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Martin Muma
The only work of fiction published so far by Ligio Zanini, the greatest contemporary Istrian poet in the vernacular (Istro-Romance), is the autobiographical novel “Martin Muma” (La Battana, Fiume, 1990), from which we have selected some passages that fit within the theme of this anthology. …
An Istrian story
From memories of memories to the reconstruction of memory, Zandel's journey has taken increasingly arduous terrain, penetrating, in his most recent works, both individual and collective consciousness, sometimes at odds with one another. To achieve a meditation ...
Australia, Australia
The burden of living uprooted from one's environment, in faraway places, the difficulty for those forced to abandon their homeland to rebuild a life elsewhere, amidst heavy questions about the meaning of their existence, emerge in the passage "Exiles ...
Istria Nobilissima, Anthologies of the Award-Winning Works
We publish extensive excerpts from two of Claudio Ugussi's stories, which won awards in the "Istria Nobilissima" Art and Culture competitions and were published in the "Anthologies of Award-Winning Works" edited by the People's University of Trieste and the Union of Italians of Istria and Fiume: "La ...
Houses in Koper
By Bruno Maier, a scholar and custodian of the literary heritage of Trieste and Istria, a prolific essayist and critic, among the first to pay attention to the literary and artistic production of the Italian community, we publish a story written by the author specifically for La Battana.
Istrian Elegies
Marin knew and practically shared the drama of the exodus with the Istrian people, even though he was neither a protagonist nor a victim. He had identified with Istria and Gorizia, in a sort of emotional communion that allowed him to ...
Fireflies and lanterns
The pulse of life and, at the same time, the memories of one of the most troubled eras of his adopted city, Koper, resurface in the writings of Armando Grmek, author of several novels of great civic value and a proven, painful sensitivity. We publish ...
Anthology Istria Nobilissima
in the bilingual volume (Croatian translation on the facing page) entitled “Illudere semblances of life – Dočarati privid ?ivljenja” (Fiume, 1986) which is a personal anthology of Alessandro Damiani's poetic creation, the author included only in IV of the six “Sermones” of his cycle “Satyr …
