Benedetta Mattei
THE DIARIES

Benedetta ragazza!

by Benedetta Mattei

Born in Rome on January 1, 2004, she attends the second year at the Gioberti Hotel School in Trastevere, with the goal of working as a receptionist and waitress. Among her passions are sport and theatre.

I Voted No

Benedetta Mattei • March 30, 2026

Singing My Way

Benedetta Mattei • January 30, 2026

You've Got to Give Us Work! (And Let Us Sing…)

Benedetta Mattei • December 23, 2025

Parties I Want (and Parties I Don't)

Benedetta Mattei • November 26, 2025

Lucio, Who's Never in a Hurry (and Why Stools Matter)

Benedetta Mattei • November 1, 2025

Dinner Conversation Never Gets Boring

Benedetta Mattei • September 10, 2025

Questions from a Champion

Benedetta Mattei • September 1, 2025

Working at the Restaurant Is Always Fun

Benedetta Mattei • August 18, 2025

Better to Dance Than Rage

Benedetta Mattei • May 28, 2025

The Bride and I Both Wore White

Benedetta Mattei • February 12, 2025

I Decide to Chew on the Upper Left

Benedetta Mattei • December 18, 2024

Aunt Giuliana, Grandmother's Walker, and My Questions

Benedetta Mattei • November 26, 2024

I Wait for Dawn—Not for Scouts at Noon Mass

Benedetta Mattei • October 16, 2024

Baglioni and the Kangaroo

Benedetta Mattei • August 16, 2024

Life Is Truly Beautiful. And Here's Why

Benedetta Mattei • July 19, 2024

I Love Working as a Waitress

Benedetta Mattei • March 25, 2024

So Many New Things

Benedetta Mattei • February 19, 2024

Amen

Benedetta Mattei • December 19, 2023

Me, Myself

Benedetta Mattei • December 2, 2023

At Baglioni's Concert, Which Doesn't Feature Tozzi

Benedetta Mattei • September 22, 2023

My Period and the Vending Machine at School

Benedetta Mattei • August 30, 2023

Mr Rain and LDA Are One

Benedetta Mattei • June 1, 2023

What a Degree Is

Benedetta Mattei • May 5, 2023

School, Tattoos, and Time That Matters

Benedetta Mattei • April 21, 2023

I Shoot Penalties Too

Benedetta Mattei • March 29, 2023

Proud of Myself

Benedetta Mattei • February 15, 2023

Work, Concerts, Research, and Friends!

Benedetta Mattei • December 15, 2022

The Professor Wants Me in Class

Benedetta Mattei • October 24, 2022

I Hate This

Benedetta Mattei • October 18, 2022

Sometimes I Want To, Sometimes I Don't

Benedetta Mattei • August 9, 2022

94, 9, 35, 18: What the Numbers Mean

Benedetta Mattei • July 8, 2022

The Most Beautiful Thing

Benedetta Mattei • June 22, 2022

Go Roma!

Benedetta Mattei • May 28, 2022

Not a Chance

Benedetta Mattei • April 12, 2022

Goals and Bread Shared

Benedetta Mattei • March 23, 2022

The Name Tag Says "Benedetta M."

Benedetta Mattei • March 6, 2022

I Cheered for Empoli

Benedetta Mattei • February 23, 2022

Birthday Parties, Best Friends (and a Dad Who Lost It)

Benedetta Mattei • January 27, 2022

Birthdays and Green Passes

Benedetta Mattei • December 21, 2021

I Sang Every Single One

Benedetta Mattei • November 29, 2021

I Wanted to Stop. But I Couldn't!

Benedetta Mattei • October 20, 2021

School Has Started—But I'm Still Not Sure What's Happening

Benedetta Mattei • September 15, 2021

Why the Beach Isn't the Same Anymore

Benedetta Mattei • August 23, 2021

My Friend Gimbo Won the Olympics

Benedetta Mattei • August 12, 2021

Padel: A Word That Makes No Sense

Benedetta Mattei • August 7, 2021

Back to the Sea

Benedetta Mattei • July 6, 2021

Year-End Pizza

Benedetta Mattei • June 18, 2021

Beautiful but Useless: A Visit to Trigoria

Benedetta Mattei • May 31, 2021

Let Me Show You Rome

Benedetta Mattei • May 12, 2021

What My Teachers Actually Said About Me

Benedetta Mattei • April 14, 2021

Gianciotto Malatesta and the Story That Doesn't Add Up

Benedetta Mattei • March 12, 2021

I Voted

Benedetta Mattei • March 2, 2021

My Résumé

Benedetta Mattei • February 13, 2021

I'm on Strike—and I'm Not Alone

Benedetta Mattei • January 13, 2021

Ogni tanto salvo, sennò finisce male

Benedetta Mattei • December 14, 2020

Sometimes You Have to Swear to Be Heard

Benedetta Mattei • November 11, 2020

I Decided. Me, Myself

Benedetta Mattei • October 12, 2020

School's Off to a Great Start

Benedetta Mattei • September 17, 2020

Dear President Sergio Mattarella

Benedetta Mattei • September 16, 2020

My Friend Sister Marie-Théo-of-God

Benedetta Mattei • September 4, 2020

I Like It, But Only Sometimes

Benedetta Mattei • August 20, 2020

The Penalty Taker of Tyrrhenian Waters

Benedetta Mattei • August 6, 2020

From Dawn Till Well Past Midnight

Benedetta Mattei • July 22, 2020

In the Car with Dad and Umberto Tozzi

Benedetta Mattei • July 3, 2020

Shakespeare vs. Insinna

Benedetta Mattei • June 24, 2020

Report Card (and Mask)

Benedetta Mattei • June 17, 2020

Ugh

Benedetta Mattei • June 3, 2020

How Many Times Do I Have to Say It?

Benedetta Mattei • May 21, 2020

The Arrow on Viale Marconi

Benedetta Mattei • May 7, 2020

Giuseppe Conte Called Me

Benedetta Mattei • April 24, 2020

What More Could I Do?

Benedetta Mattei • March 31, 2020

Shops and Pants

Benedetta Mattei • March 24, 2020

It Has to End Right Now

Benedetta Mattei • March 17, 2020

This Year, I Finally Stayed Off the Snow

Benedetta Mattei • March 4, 2020

If I wait a little bit, the answer comes

Benedetta Mattei • February 18, 2020

Me, Lorenza, and the Ham

Benedetta Mattei • February 6, 2020

Gossip

Benedetta Mattei • January 22, 2020

At the Pope's Birthday Party

Benedetta Mattei • January 8, 2020

In the South Curve

Benedetta Mattei • January 3, 2020

I Don't Like Cooking

Benedetta Mattei • December 18, 2019

I Have to Tie My Hair Back. That's the Rule

Benedetta Mattei • December 2, 2019

I Don't Like Going to the Movies

Benedetta Mattei • November 18, 2019

I'm Not Losing Mine

Benedetta Mattei • November 5, 2019

Always

Benedetta Mattei • October 28, 2019

Dancing. But Without Elia (For Now)

Benedetta Mattei • October 18, 2019

Next Time I'm Doing It Again

Benedetta Mattei • October 7, 2019

"Come On, Benedetta!" "You Got It, Champ!"

Benedetta Mattei • August 24, 2019

I'm Not Afraid Anymore—Because Sara Is My Best Friend

Benedetta Mattei • January 27, 2019