Arturo’s Island (L’Isola di Arturo) is a book written by Elsa Morante and published in 1957. Elsa Morante (1912 – 1985) began her collaboration with different newspaper and magazines quite early. From the beginning, her work was characterized by the strong presence of the fantasy that the author was able to represent and instill in her books. From...

The screening of La Storia, a TV miniseries based on Elsa Morante’s famous novel, will be one of the highlights of this year’s edition of “Multipli Forti- Voices from Contemporary Italian Literature” the Italian literary festival presented by the IIC in New York, in collaboration with FUIS (Italian Unitary Writers Federation), THE BRIDGE Prize, NYU...

Elsa Morante is one of the most underestimated writer of the century. Italian novelist, short story writer and poet, especially known for the epic and mythical quality of her works, which usually center upon the struggles of the young in coming to terms with the world of adulthood, Elsa was born in Rome on August 18, 1912, to Irma Poggibonsi from E...