«La Lettura» talks about women who oppose dictatorships – Corriere.it

February 24th was the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: the new issue of the supplement opens on issues of geopolitics and autocracies in the world, #587, previewed on the App on Saturday 25th February and on newsstands on Sunday 26th February. with interviews with two women fighting for freedom, who will publish their books in Italy. One is the Nobel Peace Prize Maria Ressa, opponent of Duterte in Manila, interviewed by Alessandra Muglia: her book How to resist a dictator (La nave di Teseo) will be on newsstands on February 28. Next to her is the dissident journalist Elena Kostjucenko, interviewed by Francesco Battistini: on April 10, the volume that collects thirteen reportages by her will be released by Einaudi Stile libero, My Russia. Stories from a lost country. The focus includes other cases of “strong men” and autocracies in Burma, Nicaragua, Ethiopia.

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In the Books section, a few days from Bologna Children’s Book Fair (6-9 March), many interventions are dedicated to the youngest. The first master’s degree in Italy dedicated to publishing for teenagers and children was born at the Catholic University of Milan: Annachiara Sacchi writes about it. Susanna Tamaro, who will be a guest in Bologna to present the book We all have a star (The steamboat), explains in the interview with Giulia Ziino how exciting and difficult it is to write for children. The incipit of her book is the Theme of the Day on Saturday 25 February, the digital-only extra of the “La Lettura” App.

Vivian Lamarque also loves writing for the little ones: mini-adventures in her new book Pets, I love you (Solferino) writes Severino Colombo; in addition, you can read an extra story of the poet written for «la Lettura». On the eve of the Bologna Fair, on March 5, the new issue of “La Lettura delle bambini e dei bambini” will also be released. created like the previous ones in collaboration with Book on a Tree by Pierdomenico Baccalario: in addition to the pages on the fair, stories, reviews, drawings and rankings.

In the Horizons, two focuses on two giants of literature. One is DH Lawrence, that during a trip in 1927 he was struck by the Etruscan civilization and wrote about it in Etruscan places (Neri Pozza): Emanuele Trevi tells it. The other is Georges Simenon, 120 years after his birth: the infographic by Giulia De Amicis is dedicated to the adventures of Maigret. But Simenon didn’t just create the commissioner: Cristina Taglietti and Giorgio Montefoschi wrote about it.

Close the number the unpublished by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo (also author of The son of manNeri Pozza): mysterious fires light up in a village, in a story between thriller and fable.