| Categories | literary journal |
|---|---|
| Founder | Marguerite Caetani |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Final issue | 1960 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Rome |
| Language | Italian, French, English, German, Spanish |
| OCLC | 1536926 |
Botteghe Oscure was a literary journal that was founded and edited in Rome by Marguerite Caetani (Princess di Bassiano) from 1948 to 1960.
History and profile
Botteghe Oscure was established in 1948. [1] [2] The magazine was named after Rome’s via delle Botteghe Oscure (Latin: Ad Apothecas Obscuras), where the editorial office was located; [1] during the Middle Ages the street's "dark shops" came to be installed under the dark arches of the Circus Flaminius.
The review was published twice a year with poetry and prose in five languages (Italian, French and English, and alternating issues featuring German and Spanish-language segments. It was distributed in the United States through Farrar, Straus & Young and the Gotham Book Mart. [3]
Giorgio Bassani was an editor. [4] Later Eugene Walter moved from Paris to Rome to edit the magazine for Caetani. [2] The publication of the magazine ended in 1960. [1] [2]
In 1951 the journal published the poem " Do not go gentle into that good night" by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Helen Barolini. "The Shadowy Lady of the Street of Dark Shops". VQR. No. Spring 1998. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Lorenzo M. Salvagni (2013). In the Garden of Letters: Marguerite Caetani and the International Literary Review Botteghe Oscure (PhD thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. doi: 10.17615/qxd3-0x37.
- ^ Bogan, Louise. (19 September 1953). "Books" The New Yorker
- ^ Karl Ludwig Selig (September 1956). "The Cultural Periodicals in Italy, 1945-1950". Italica. 33 (3): 211. JSTOR 477345.
- ^ Ferris, Paul (1989). Dylan Thomas. New York: Paragon House Publishers. p. 283. ISBN 9781557782151. OCLC 18560227.
External links
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Media related to
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