Literature

A new book examines a Pennsylvanian mining disaster that occurred decades ago and a miraculous rescue attributed to Pope John XXIII.

From Renaissance Venice to contemporary Naples, Italian women writers have challenged convention, reimagined history and brought overlooked lives into literature. This guide explores the authors and books that changed how Italy—and the world—understood women’s experience.

Explore Italy’s most famous poets from ancient times to today, including Dante, Petrarch, Leopardi, and contemporary voices shaping Italian literature.

From gripping dramas and historical fiction to comedies and thrillers, Italian TV series have captivated millions of viewers both domestically and internationally.

Italian literature has inspired numerous successful films and series.

Dive into Italy's rich artistic and cultural tapestry. Discover how its legacy inspires students worldwide and shapes global artistic perspectives.

You will find selected books in various categories including travel, fiction, cookbooks, language, children, history, art, and much more.

During the Milan Art Week, the city becomes a cultural hub for modern and contemporary art with an extensive calendar of events: museums, art venues, private foundations and design spaces offer a packed programme of exhibitions, initiatives and performances

An extensive list of Italian proverbs in Italian and translated into English with book references. Popular Italian Proverbs A A cane scottato l 'acqua fredda pare...

Italian literature emerged from Latin, regional vernaculars and international influences. Follow its development from the Placiti Cassinesi and Saint Francis to the Sicilian School, the Dolce Stil Novo, Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.

Explore the writers and movements that shaped Italian literature after World War II, including testimony, family novels, experimental poetry, political theatre and literary mysteries.

The founder of futurism, the poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, used language stripped to essentials. Insisting that 20th-century literature should express the characteristic dynamism of...

A reaction against classicism and romanticism as unrealistic marked the second half of the 19th century. It was a revolt against a literature obsessed...

Liberation and unification had been a hope of Italian writers since the 13th century. At that time nationalism had been manifested, among other ways,...

Italy, beginning in the late 15th century, was exhausted by constant wars as rival Spanish, French, and Austrian rulers made the country their battleground....

The Renaissance reached its fulfillment in the 16th century. Italian, long eclipsed by the humanists’ preoccupation with Greek and Latin, rose to a new...

The Renaissance in Italy was an extraordinary period of transformation, marked by flourishing economic, political, and cultural dynamism.