Una Padovana a Cracovia: il ricordo di Nelly Nucci (1901–1940) nell’insegnamento e nella diffusione della lingua italiana presso l’Università Jagellonica

From Padova to Krakow: reminiscences of Nelly Nucci (1901–1940) as Italian language teacher and promoter at the Jagiellonian University The purpose of the article is to analyse life as well as literary works and years of teaching Italian in Poland of Nelly Nucci, an Italian lecturer at the Jagiellonian University for almost a decade. The analysis of the above mentioned aspect is based on documents from archives and journalism from this period, which allows us to get to know the activity of the person, who with time became a Polish language and literature professor in Italy. This article presents also her scientific activities which embraces both Polish and Italian literature and leads to consolidation of relations between the two countries. The article is a rememberance of prof. Nucci’s works, nowadays unfairly forgotten nevertheless representing an important stage of development of Italian studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.