by Bab.La/Lexiophiles

Top Language Lovers 2017

In previous years the site was also Awarded
and Recognized as a Top Language Learning Blog
bab.la | Lexiophiles.com Top Language Learning Blogs in World: 
2010 – Top 100 Language Blogs
2011 Top 100 Language Blogs
2012 #22 out of 100 Top Blogs
2013 #6 Twitter Feed & #8 Language Blog
2014 Twitter Feed Nominated

Guest Speaker at the
Italian Institute in San Francisco 2017

Italy Magazine Blogging Awards

2014 Italy Magazine Blogger Awards – Studentessa Matta Blog was shortlisted in the Category BEST: Art & Culture Blog AND Awarded the BEST SINGLE POST: ART & Culture

2013 Italy Magazine Blogger Awards – Studentessa Matta Blog was awarded in the Category of “Best Art & Culture Blog”

Voice of Italy

Voice of Italy @I_am_Italy twitter feed (2014) (the rotation curation Twitter project for Italy). February 9-16 2014 – Week 58: Mattia project coordinator writes: “Melissa, I have to say it was a really interesting week! I liked the variety of your comments! The week has come to an end, but this does not mean the end of the collaboration, you can continue interacting with the page, the project and spreading the word! We’ll continue following you @italiamelissa, for sure! Do the same, folks! 🙂

Interviews with Melissa

Radio Interview with Cher Hale about how Melissa went Matta for Italian

Eternally Artemisia & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

Waking Isabella & Melissa Muldoonwith Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

Dreaming Sophia & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

Interview for INSPIRERY (2015) Melissa Muldoon – Chief Creative for Studentessa Matta Language Learning

Interview for IdeaMensch (2015) Melissa Muldoon – La Studentessa Matta

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Who has read, Waking Isabella? Let's take a look a Who has read, Waking Isabella? Let's take a look at her:

Available on Amazon.  Link in bio. 

Waking Isabella is a story about uncovering hidden beauty that, over time, has been lost, erased, or suppressed. It also weaves together several love stories as well as a few mysteries. Nora, an assistant researcher, is a catalyst for resolving the puzzle of a painting that has been missing for decades. Set in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town, the plot unfolds against the backdrop of the city’s antique trade and the fanfare and pageantry of its medieval jousting festival. While filming a documentary about Isabella de’ Medici—the Renaissance princess who was murdered by her husband—Nora begins to connect with the lives of two remarkable women from the past. Unraveling the stories of Isabella, the daughter of a fifteenth-century Tuscan duke, and Margherita, a young girl trying to survive the war in Nazi-occupied Italy, Nora begins to question the choices that have shaped her own life up to this point. As she does, hidden beauty is awakened deep inside of her, and she discovers the keys to her creativity and happiness. It is a story of love and deceit, forgeries and masterpieces—all held together by the allure and intrigue of a beautiful Tuscan ghost.

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La parola del giorno: la Fiaba / le Fiabe Cappucc La parola del giorno: la Fiaba / le Fiabe

Cappuccetto Rosso e Cenerentola sono fiabe. 

"Ma tu credi ancora alle fiabe che ti racconta tuo fratello?"

Un alto uso di fiaba: "Fits like a glove." Questo vestito ti sta una fiaba! #fiaba #italianvocabulary #Italianimmersion #studentessamatta #learnItalian
Happy Monday! Today, I am sharing a snippet from m Happy Monday! Today, I am sharing a snippet from my book, Waking Isabella. It's a great day for a new book!
Link in bio.

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Snow in Austin! Snow in Austin!
è stato molto divertente pubblicare una parola de è stato molto divertente pubblicare una parola del giorno durante il mese di dicembre. Quindi ho deciso di continuare la abitudine! 
Ecco la parola del giorno per questo venerdì, l'8 2021: Pizza da asporto = takeaway pizza.
Chi va di fretta o non vuole rinunciare alla pizza di qualità anche a casa propria, potrà telefonare e passare a ritirare la sua pizza da asporto in pochi minuti. #learnitalian #studentessamatta #studyinItaly #Italianimmersion #Italianword #vocabolarioitaliano

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