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Episode 2025
Wisława Szymborska was a preeminent Polish poet and translator who earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. Born in 1923, she spent most of her …
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Nobel Voice of Yiddish Literature
Episode 2024
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a distinguished Polish-born Jewish author who became a central figure in Yiddish literature after moving to the United Stat…
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The Periodic Witness: Life and Legacy of Primo Levi
Episode 2023
Primo Levi was a prominent Jewish Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor whose literary work transformed his traumatic experiences at Auschwitz into …
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Italo Svevo: Architect of the Psychological Novel
Episode 2022
Born Aron Hector Schmitz, the writer known as Italo Svevo was a prominent Italian-Austro-Hungarian businessman and modernist author who revolutionize…
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Alberto Moravia: Architect of the Existential Novel
Episode 2021
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, was a prominent Italian author and journalist whose work defined much of twentieth-century literature. His n…
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Dario Fo: The Life and Works of a Holy Jester
Episode 2020
This biography chronicles the life of Dario Fo, an influential Italian playwright, performer, and political activist who received the Nobel Prize in …
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Umberto Saba: The Life and Works of a Triestine Poet
Episode 2019
This biographical episode details the life and literary legacy of Umberto Saba, a prominent Italian poet and novelist born in Trieste. The text outli…
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Giacomo Leopardi: The Philosophy of Infinite Pessimism
Episode 2018
This episode outlines the life and legacy of Giacomo Leopardi, an influential 19th-century Italian poet and philosopher. It details his transition fr…
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Carlo Goldoni: The Architect of Italian Comedy
Episode 2017
This episode provides a comprehensive biography of Carlo Goldoni, a prominent eighteenth-century Italian playwright and librettist who fundamentally …
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Torquato Tasso: Life and Legacy of the Italian Poet
Episode 2016
This biographical episode chronicles the life and literary contributions of Torquato Tasso, a prominent sixteenth-century Italian poet celebrated for…
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