Maurizia Balmelli is a Swiss-born literary translator, currently residing in Paris. She has translated a number of notable works from English and French into Italian, including works by Sally Rooney, Aleksandar Hemon, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Mary Gaitskill, J. M. G. Le Clézio, Emmanuel Carrère, and others. She has won several awards for her translations, including the Swiss Special Prize for Translation, the Gregor von Rezzori Prize and the Terra Nova Prize.