Sandro Veronesi on tennis and sport
It’s Wimbledon time. In between matches, why not giving your attention to some interesting sport literature? Sandro Veronesi, one of the most respected Italian…
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‘One arm of Lake Como’… Penguin celebrates Alessandro Manzoni
One arm of Lake Como turns off to the south between two unbroken chains of mountains… Any recollection, Italian people? Yes, it is our…
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Un italiano tra i libri: Roberto Saviano al festival di Hay on Wye
Un paese, 1500 abitanti, trenta librerie. Hay on Wye è famoso per questo. Non so se tutti gli abitanti siano accaniti lettori. Di sicuro,…
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Elena Ferrante & co: 7 Italian female writers you should know and read
Italy has an old and rich literary heritage acknlowledged all over the world. However, Italian literature is not all about Dante, Alessandro Manzoni and…
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Umberto Eco: losers are far more interesting than winners
If we should make a record of this year since it started, it certainly would count remarkable losses in the cultural panorama of the…
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Banned in Venice but welcome in London
The Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, has banned one of her children book as ‘dangerous’. Manuela Salvi, writer of more than 25 books, is…
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THE SUN SHINES HIGH IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
“The sun burnt every day. It burnt time.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 “Love, that moves the sun and the other stars” Dante Alighieri, Paradiso…
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Reading aloud (twenty years after)
Born in Turin in 1965, Giuseppe Culicchia began his career as a translator and independent journalist. In 1995 he became famous with his first novel…
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For the love of books
Before being the director of Europa Editions UK - an independent literature-in-translation specialist based in New York, London and Rome - Daniela Petracco was…
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