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Claudio Magris outlines the Svevo/Joyce relationship
Anticipating the contents of an episode dedicated to Trieste at the beginning of the twentieth century of the Rai5 program L'atalante che non c'è that will be broadcast in the spring, Claudio Magris presented in the columns of the Corriere della Sera of 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 the...
One hundred years ago the journey of the Unknown Soldier towards the Vittoriano began
Reading the chronicles, it almost seems like you are in another world: «the Commission carefully explored all the places where the fighting had taken place and a body was chosen for each of the following areas: Rovereto, Dolomites, Altipiani, Grappa, Montello, Basso Piave, Cadore, Gorizia, Basso Isonzo, San Michele, from Castagnevizza to the sea. The eleven bodies were initially taken to Gorizia, from where they were then transported to the Basilica of Aquileia on 28 October 1921. Here the choice of the body destined for glorious repose on the Altar of the Fatherland was made. The choice was made by a commoner, Maria Bergamas from Trieste, whose son Antonio had deserted from the army...
Julian-Dalmatians excluded from the June 2nd Referendum
Letter from Franco Luxardo (President of the Association of Italian Dalmatians in the World - Free Municipality of Zara in Exile) to Aldo Cazzullo's column "Letters to the Corriere". Few people know that College XII - "Trieste and Venezia Giulia - Zara" was unable to vote in the Referendum. We know the reasons: Yugoslav military occupation of Zara-Fiume and much of Istria, Free Territory of Trieste with American and English troops in Pola, Trieste and Gorizia. It was a real shame that hundreds of thousands of Italians were excluded from the founding moment of our Republic. Unfortunately, President Mattarella did not say it last night. I...
Mattarella: «Dante, a lesson in coherence»
On the occasion of Dantedì (March 25), a reflection by the Head of State on Alighieri, the father of Italian identity: «Let's not update him at all costs, his moral legacy is eternal» Alberto Cavallari, commenting on a famous reflection by Elias Canetti, argued that «we take refuge in the calendar to relive the present through its anniversaries and to seek a guarantee of what will happen. Dates and anniversaries of certain days are of capital importance in general paranoia and also serve to absorb fear». Who knows if those who today celebrate the seventh centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri (an anniversary if only for...
