Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) is a celebrated writer, whom his contemporaries called the “Italian Jules Verne,” who wrote about two hundred novels and short sto...

Pier Paolo Pasolini is a major figure in Italian culture of the 20th century. Film director, author of several dozen films, each of which is now perceived as...

The novel The Garden of Finzi Contini, published in 1962, became the pinnacle of the work of the Italian writer, poet and literary historian Giorgio Bassani ...

New Year's tale about the Hedgehog Paphnutius - a kind, cheerful story about forest dwellers.