Oggi 23 aprile ricorre la Giornata mondiale del libro e del diritto d’autore, che viene anche chiamata Giornata del libro e delle rose. La data 23 aprile è stata scelta perché in tale giorno, nel 1616, morirono tre grandi della letteratura mondiale: l’inglese William Shakespeare, lo spagnolo Miguel de Cervantes e il peruviano Garcilaso Inca… Read More 📚 🌹 Giornata mondiale del libro 🌹 📚
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Its aim is to inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth’s environment. It was first organized in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water, and soil pollution. Now… Read More Earth Day
In ricordo di un simbolo ferito dall’incendio Un senso di smarrimento e di incredulità ci ha colti alla notizia che le fiamme hanno distrutto il tetto e la guglia di Notre-Dame. Quel tetto antico era una “foresta” costruita con il legno di milletrecento querce.
Oggi, presso la libreria Cultora di Milano, è stata presentata la nuova antologia “Racconti Lombardi”, edita da Historica Edizioni. È stato selezionato e pubblicato anche un mio racconto dal titolo “La dama, il suo amante, il pittore e l’ermellino”.
Thomas Harris was born on 11 April 1940. His first novel, Black Sunday, was published in 1975, followed by Red Dragon , The Silence of the Lambs , Hannibal , and Hannibal Rising. He created one of the most notorious anti-heroes in the American literature, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, who is… Read More Happy Birthday, Thomas Harris!
Limerick There was a young fellow from Trinity, Who took the square root of Infinity. But the number of digits, Gave him the fidgets; He dropped Math and took up Divinity. George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist (4 Mar 1904-1968) (One, Two, Three… Infinity – 1947) C’era un giovane studente del Trinity, che calcolò la… Read More Infinity
“Your memory is a monster; you forget – it doesn’t. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you – and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!” John Irving – novelist (b. 2 Mar… Read More Memory
Marco Valerio Marziale – poeta romano (1 marzo 40 – 104) “Simpliciter pateat vitium fortasse pusillum: quod tegitur, maius creditur esse malum.” “Lascia che si veda il tuo piccolo difetto: un difetto, se nascosto, sembra molto più grave.” “Let a defect, which is possibly but small, appear undisguised. A fault concealed is presumed to… Read More Difetti
Luis Buñuel , regista spagnolo (22 febbraio 1900 – 1983) 🌷Felicità è andare d’accordo con se stessi 🌷Happiness is getting on with yourself. 🌷 Le bonheur c’est être en accord avec soi-même.
🃏 “Only the madman is absolutely sure.” 🃏 “Belief is the death of intelligence.” 🃏 “Every morning I have been looking at CNN to see if there is any reason for hope.” Robert Anton Wilson (18 January 1932 –2007) was an American novelist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, famous for his satirical work “The… Read More Reasoning
