Botteghe Oscure
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Botteghe Oscure was a literary journal, published and edited in Rome
by Marguerite Caetani (Princess di Bassiano) from 1948 until 1960.
It was named after Botteghe Oscure Street, where the editorial office was located. With poetry and prose in five languages (Italian, French and English, and alternating issues featuring German and Spanish-language segments), the review was published twice a year. It was distributed in the United States
through Farrar, Straus & Young and the Gotham Book Mart
.
Giorgio Bassani
was an editor, and later Eugene Walter
moved from Paris
to Rome to edit the magazine for Caetani.
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
by Marguerite Caetani (Princess di Bassiano) from 1948 until 1960.
It was named after Botteghe Oscure Street, where the editorial office was located. With poetry and prose in five languages (Italian, French and English, and alternating issues featuring German and Spanish-language segments), the review was published twice a year. It was distributed in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
through Farrar, Straus & Young and the Gotham Book Mart
Gotham Book Mart
The Gotham Book Mart, in operation from 1920 to 2007, was a famous midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark. The business was located first in a small basement space on West 45th Street near the Theater District, it then moved to 51 West 47th Street, then spent many years at 41 West 47th...
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Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual.-Biography:Bassani was born in Bologna into a prosperous Jewish family of Ferrara, where he spent his childhood with his mother Dora, father Enrico , brother Paolo, and sister Jenny...
was an editor, and later Eugene Walter
Eugene Walter
Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his years in Paris, he was nicknamed Tum-te-tum...
moved from Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to Rome to edit the magazine for Caetani.