Messina, Italy

Messina in Literature

Many writers set their works in Messina, among them:

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• Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron IV day V novel, Lisabetta da Messina - IV day IV Novel, Gerbino ed Elissa 1351
• Matteo Bandello - Novelliere First Part, novel XXII 1554
• William Shakespeare - Much Ado about Nothing 1598 - Antony and Cleopatra 1607
• Molière Jean Baptiste Poquelin - L'Etourdi ou Les Contre-temps 1654
• Friedrich Schiller - Die Braut von Messina 1803 (The Bride of Messina)
• Silvio Pellico - Eufemio da Messina 1818
• Friedrich Nietzsche - Idyllen aus Messina 1882 (Idylls from Messina)
• Giovanni Pascoli - poetry L'Aquilone 1904
• Elio Vittorini - Le donne di Messina 1949 (Women of Messina) - Conversazione in Sicilia 1941 (Conversations in Sicily)
• Stefano D'Arrigo - Horcynus Orca 1975
• Julien Green - Demain n'existe pas 1985