Elettra Pauletto

Biography

Elettra Pauletto is a writer and a translator of French and Italian literature. She divides her time between Italy and western Massachusetts. Her next translated book, Volga Blues: A Journey into the Heart of Russia, by Marzio Mian, is forthcoming (Norton, 2026).

Elettra Pauletto headshot.

See Work

REPORTING / Summer 2025

The Hottest Border

By Marzio G. Mian ,  Translation by Elettra Pauletto ,  Photography by Alessandro Cosmelli

There is no mistaking those paw prints. They’re from a bear—no doubt about it. Tom and his patrol partner, Kersti, often spot the animal on the monitor during their night shifts. From their command center in Piusa, in southern Estonia...

Russian river shore from the port of Narva-Jõesuu, on the Narva River. Narva-Jõesuu, Estonia, March 2025.