Alberto Moravia

About 27 weeks into her pregnancy, Marisa Resendez had a decision to make. She had been diagnosed with vasa previa, the dangerous placement of fetal blood vessels near the cervix."If my waters break or the baby goes…

It's fair to say that those Oscars will be remembered, even if it's for all the wrong reasons. But this week, I remembered another Oscar ceremony, a little over 60 years ago, when Sophia Loren won Best Actress.Her role, in the dark but…

Baku, March 29, AZERTAC There are a large number of monuments on the territory of the former Azerbaijani land of Karabakh, which includes monasteries and temples, churches and mosques, a fortress, caravanserais, bridges, baths and houses.…

Kolkata: Javed Akhtar, along with his screenplay mate Salim Khan, set the entire Hindi film industry on a cruise down a hitherto uncharted track in the history of commercial cinema in India when the archetypal villain Gabbar Singh in…

Baku, March 19, AZERTAC Shirvan National Park, established in 2003, is located on the territory of Salyan and Neftchala districts of Azerbaijan, covering an area of ​​55 hectares. The park, which is about 20 to 27 meters below sea level,…

for Candida morphillo The actress who has hundreds of films to her credit: I was a dancer and I had no passion for the theater According to her, her life is full of failures, but entertaining, as well as some regrets. but after, Laura…

As part of its cinematographic mission to highlight the classics of the big screen, for the 61 edition of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI), two great masters will be presented, with four feature!-->!-->…

The Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo debate has raged for over a decade, and the duo's remarkable records are frequently talked about. But although the pair have dominated…

There have been countless cinematic interpretations of the books of the Bible, but few have stood the test of time. One that qualifies as a classic is Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1964 "Il Vangolo Secondo Matteo" (The Gospel According to Saint…

Italy pays homage to Pasolini with exhibitions, events and new publications.Italy will mark the centenary of the birth of director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini with a series of special events in 2022.Rome will…

I never really tried to categorize women in my novels and short stories. Last week, Alain Padilla, who collects and edits my next collection of essays, suggested that I do so. It was my mother who influenced me…

Developers have completely emptied part of the Formentor hotel, leaving only the exterior walls of the building. The hotel, which has neoclassical and Art Deco elements, opened in 1929 with a big party and the guests had to travel by boat…

The developers have completely drained part of the Hotel Formentor, leaving only the outer walls of the building. The hotel, which features neoclassical and Art Deco elements, opened in 1929 with a big party and the guests had to travel by…

Six years ago the Italian-American actor died in Los Angeles, performing films such as "SOB" by Blake Edwards, "Scarface" by Brian De Palma, "L'onore dei Prizzi" by John Huston, "Double cut "by Richard Marquand," Big "by Penny…

Joyce P. Barrett, 93, of East Grand Forks, MN, passed away on November 21, 2021 at Valley Senior Living / Woodside Village with her family by her side.Joyce Patricia (Aardahl) Barrett was born on April 5, 1928 in Whitman, North Dakota to…

"El Chuncho" (Sorted 1967) by Damiano Damiani. Carlotta movies Chanshu It represents an important date in the history of Italian cinema. The 1967 film Damiano Damiani opened a series of Western films depicting the Mexican Revolution as…

While the accusations against Woody Allen haven't completely spoiled the experience of watching his films for you, there is still joy to be found in his work. When aliens in "Stardust Memories" from the 1980s tell Woody Allen…

Delia De Santis Growing up in Italy, we didn't have any books except a prayer book. Delia De Santis Sometimes my mother would borrow a book from school and read to us. But we couldn't keep it for more than a week and couldn't…

WHICH of our European neighbors do you think you know the least? I'm afraid to start to think that in my case it's the Republic of Ireland. The reason is that I am currently reading Fintan O'Toole's new book, his…

Party of the People's Republic September 26 is the 269th (270th day in leap years) of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days remaining until the end of the year is 96. Railways On September 26, 1920,…

She quickly made friends, starting with the consular official of the Australian Embassy, ​​Bob Hincksman, also a painter. Within a week, she was invited to a weekend in a villa in Lazio, north of Rome.…

Travel UpdatesSign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about travel news. Menorca is callingThanks to the arrival of the powers of the art world Iwan and Manuela Wirth, Menorca is everyone's favorite Balearic this summer.…

DISTRIBUTION International Distributor Rainmaker Content sold the Television academy's 73rd Emmy Awards in more than 150 territories. New buyers include AMC Networks International for Central Europe, Catchplay Plus for Indonesia…

Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist, affirms: “You become a writer, but you have to be born…

Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist, affirms: “You…

New documentary shows how poet Allen Ginsberg started the backpacker revolution Allen Ginsberg in Varanasi, India, in 1963The 1950s saw filmmakers like Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini come to India, but it was really from the early…

