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An imaginary interview with Dante on the ills of today’s world (2021)

March 27, 2021 By Professor Arielle Saiber

Ritratto di Dante Alighieri di Attilio Roncaldier (1801-1884) Ravenna, Museo Dantesco

“Signor Alighieri, è un onore poter scambiare alcune battute con lei all’inizio di questo 2021 in cui si celebrerà la ricorrenza dei 700 anni dalla sua morte. Ci saranno convegni, festival, ma ahimè mi tocca dirle che tutto avverrà sotto l’incognita di una pandemia. “Uhm… Mentre scrivevo la cantica terza de la Commedia, un’immagine mi turbò: vedevo la terra, da lontano. Era come una picciola aiuola, che ci fa però così feroci…”  –Stefano Massini, La Repubblica, March 24, 2021

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