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TV programming for Remembrance Day 2022
A tragic page in Italian history, a wounded and contested land, crushed by border tensions in an Italy on the edge of the Iron Curtain. Istria and Dalmatia between 1943 and 1947 became the scene of massacres, of lives sucked into the darkness of the foibe, the karst cavities that dot the territory of Venezia Giulia, a place from which thousands left fearing for their survival. Parliament has chosen February 10 as the Day of Remembrance, in memory of the victims of the foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exiles, and Rai will dedicate broadcasts, in-depth reports and special programming on TV, radio and the web to this anniversary. All the...
“Norma’s Painting” Awarded
Special Award for Best Work of Historical Memory to Il quadro di Norma by Giuseppina Mellace (EdiCusano). Announced during the tenth edition of the National Literary Award “A friendly book for the winter”, announced and organized by the GueCi cultural association, with the patronage of the City of Rende, the Italian Cultural Institute of Naples, Cisat (Italian Center for Art-Therapy Studies), Liups (Free University Institute for Foreigners “Francesco De Sanctis”). The jury – for the current edition – evaluated 722 published works of fiction and poetry. The awards won by G.Mellace with the work “Il Quadro di Norma” Costadamalfilibri 2020: “Il quadro di Norma” wins the...
Norma's painting
What secret is hidden behind Norma's painting? This is what the protagonist Loredana, a young painter, will try to reveal with the help of a mysterious lady who bought her painting because it reminded her of someone very dear to her. It will be a journey of knowledge and growth that the artist will take with her new friend who will tell her the tragic story of Norma Cossetto, a girl in her early twenties who was thrown into a sinkhole in October 1943 by Tito's men with the sole guilt of being Italian and the daughter of the mayor of the small village where she lived in Istria. For Loredana it will be the discovery of a page of history that has been forgotten for too long and...
