The Voice of The Betrothed ItalyStories.com — Great Italian Writers Alessandro Manzoni was born in Milan in 1785 and became one of the central figures of modern Italian literature. His masterpiece, I Promessi Sposi – The Betrothed – is more…
The Harsh Soul of Sicily ItalyStories.com Giovanni Verga was born in Catania in 1840, into a landowning Sicilian family, and became the writer who gave modern Italian literature one of its most severe and unforgettable visions of human life. His…
The Father of Pinocchio ItalyStories.com Carlo Collodi is remembered throughout the world as the father of Pinocchio, yet behind that name stood a sharp, restless, politically engaged Tuscan writer whose life was far more varied than the fame of a…
The Poet of Nests and Small Wonders ItalyStories.com Giovanni Pascoli was born in 1855 in San Mauro di Romagna, and few Italian poets transformed private grief into a poetic language as distinctive as his. At first glance, Pascoli's world can…