“Tina, Mafia Soldier”: a Classic of Italian Feminist Literature Now Translated

Arts

“A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio”, at Italian American Museum of LA

byMaria Sole Campinoti

More than just literature, Pinocchio is a cultural icon of the postmodern era

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The New Translation of I Promessi Sposi: An Interview with Michael F. Moore

bySara Fruner

The author will be presenting his new translation of Alessandro Manzoni's classic in New York

“Multipli Forti”, a 3-Day, 3-Location Event Focuses on Contemporary Italian Literature

New York

Vibrant Voices in Contemporary Italian Literature Speak at Multipli Forti Festival

byLeonardo Proietti

“Writing a book is like playing a game of cards: a game with four people, two rival pairs.” So begins the poetic allegory of writing offered by Elisabetta Rasy at the start of the first edition of the Italian Literary...

Barbara Faedda e l’Italian Academy, il gioiello prezioso della Columbia University

New York

Barbara Faedda and the Italian Academy, the Precious Gem of Columbia University

byNicola Corradi

The third of six articles focusing on the Italian cultural centers in New York. (Photoshoot by Terry W. Sanders)

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“The Ovum Government”, a New Book that Offers a Solution to Prevent Wars

byLa Voce di New York

“It took me 83 years to publish my first book,” said Vito De Simone. And now indeed, he has. In The Ovum Government: A Way to Preserve National Sovereignty and Limit Governments from Waging Wars of Aggression, De Simone proposes...

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Penguin’s New Translation of Pinocchio Aims to Recapture Collodi’s Original

byLucy Gordan

Disney distorted the personality of the central character, replaced the message at the heart of the fable, and changed the setting…but Pinocchio is a story with many, many, levels of cultural, social, political, culinary and religious (particularly the “prodigal son”...

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“Distant Fathers”: Ann Goldstein’s Translation Introduces Jarre to Anglophones

byLaura Wagner

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. Maya Angelou’s words seem to encapsulate much of Marina Jarre’s (1925-2016) complex and conflicted life in...

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Ann Goldstein: “Star Translator” Who Has Emerged from the Shadow of the Author

byGrace Russo Bullaro

“There are those who say that every generation needs a new translation: why a work itself doesn’t age whereas a translation does, is in some way mysterious. But translations seem more closely tied to their time, and the style of...

Vengono da Manzoni le nuove sindromi psico-caratteriali da Coronavirus

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The New Coronavirus Psycho-Character Syndromes Come from Manzoni

byStefano Albertini

This literary amusement distracted me from the tragic daily chronicle of an ever closer siege, made me reread some of the most beautiful pages of the novel and convinced me more and more of Manzoni's greatness not only in producing...