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Leah Janeczko

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Originally from Chicago, Leah Janeczko has lived in Milan since 1991. For over 25 years she’s been an Italian-to-English translator of fiction for all ages. Her recent translations include Glowrushes (Lo stralisco) by Roberto Piumini, who received the Rodari Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 and has been nominated three times for the Hans Christian Andersen Award; At the Wolf’s Table / The Women at Hitler’s Table (Le assaggiatrici) by Rosella Postorino, winner of the 2018 Campiello Prize; and Lost on Me (Niente di Vero, finalist for the 2022 Premio Strega) by Veronica Raimo. Lost on Me has been longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.

Average rating: 3.87 · 34,973 ratings · 3,418 reviews · 15 distinct works
At the Wolf's Table

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Virago Lost on Me.

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Touched (Touched, #1)

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The Door to Time (Ulysses M...

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Unfaithful (Touched, #2)

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Brokenhearted (Touched, #3)

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Ring of Fire

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Roberto Piumini
“– Stai diventando piccolo, – disse Mattia con fatica.
– Vuoi dire che sto tornando giovane?
– No, piccolo di statura. Piccolo di misura. Stai diventando un nonno piccolo.
– Oh, bene! Ecco perché mi sento così leggero, – disse il nonno.”
Roberto Piumini, Mattia e il nonno

Roberto Piumini
“Roma, Roma, città grande,
posso farti le domande?
Roma, Roma, città amata,
ma quand’è che tu sei nata?
Roma, Roma, città bella,
sei mai stata cittadella?
Roma, Roma, città brava,
chi a quei tempi ti abitava?
Roma, Roma, città altera,
sei rimasta sempre intera?
Roma, Roma, città tosta,
dammi l’ultima risposta:
Roma, Roma, città antica,
sei mia amica o sei nemica?

― Orma ramo roma amor”
Roberto Piumini

Roberto Piumini
“– Il prato sente una stanchezza felice, – disse il bambino, con il tono di chi rivela un segreto, – come quando si corre molto nel gioco.”
Roberto Piumini, Lo stralisco

Roberto Piumini
“– Nelle notti d’inverno, non ci sarà più la luce dello stralisco? – disse Ganuan, voltandosi a guardare il prato spento.
– Però ci saranno le stelle, padre, – disse Madurer.”
Roberto Piumini, Lo stralisco

Roberto Piumini
“Lettore, io ti voglio raccontare,
nero su bianco, una nuova storia.
Su bianco e nero, oltre a ragionare,
è bene che ci sia buona memoria,
perché chi vive senza ricordare,
vive una vita cieca e senza gloria.”
Roberto Piumini, Alzati, Martin. Ballata di Martin Luther King

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