Summary
Marija Mitrović: Andrić and Italy
In the book Andrić and Italy, Marija Mitrović discusses Andrić's professional, literary and personal connections with Italy and Italian culture. It follows the involvement of our writer in the diplomatic service in the Vatican and Trieste, in the twenties of the 20th century, noting the multiple influences of Italian culture and art on Andrić's work, as well as his attitude towards social reality in Italy and the critical deviation towards growing fascism, which the writer testified to in his texts. The author carefully illuminates the so-called Italian themes in Andrić's work, whether they are essays on certain prominent personalities, or about Italian characters or the Italian context in Andrić's work. Marija Mitrović's research work on the reception of Ivo Andrić's work in Italy is particularly significant and useful: the conclusions reached by the author point to the living connections and stable interest of the Italian cultural public in the work of one of our greatest writers.
Žaneta Đukić Perišić
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