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have won the highest honor for their works? What
about the Nobel prize in
Literature awarded to Giosué Carducci (Awarded
in 1906), Grazia Deledda
(Awarded in 1926), Luigi Pirandello (Awarded in
1934), Salvatore Quasimodo (Awarded in 1959),
Eugenio Montale (Awarded in 1975), and Dario
Fo (Awarded in 1997)?
What about their works
that investigate all modern issues in their regional and local identities,
in their perspectives on
women, disenchanted notions of modern human
beings, or in their magical
use of words to escape
the harshness of life? They
are so modern and peculiar in their study of the inner layers of humanity and
of human beings that we
often forget how precious
and fulfilling would be a
journey in their pages.
ting to reopen the gate
of the mysterious life in
words for the younger
generations who are now
too distracted to fully appreciate the beauties in
life. Thus, we are thankful
to authors such as Fabio
Volo, Michele Murgia,
Francesco Piccolo (who
won loads of awards including the prestigious Strega in 2014 -) Silvia Avallone, Alessandro Piperno
and Paolo Giordano (the
list is longer than that), Roberto Saviano (how unforgettable is his Gomorra,
detailed journey in the Neapolitan criminal organization), who by exploring
the often dark sides of the
Italian culture and society,
and by transforming poetry into modern experiments, offer a vision, a di-
mension in poetry totally
new and enhancing.
Thus, are we in a “land of
poets”, too embedded in
our often-pedantic literary
heritage?
Absolutely, but being so
deeply immerged in such
visionary pages, we experiment life and its phases
in the most enriching way
possible. We are encouraged, inspired, galvanized
to see and live with different eyes and we nurture
ourselves with what is the
most accomplished instrument ever: the poetry. Tra
questa Immensità s’annega il pensier mio: E il naufragar m’è dolce in questo
mare. (Giacomo LeopardiL’Infinito). In sum, enjoy reading the poetry of words!
Do you know that the
“land of poets” include
also contemporary voices?
Our quick excursion in the
literary land, should not
but stop at the contemporary literary voices, those
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