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Dante’s Lessons in Love and Loss in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jul 28, 2015 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love by Joseph Luzzi   Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, mi ritrovai per una selva oscura In the middle of our life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood. "So...

Dante Lives in the Italian Language

by DHales | May 15, 2015 | Books, culture, Education, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Viva Dante! Some 750 years after Dante Alighieri's birth, his words live, not just in Italian literature, but in everyday conversations. A taxi driver in Rome sums up the frenetic bustle of the city in peak tourist season as a bolgia infernale, using Dante’s...

The Father of the Italian Language at 750

by DHales | May 11, 2015 | art, Books, culture, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Italy is celebrating the 750th anniversary of the great poet's birth with readings, conferences, films, even a theatrical production starring a hologram of the father of the Italian language (il padre della lingua italiana). I will be paying tribute in several...
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