Literature

Federico Fellini's library on show at the Fellini museum in Rimini

24 April, 2020

“If you read, you’re never alone”, was a favourite thing of Italy’s famous director, Federico Fellini. And now Rimini, his birthplace, is dedicating an exhibition to him, called “books from my house”.The exhibition of Federico Fellini’s library will continue until…

Bob Dylan in Italy for Never Ending Tour at Parma poetry festival

16 April, 2020

As part of his world Never Ending Tour, Bob Dylan is in Italy but this time you get the chance to see the man as poet and not music star. Bob Dylan is appearing at the Parma poetry festival, ParmaPoesia,…

Italian films: After "I'm not scared" Gabriele Salvatores directs "Come Dio Comanda", based on Ammaniti novel

14 April, 2020

“Come Dio Comanda” or ‘God’s Will’ is a film by Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, with Elio Germano, Filippo Timi, Fabio De Luigi, Angelica Leo and Alvaro Caleca. The film is based on the book by Niccolò Ammaniti who is famous…

Tex Willer n. 575: 60 years of Italian-style comic book Westerns

10 April, 2020

The Italian comic Tex will celebrate its 60th anniversary with issue number 575 which is being specially designed to mark the occasion.The new issue is titled “Sul sentiero dei ricordi” or “On the road of memories”, and will be an…

Proposing and getting married in Rome: where to fall in love in the eternal city

10 April, 2020

Rome has always been considered romantic; whether it be attributed to scenes of beautiful Italian gentleman Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita, the lamp-post of padlocks, or vague ideas of chequered tablecloths in Italian trattorie, the eternal city has always…

Marco Borriello vs Roberto Saviano: Italian intellectuals, Naples and her footballers

2 April, 2020

AC Milan football player Marco Borriello has accused Italian writer Roberto Saviano of making money out of giving Naples a bad name. Saviano wrote the book “Gomorrah”, since becoming a world famous film, and is a particularly controversial figure in…

Italian cuisine in New York: get tips and recipes from Lidia Bastianich

1 April, 2020

Croatian cook Lidia Matticchio Bastianich has a quite interesting story behind her. Forced to leave her homeland, back then oppressively ruled by a Communist dictator, Ms Bastianich took refuge in Italy where she patiently learned all the secrets of Italian…

Italian writer Oriana Fallaci's latest book: "A hat full of cherries" published post-humously

30 March, 2020

One of Italy’s greatest and most famous writers of modern times, Oriana Fallaci, is famous for both her journalism work and her fiction writing. With works such as “Interview with History”, a collection of interviews of political figures, and fiction…

Interview-book on Pope Benedict to be published

30 March, 2020

News from the Vatican is that a book in interview form with Pope Benedict XVI will be published by the end of the year. The work is the fruit of conversations between the Pope and journalist Peter Seewald. The two…

Dustin Hoffman "butchers" the Italian language: L'Infinito English translation

29 March, 2020

Dustin Hoffman speaks Italian in this video where he tries his hand at reciting a poem by famous Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi. The poem in question is described as Leopardi’s greatest work. Called “L’infinito”, it is about eternity and from…

Italian office clerk claims movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is based on one of her stories

25 March, 2020

Adriana Pichini, an Italian office clerk is convinced that , The Strange Case of Benjamin Button, one of the most successful movies of the season, nominated for 13 Oscars, is based upon a story she wrote in 1994; Arthur’s Return…

Alain Delon to play Silvio Berlusconi in film adaptation of Italy's escort girl scandal

23 March, 2020

Italy’s most famous escort girl, Patrizia d’Addario, continues to great waves in the country, with a film adaptation of the d’Addario biography on the cards. At the recent 2010 Sanremo festival, d’Addario dropped a hint that none other than Quentin…

Roberto Saviano interview: Gomorrah and mythologising the mafia

23 March, 2020

I have yet to read Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah, the best-selling Italian book which has become a famous film. The book examines the depth of the mafia control of Italy: Italian life, Italian families, and business in this country, in a…

Italian comic books: exhibition at Casa di Mussolini on war propaganda and comics

22 March, 2020

Italian comics and vignettes from the first decades of the 1900’s are on show at the Casa Natale Mussolini, at Predappio, which is 95 km from Florence and 16 km from Forlì.From July 12 to October 12 it will be…

Pescara: Gabriele D'Annunzio exhibition extended

20 March, 2020

Due to the extraordinary turn-out of visitors, the exhibition ” Le gesta di Fiume. Gabriele il Vate, l’Eroe, il Comandante” has been extended to 31 December 2009. Dedicated to Gabriele D’Annunzio, one of the most famous and controversial Italian writers…

Italian comic books: "Sirbo e is seti fradis"

14 March, 2020

Sirbo e is seti fridas is a comic book written by Eleonora Carboni and drawn by Andrea Mureddu; it’s quite interesting and may help you get acquainted with Sardinia and its culture and language. The story revolves around a sweet…