Gianluca Caporaso: Tempo al tempo/ Give it time

The translation of poetry in rhyme should always come with a disclaimer: It is an (almost) impossible feat! But what fun we have trying to do it! (Many things were lost in translation, but not time!) English Italian Tempo al tempoGianluca CaporasoTempo al tempo disse il saggioe nel tempo partì in viaggio.Con i giorni nelle…Read more Gianluca Caporaso: Tempo al tempo/ Give it time

Gianni Rodari: La luna di Kiev/ The moon in Kyiv

And after a pandemic that confined us to our homes and deprived us of our loved ones, Man, in his senseless cruelty, has decided it is now time for war. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine, to all the children…may they all be safe soon. La luna di Kievdi Gianni RodariChissà se…Read more Gianni Rodari: La luna di Kiev/ The moon in Kyiv

Gramsci & Grimm’s fairy tales: The wolf and the seven little goats. From translation to translation to translation.

In 1932, Gramsci wrote to his sister: “I translated from the German, for practice, a series of folk stories that were just like the ones we liked so much when we were children.” I really believe folk stories are very much the same in every part of the world: so why do peoples think they're…Read more Gramsci & Grimm’s fairy tales: The wolf and the seven little goats. From translation to translation to translation.

Salvatore Quasimodo: Ad Auschwitz/ In Auschwitz

“You will find them, soldier, in your/ history in the shape of streams, of animals,/ or are you, too, ash of Auschwitz,/ medal of silence? [...] no to death, dead in Auschwitz,/ to never repeat, from that pit/ of ashes, death.” #SalvatoreQuasimodo #LestWeForget the horrors Man is capable of. Ad AuschwitzSalvatore QuasimodoLaggiù, ad Auschwitz, lontano…Read more Salvatore Quasimodo: Ad Auschwitz/ In Auschwitz