Nikrooz Hosseini was born in Karaj, Iran, on July 11, 1976, to an Iranian father and an Italian mother. He moved to Florence, Italy in March 1980. He graduated in 2007 from the University of Florence in Japanese language and literature with a translation of a text from 930 D.C. After working for a while as librarian at Gabinetto G. P. Vieusseux (Florence), he postgraduated from the Master in Informatica del testo ed Edizione elettronica in 2010.

Nikrooz Hosseini

He has been collaborating with MICC as web developer on Drupal platform for the FIRB project VIVIT which connects MICC and the Accademia della Crusca for the creation of a web portal aimed at second/third generation Italians living abroad, concerning several aspects of Italian history, language and culture.