Dino Buzzati spent most of his life in Milan and worked as a journalist. He wrote fantasies, novels and essays and was a graphic artist. The Tartar Steppe brought him international recognition. ... read more

 Lawrence Venuti is a translation theorist and historian as well as a translator from Italian, French, and Catalan. Recent translations include Antonia Pozzi's Breath: Poems and Letters (2002), the anthology Italy: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2003), and Massimo Carlotto's crime novel The Goodbye Kiss (2006). He is the author of The ... read more