Anticipating the contents of an episode dedicated to Trieste at the beginning of the twentieth century of the Rai5 program The Atalanta that isn't there which will be broadcast in spring, Claudio Magris presented in the columns of Corriere della Sera Sunday 16 January 2022 the relationship between Italo Svevo and James Joyce.

The latter gave Ettore Schmitz lessons in English and the most important literary works of both did not immediately meet with success.