The University Library has recently taken out a subscription to the journal Gradiva : international journal of Italian poetry.

Created in 1975 by Adriano Berengo, the first issue was released in the summer of 1976. The first series of Gradiva ran from 1976 to 1982, and the main focus of the journal was to explore the relationship between psychoanalysis and literature. In 1982, with the second series and under new editorship, the journal became essentially a periodical of Italian literature and from that year on started to include creative texts. From the year 2000 to the present, the journal has devoted itself exclusively to Italian poetry and poetics, with an emphasis on the twentieth century and beyond.

Recently, it was taken over by the publishing house, Leo S. Olschki of Florence. The editor-in-chief of the journal is Luigi Fontanella, professor of Italian at Stony Brook University, and amongst the important international figures on the editorial board is the poet Valerio Magrelli. Now semi-annual, its issues include poems by Italian poets (with or without accompanying English translations) and poems by authors of Italian descent, as well as essays, translations, reviews, and interviews. It is an important resource for students of Italian contemporary poetry and the Italian poetical scene.

The journal stands at L740.d.4, with the latest issues in pigeon hole W.52 in the West Room.

Bettina Rex