Marti Friedlander / TipsCK Stead says that the quality of the prose, the drafting skill is the most important to him.The third and final volume of his memoir by award-winning poet and novelist CK Stead, What you did with it, covers leaving…

When we speak more than one language and switch from one to the other with any degree of frequency, we come across them: words that do not quite translate, because they are not just a word and a feeling, something intimately linked to the…

When we speak more than one language and switch from one to the other with any degree of frequency, we come across them: words that do not quite translate, because they are not just a word and a feeling, something intimately linked to…

Jhumpa Lahiri's third novel is the triumphant culmination of her 20-year love affair with Italian, an obsession that led her to settle in Rome with her family almost 10 years ago. She gave up all reading in English and began to write…

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Rachel Kushner is the author of Telex From Cuba, The Mars Room and The Flamethrowers, which the New York magazine has called one of the new classics of the 21st century. His new collection of essays, The Hard Crowd, brings together 20…

When "The conformist" Opened in American theaters 50 years ago this month, its director, Bernardo Bertolucci, was at the peak of his career. Precocious, prolific, he had been recognized as a poet when he was still a teenager and, at the…

02/25/2021 - The Italian international sales company offers the EFM new or recently launched titles in Italy ranging from drama to comedyThis article is available in French.Vision Distribution will be present at the European Film Market…

02/25/2021 - The European film market will see the Italian sales agent tout unreleased or recently released titles in Italy, ranging from dramas to comediesAtlas by Niccolò CastelliVision Distribution will be present in Berlin…

In 1929, the magazine La Nostra Terra announced that a "casal de regust mallorquí bell" had just been built in Formentor and a year later, the Ordinas printing press produced the brochure “Formentor in…

Baba Betar, a contemporary art and sound archive radio station, began its journey in March 2020, when the entire country was shut down due to the pandemic. It airs daily from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. during this year's "Chobi Mela", on the…

To watch Diane von Furstenberg talk about her personal tastes from her Connecticut home, tune in to the FT Weekend Digital Festival at 3:40 p.m. GMT on March 19. Click on here buy tickets for the festivalI was fortunate enough to…

The state demands that we register as "foreign agents" and none of us, writers committed to freedom, accepts this imposition. By Gioconda Belli * (Confidential) HAVANA TIMES - For several years, 2014 to be exact, I have been the…

Arturo Galansino is the director of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence © Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio If you could live with…

If you could live with just one piece of art, what would it be?Very difficult question! I could choose a different board every day for the rest of my life ... Today I would choose Whistle (1762) by George Stubbs, one of my favorite…

In "The Time of Indifference", the Italian filmmaker Leonardo Guerra Serà gnoli adapts the 1929 novel by the renowned author Alberto Moravia about a once rich family in decline but unable to give up appearances.Transposed to…

The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of a historic Italian film, “Il Conformista” by Bernardo Bertolucci (1970). It is appropriate, in light of recent political events in America, to celebrate…

The book - Toni Morrison's 1970 novel The Bluest Eye - from the library in Burnaby, British Columbia, was found in the author's loft in New York City. Courtesy of Michelle Sinclair Colman Among the neat lines of books in Toni…

(ANSA) - ROME, 2 NOV. --Sophia Loren could set a new record for the Oscar nominations gap if she gets a…

"He knows me very well - every inch of my face, of my heart, of my soul." Sophia Loren talks about her son, Edoardo Ponti, who co-wrote and directed his next film, Life to come, his first film in six years. It's the perfect star…

Marilyn StaffordMarilyn Stafford - A retrospective of fashion from haute couture to ready-to-wear… From Paris in the 1950s to the 1970s Swinging London will take place from October 3 to December 31 at the Dimbola Museum…

No more politics, no more fictionFor the publisher:Your attractively crafted September 13 post on political novels might disappoint some readers for ultimately limiting themselves to so few of the great political novels of the past 100…

A few weeks ago, PEN America released a report on Hollywood, America's largest export industry with unmatched power over minds and hearts, and its loose relationship with China. PEN is a committed organization of…

The University of Cambridge offers the public the opportunity to interview a famous Italian writer at a live online event. Today (Friday, September 4) at 5 p.m., the Cambridge University Italian Society is conducting a live online…

Pier Paolo Pasolini, He Decameron (The Decameron), 1971, 35 mm, color, sound, 111 minutes. BEFORE THE LIFT, almost all acts had…

July 1, 2020by JB | VENICEBORN IN 1941, Bernardo Bertolucci grew up in the cultural renaissance of post-war Italy. The years of the fascist regime were over; in the cinema, neorealism becomes eminent, while Italian chic invades the…

Brigitte Bardot in Contempt.CONTEMPT (105 minutes) PGThis lavish 1963 adaptation of an Alberto Moravia novel is the closest that French enfant terrible Jean-Luc Godard has come to emulate the Hollywood directors he idolized. The plot…

