Parma, 1943 – Parma, 2024
She studied ‟Civiltà e lingue straniere moderne” (Culture and Modern Foreign Languages) at the University of Parma. She was systematically engaged in writing. She authored ‟Perna et Parma, una biografia del prosciutto” (Parma, 1990), dedicated to the history of prosciutto, and ‟Se l’anima batte le mani e canta. Itinerari mediterranei” (If the Soul Claps Its Hands and Sings: Mediterranean Itineraries, Edizioni della Battaglia, Florence 1999). Her texts have also appeared in collective volumes. Her painting was realistic, revealing her interest in descriptive precision. Her works are held in museums in Italy (Museo del Prosciutto di Parma, Langhirano) and Greece (Gallery of Kontias), as well as in private collections. In 1982 she participated in the group of “rebel” artists who founded the “Colletivo Yannis Ritsos” in Parma, Italy. They spent their summers in Lemnos, presenting cultural and musical events. In 2025, one year after her death, a two-day event titled ‟Alda Tacca – Anima libera” was organized in Karpasi, Lemnos. It showcased her artistic and literary work, the history of the group’s activities, and her theatrical reading ‟The Vasilopita,” dedicated to Theodoros Angelopoulos.