Franco La Cecla was born and raised in Sicily. He studied Humanities and Anthropology under the guidance of Carlo Doglio, Giorgio Raimondo Cardona, and Ivan Illich. He has taught anthropology at several universities in Italy and abroad, including Catania, Bologna, Milan, Berkeley, Barcelona, Geneva, Paris, and Algiers.
He is the author of numerous essays and books, including Perdersi, l’uomo senza ambiente (Meltemi), Il malinteso, antropologia dell’incontro (Meltemi), Mente locale (Eleuthera), Modi bruschi, antropologia del maschio (Eleuthera), Convincere Dio, note sul pregare (Einaudi), L’ottimismo del dragone, viaggio in Vietnam (Treccani), and Compassione, un’antropologia politica (Castelvecchi). Together with Francesca Nicola, he edited the anthropology textbook Culture in viaggio for Zanichelli.
He has collaborated with the artist Virgilio Sieni in the creation of the choreography Gitanjali in Delhi (2025). He currently teaches “Anthropology of Fashion” at IULM University in Milan.
