Botteghe Oscure

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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]

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In 1951 the journal published the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.[5]

See also

References

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