This month, it is my pleasure to invite into the Italianist’s chair my talented fellow translator Lori Hetherington, who presents…

The Italianist: Riveting Italian Books You Need to Know About
I have in my hands two tufts of braided spikes: lavender, that still has the faint fragrance of a distant…
Mention the late Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri and people in the UK immediately think of Inspector Montalbano. Some have read…
FOUR TRANSLATORS DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES AND JOYS OF TRANSLATING ITALIAN LITERATURE – With Howard Curtis, Richard Dixon, Katherine Gregor, Lori…
I think it was Picasso who said that an artist mustn’t chase after beauty, but run ahead of it (I…
For centuries women’s faces have observed us from the paintings where they’ve been captured for eternity. Women often not known…