From the ‘Broken Windows Theory’ to the ‘Land of Poetry’: Francesca Sammartino’s commitment and dedication to the Croatian-Molisan language

From the ‘Broken Windows Theory’ to the ‘Land of Poetry’: Francesca Sammartino’s commitment and dedication to the Croatian-Molisan language

Francesca Sammartino, Prize Ostana 2025 for Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy, reminds us all that promoting one’s mother tongue is also a matter of imitation. It was 1969 when Professor Philip Zimbardo conducted a social psychology experiment on behalf of...
The Éamon Ó Ciosáin Bridge

The Éamon Ó Ciosáin Bridge

The full interview with Éamon Ó Ciosáin, winner of the 2025 Ostana Translation Prize, svolta da Andrea Fantino.   In 1981–82, Éamon Ó Ciosáin lived and taught at the University of Rennes in Brittany. Having learnt Breton, he set out to translate a large...