Tag: literature

  • How Dario Fo Learned That He Won the Nobel Prize

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    The 1997 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature passed away on October 13, 2016.

    "Hai Vinto il Nobel" - Dario Fo
  • The Roman Spring of Tennessee Williams

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    In the late winter/early spring of 1948, American playwright Tennessee Williams arrived in Rome in need of a change of scenery. Williams, of course, is known for his writing set in the American South, including “A Streetcar Named Desire” (written in 1947) and “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” (1955), both of which earned him Pulitzer…