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''Botteghe Oscure'' was a literary journal that was published and edited in
Bogan, Louise. "Books," ''The New Yorker'', 19 September 1953.
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Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus ( legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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by Marguerite Caetani (Princess di Bassiano) from 1948 to 1960.
History and profile
''Botteghe Oscure'' was established in 1948. The magazine was named after via delle Botteghe Oscure (Latin: ''Ad Apothecas Obscuras''), where the editorial office was located; during the Middle Ages the street's "dark shops" came to be installed under the dark arches of theCircus Flaminius
The Circus Flaminius was a large, circular area in ancient Rome, located in the southern end of the Campus Martius near the Tiber River. It contained a small race-track used for obscure games, and various other buildings and monuments. It was "bu ...
(''illustration of a street sign'').
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
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
through Farrar, Straus & Young and the Gotham Book Mart./ref>
Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani (4 March 1916 – 13 April 2000) 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 wi ...
was an editor. Later Eugene Walter
Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. (November 30, 1921 – March 29, 1998) was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his y ...
moved from Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
to Rome to edit the magazine for Marguerite Chapin Caetani who also founded and edited the magazine. The publication of the magazine ended in 1960.
See also
*List of magazines in Italy
In Italy there are many magazines. Following the end of World War II the number of weekly magazines significantly expanded. From 1970 feminist magazines began to increase in number in the country. The number of consumer magazines was 975 in 199 ...
References
External links
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