Italian to English translatorhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3mk5etwvyc223The 4th Italian-English ViceVersa workshop will be held from 3-10 November at Villa Garbald, Switzerland. ViceVersa is an intensive week-long residential workshop for 12 translators at various stages of their career. Submission deadline 30/07/2026. Full details at: https://looren.net/assets/images/pages/Agenda/Bando_ViceVersa_English-Italian_2026_EN.pdf23 Apr 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5etwvyc223https://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3meazrwn57222I'm thrilled to part of the Winter Olympics with my English translation of Gianni Rodari's PROMEMORIA: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hGlq-zxqvZ407 Feb 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3meazrwn57222https://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3m5dmhfmtlc2hTHERE WAS A TIME FOR SUCH A WORD, Gianni Solla's debut novel in English, is published this month in my translation for HarperVia. Set in southern Italy during World War II, it's the story of Davide, his escape from a cruel family life and his salvation through the liberating power of language.11 Nov 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dmhfmtlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3m4qj2fjrys2bOne year after Italian Lit Month, hosted by Globel Literature in Libraries Initiative, New Italian Books has reposted all fifty articles: https://www.newitalianbooks.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Italian-Lit-Month-2024-All-Posts.pdf03 Nov 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qj2fjrys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3lgddbkzwis2mI've had the honour of translating HOPE:The Autobiography, by Pope Francis, published this month by Penguin Random House and well reviewed throughout the world - the first autobiography of a sitting pope, told in an easy, intimate style, with vivid descriptions, and a voice of profound empathy.22 Jan 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgddbkzwis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3la6nks23v22jI'm presenting my translation of "The World Machine", by Paolo Volponi, published by Seagull Books, at the Italian Cultural Institute, Belgrave Square, London, on Monday 25 November at 6.30 pm, in conversation with Francesca Limana, David Best. Information at: https://iiclondra.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/volponi-olivetti-and-the-world-machine/05 Nov 2024 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3la6nks23v22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3l73spzdegw2yI was honoured to be one of 18 translators invited to the Frankfurt Bookfair to represent 18 languages throughout Europe, guests of Salone Internazionale del Libro Torino. Thank you Lorenza Honorati and the mythical Ilide Carmignani. So many meetings and - best of all - so many chance encounters!22 Oct 2024 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l73spzdegw2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3l63fkspfvj2iMy thanks to the Global Literature in Libraries Initative and to Leah Janeczko, curator of Italian Lit Month, for featuring my translation of The World Machine by Paolo Volponi at: https://glli-us.org/2024/10/09/italianlitmonth-n-14-the-nature-of-reality-and-the-human-condition-in-1950s-rural-italy-in-paolo-volponis-the-world-machine/09 Oct 2024 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l63fkspfvj2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3l5jkddplnl22Italian Lit Month - here's a new initiative from Italian-to-English literary translators to celebrate Italy as Guest of Honor at the forthcoming Frankfurter Buchmesse: a daily blog hosted by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) for the month of October - glli-us.org/articles/ https://glli-us.org/articles/02 Oct 2024 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5jkddplnl22https://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3ktysrpbb6v25The poetry of Eugenio De Signoribus deserves a wider readership in the English speaking world. My translations of four of his poems have recently appeared in the World Poetry Review: https://worldpoetryreview.org/2024/03/13/four-poems-by-eugenio-de-signoribus/03 Jun 2024 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktysrpbb6v25https://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3klc6fjyhw224New Italian Books have asked me to write a piece about the book I would like to translate. Here it is: https://www.newitalianbooks.it/canto-di-darco-2/13 Feb 2024 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3klc6fjyhw224https://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3kk46qvkf2u23Anish Kapoor - "Untrue Unreal" - Palazzo Strozzi, Florence - "versality, discord, entropy and ephemerality." An unforgettable exhibition closing February 4th: https://www.palazzostrozzi.org/archivio/mostre/anish-kapoor/29 Jan 2024 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kk46qvkf2u23https://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3kjx2jthqfm2rCentenary celebrations in Urbino for poet and novelist Paolo Volponi, twice winner of the Premio Strega, begin on February 6th: centenariovolponi.uniurb.it27 Jan 2024 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjx2jthqfm2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/richarddixon.bsky.social/post/3kjbgzllgip2uLRB Bookshop London, current bestsellers: at no.2 - *How to Spot a Fascist* by Umberto Eco, translated by Richard Dixon and Alastair McEwen18 Jan 2024 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:miluskd775ntjkr7ndzk52o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjbgzllgip2u