“The season usually starts at Easter,” said Rocco Gambacurta, who chairs four generations of his family at Lido Azzurro beach club. "We will not be able to make up for two months of lost income. What…

Michel Piccoli, the prolific French actor known for his leading roles in films such as Jean-Luc Godard Contempt and that of Luis Buñuel Beautiful day, is dead. He was 94 years old. Piccoli's family announced…

“Long live Stalin! "“Verdi is dead!These two proclamations, separated by a few minutes of screen and 44 years of Italian history, sound at the beginning of "1900", The luxuriously long and constantly…

I deeply respect the professional integrity of Kevin Saliba: it is quite clear that he puts all his heart and soul into his translations of difficult literary texts into Maltese. But my unfailing respect does not prevent me from…

Even the writing on food in 2019 was a bit bruised. In Peter Orner's new collection of stories, “Maggie Brown & Others,” he wrote: “Only human beings could have a party by boiling…

PRODUCTION / FINANCING Italy / France through Camille De Marco 06/12/2019 - The Italian-French co-production by Scirocco Films and Rosebud is filmed between Puglia and Senegal and tells the story of two African…

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ANKARATurkey celebrated the first anniversary of the death of ace photographer Ara Guler, fondly remembered as "the eye of Istanbul" on Thursday.Guler captured Istanbul in his black and white portraits which…

Although she rose to fame thanks in large part to her looks, the Italian superstar Sophie loren has more than proven her acting skills with a string of international hits and an Oscar for Best Actress. But how many of his titles…

PEN Ten is PEN America's weekly interview series. This week in celebration of National Translation Month, Lily Philpott, PEN America's Head of Public Programs, speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, editor of the next…

In a first short story by Italian writer Natalia Ginzburg, it has just been reissued by New Directions, under the title "The dry heart(Translated by Frances Frenaye) - the narrator walks into her husband's office and finds him drawing. He…

Calcutta, Jul 19 (UNI) A woman will probably tell her compatriot's story better than a man. Despite famous authors like Lev Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee or Alberto Moravia diving deep into the female psyche,…

Everything Jhumpa Lahiri does is informed by his immersion in the Italian language a few years ago. As she tells it in the sumptuous and immense volume which she has just published, The Penguins Book of Italian News, in 2012, while still…

Antonio Tabucchi contributes to a story of time warping. Tabucchi, a Tuscan writer, "made a Lahiri": he translated from Portuguese and then wrote books in that language. In its history, from its Italian period, it was perhaps influenced…

An unprecedented exploration of the contradictions and hopes of Italy in the 1950s and 60s told through more than 250 images of the greats of the world of cinema, art, culture and fashion and ordinary people. He was the most…

Bridgeman PicturesHonoré Daumier : The first class car, 1864It is well known that the invention of railways increased book sales. Besides talking and looking out the window, what could you do on a long trip if not…

Two festivals dedicated to films from the countries that have shaped contemporary cinema - Italy and Romania - are opening across Israel and will showcase their best recent films, as well…

For the sixth year, fans of Italian cinema await the Cinema Italia festival, which kicks off across the country on April 4.Sixteen films will be screened in cinematheques across Israel:…

The first time I took the 1957 novel by Italian writer Elsa Morante "The Island of Arturo", in this new translation by Ann Goldstein, the talented translator of Elena Ferrante's novels into English, I put it back after 75 pages. Morante's…

Richard Gardner, who in the late 1970s served as US Ambassador to Italy amidst a period of political violence there and concern in Washington over the growing strength of the Italian Communist Party, died on February 16 at his home in…

I realized after 52 weeks and 52 pounds, it's all about falling in love. I didn't know it was going to be like this. When I stood in front of…

Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece in 1970 The conformist is an intense meditation on the link between violence, sex, fascism and sexual violence. Shot when Bertolucci was only 28, the film demonstrates an expressionistic use of blue and…

Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian author whose cinema ranged from island dramas to radical epics but who proved reliably rebellious, has died at the age of seventy-seven. After becoming a key figure in the…

By Crispian Balmer, Philip PullellaROME (Reuters) - Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris" shocked audiences with a notorious sex scene that returned to haunt him in his later years, died on…

LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas community mourns the death of Jan Kozma, professor emeritus of Italian, who died on November 9 at his home. She was 72 years old. “Professor Kozma was a dedicated scholar and teacher…

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency Legendary Turkish photographer Ara Güler died on October 17 in Istanbul. He was 90 years old.class = "cf"> Güler suffered a heart attack and…

"'I'm a whore,' I finally said out loud, to see what effect the words would have on me. They didn't seem to have any effect ”.…

