Archive For May 17, 2023

YAO – Novel by Fiori Picco

YAO – Novel by Fiori Picco

Review by Maria Teresa De Donato Yunnan, China: A young girl who has just graduated from her country with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature arrives in the city of Kunming, where she will stay for eight years and teach European Culture at the Department of Tourism of the Yunnan Normal University, as well…

Red Jade – A Life for Freedom

Red Jade – A Life for Freedom

by Fiori Picco Review by Maria Teresa De Donato “… a tenacious and courageous woman who has seen death several times and who desperately clung to life as many times.” (Flowers Peak, 2020, Prologue, p. 9). That’s how Giada Rossa describes herself in this autobiographical book created through her stories by the competent and skillful pen…

Giada Rossa – Una vita per la libertà (Red Jade – A Life for Freedom)

Giada Rossa – Una vita per la libertà (Red Jade – A Life for Freedom)

by Fiori Picco Interview by Maria Teresa De Donato Dear friends, Today I have the great pleasure and honor of hosting my friend and colleague Fiori Picco, with whom, through various articles that I will prepare during this year, we will explore one of the most ancient and fascinating civilizations and cultures that has ever…

Listen to this River

Listen to this River

Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, Writer and Poet by Maria Teresa De Donato As an article for this month I have chosen to interview my dear friend, writer, and poet Aldo Villagrossi Crotti—one man of a kind. When I think of Aldo, two prominent figures come right to my mind: Albert Einstein and Woody Allen….

The Girl from Sighet : From Auschwitz to California – A History of Hope

The Girl from Sighet : From Auschwitz to California – A History of Hope

Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, Writer and Poet by Maria Teresa De Donato (Italian translation of the English edition The Girl from Sighet: A Memoir, February 25, 2009by Authors Hindi Rothbart and P’nenah Goldstein)   This month we will continue with a second interview with a very special and equally interesting character we met in May: Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, Writer and Poet. During our first…

Judaism from Biblical Times to Date: The History of a People Always on the Move  (Part 2)

Judaism from Biblical Times to Date: The History of a People Always on the Move (Part 2)

Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti by Maria Teresa De Donato My dear fellow readers, today I am very happy to introduce to you Part 2 of the interview with my friend and colleague Author Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, whom many of you already know and who has been my most welcome guest several times. As I…

Judaism from Biblical Times to Date: The History of a People Always on the Move  (Part 1)

Judaism from Biblical Times to Date: The History of a People Always on the Move (Part 1)

Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti by Maria Teresa De Donato Dear readers, today I am very happy to offer you a new interview with a friend and colleague Author that I have already had the pleasure and honor of hosting on my Blog and Virtual Cultural Salon: Aldo Villagrossi Crotti. Aldo is a multifaceted character…

School: Resignation as a protest – The case of some teachers –

School: Resignation as a protest – The case of some teachers –

by Maria Teresa De Donato In the two previous meetings with my friend and fellow author Horst Költze on the topic of Education and Freedom, Part One and Part Two, we addressed fundamental aspects such as self-awareness, self-awareness and the role that school should play through its programs in offering each individual help to develop their unique potential…

Education and Freedom (Part 2)

Education and Freedom (Part 2)

In conversation with Institute director and educational writer Horst Költze by Maria Teresa De Donato Today I am delighted to have my dear friend, the director of the institute, and educational writer Horst Költze as a guest again. Born in Pomerania in 1932 and after fleeing the invasion of the Red Army in 1945, Horst…

Education and Freedom (Part 1)

Education and Freedom (Part 1)

In Conversation with the Director of the Institute and educational writer Horst Költze by Maria Teresa De Donato Today I have the great honor of having as a guest an extraordinary man, the Director of the Institute and educational writer Horst Költze, a dear friend of mine whose private and professional life is full of…

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