RG: After many years of wanting to visit the city, I’ve finally made it to Trieste. I’m here to explore its literary history with Diego Marani, author, linguist, interpreter, translator and diplomat, who I first met in London at the British Library over a decade ago when he represented Italy at our annual European Literature […]| ELN
I’ve longed to visit Trieste for many years and finally made it this July. Inspired by friends and writers who have long extolled the exceptional geography and culture of this easternmost Italian port city; inspired too by its famous visitors, James Joyce and Jan Morris, also by writer-friend Diego Marani who now lives part of the year in Trieste, and by the fact that Trieste has just opened a Literature Museum, I knew the time had come. I can happily confirm that Trieste is a remarkable ci...| ELN