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No one cares whether Graham Greene, Jean-Paul Sartre or Alberto Moravia are members of any association of writers. In the Soviet Union, it's different. This explains the importance of what has now happened to Russia's most important and…

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I stand in front of my book shelves. There are books here that I have had since I was a child. Packaged and shipped in an old tin trunk from New Zealand 54 years ago. Their blankets are tattered,…

MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI ARRIVES IN CHINA IN MAY 1972, about seven hundred years after Marco Polo and a few months after Richard Milhous Nixon. The People's Republic of China, established in 1949, was then emerging…

A BOLD AND DANGEROUS FAMILY The remarkable story of an Italian mother, her two sons and their fight against fascism By Caroline Moorehead Illustrated. 432 pages. Harper / HarperCollins Publishers. $ 27.99."Each era has its own fascism,"…

From theater to television to films, Sushant Singh Rajput has touched a wide range of mediums, straddling the worlds of art and entertainment. The actor talks about being a "foreigner" to Bollywood and missing "the fame and…

From George Eliot to John le Carré, writers who reach out for the disguise or anonymity offered by a pseudonym are nothing new in the literary world. But the phenomenon has been brought back to the fore by the assiduous…

(Photo by) In 1929, Italy's most influential anti-fascist, Carlo Rosselli, founded the underground Justice and Freedom movement, then the…

AAccording to translator Daniel Alarcón in his introduction, even the existence of Emma Reyes' book is “miraculous”. She died in 2003, aged 84, in Bordeaux - an emigrant from her native…

The initial trigger for a novel is usually a picture - of a place, of a woman, of a situation. For one that's about to be released in September, The body, it was two brothers sitting in the living room. The eldest (around…

On the evening of June 9, 1937, Carlo Rosselli, an anti-fascist exile in France, and his younger brother Nello, a historian, are ambushed, shot and stabbed to death on a forest road near Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, a town thermal spa in…

At 61, Percival Everett has perhaps the lowest profile of any great American novelist now in his prime. He has published more than two dozen works of fiction and…

Bernardo Bertolucci's “The Conformist” seems to mock everything he celebrates. It mocks the excesses of the interwar bourgeoisie while reveling in the beauty of 1930s Paris. It is one of the…

Speaking with actor Josh Radnor, now Off Broadway star in "The Babylon Line," is a discursive experience, his conversation interspersed with enthusiastic references to books, movies and music. Here are a few, in alphabetical order, that…

After blockbuster MS Dhoni - The Untold Story, hunk Sushant Singh Rajput is now going to do something different. Sushant brilliantly tried out for the role of Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in this biopic and the film was a smash…

Muhammad Ali was not only the greatest athlete of the 20e Century — he was also the best thing that ever happened to writers. People on TV and radio loved him too, of course, as Ali possessed a performing genius, not to…

When Hitler traveled to Rome to meet Mussolini in 1938, Elsa Morante was standing by her window with a pot of boiling oil on the stove. The duo's parade route was going to pass just below her apartment, and she planned to throw the…

I first saw Contempt many years ago in an impression so washed out everything was pale pink; it was like contemplating an artifact from an immeasurable past. Watching the film now, with its Mediterranean reds and blues rediscovered in…

(Grove / Atlantic) Lily Tuck's latest novel, "Liliane's double lifeIs a tight construction conveniently set up for easy deconstruction, as if it were an exercise given by Paul de Man at a seminar attended by the main character…

These are the cold cases of literature, the missing and the presumed dead. It was the unlucky novels and stories that inspired films so successful that they almost completely eclipsed the originals. Some books resist the success of a…

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SAN FRANCISCO - The world premiere production of a new opera based on a 1958 novel…

Think of this opera as a love letter to Italian works in red sauce from the verism era of the late 19th century, such as "Pagliacci" or "Cavalleria Rusticana", which plunged into the dramas of the working class, restoring in sumptuous…

San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti looks like a proud midwife, speaking about this week's world premiere of "Two Women" ("La Ciociara") at the War Memorial Opera House. "It involves the Italian and American…

Originally from the island of Sardinia, freelance travel writer Angela Corrias traveled the world, living as an expat and accumulating nomadic credit. Two years ago she decided to take root in the Eternal City, Rome.Always the type to…

During the seventy-nine years of Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru has alternated dictatorship and democracy with the regularity that other countries know by simple passages from one political party to another. During his country's most violent…

Poet and critic Randall Jarrell once defined the novel as "a lengthy prose story that has something wrong with it." On the other hand, a short story - or short story or novelette or short novel - can be perfect. To use a musical…

CALIFORNIABy Edan Lepucki393 pages. Little, Brown and company. $ 26.Post-apocalyptic novels remain stubbornly in fashion, and Edan Lepucki's "California" hits all the familiar notes. Cal and Frida are a couple living in the wilderness…