Fabrizia Ramondino was born in Naples in 1936 and moved to the island of Majorca that same year after her father was named Italian consul. She was raised on this small Spanish island until she was eight years old. For the rest of her life, she lived in different countries, including France, Germany, and Italy. Her travels also took her to China, Quebec, Australia and the Sahara. Ramondino spent many years in Naples which is the culture she relates to most in her writing. During her time in Naples, Ramondino volunteered as a teacher at the Associazione Risveglio Napoli school. She obtained a degree in languages at Naples Eastern University. She also worked as a French teacher at multiple state schools. She was a political and a social activist for Centro di Coordinamento Campano, "a small organisation of the new left which worked primarily with the urban unemployed and poor agricultural labourers". Ramondino gave birth to her first daughter in Naples. These different cultures that she has been faced with throughout her life shape and inspire every piece of Ramondino's work. In 1944, Ramondino returned to Naples. She lived in France from 1948 to 1950, then she returned to Naples. From 1954 to 1956, Ramondino lived in Germany. She returned to Italy, living in Naples and Rome before going back to Naples in 1960. She received a degree in languages from the Istituto Universitario Orientale. Between 1966 and 1984, she taught French. She left Naples for Itri after the earthquake in 1980.