The figure of a sportsman, sculpted to reflect classical Roman statuary, is one of many constructed during Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship that adorn the Stadio dei Marmi, located alongside the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/Getty
The figure of a sportsman, sculpted to reflect classical Roman statuary, is one of many constructed during Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship that adorn the Stadio dei Marmi, located alongside the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/Getty
The figure of a sportsman, sculpted to reflect classical Roman statuary, is one of many constructed during Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship that adorn the Stadio dei Marmi, located alongside the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/Getty
is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement, among others. He is the author of The Invention of Sicily (July 2021). He lives in Florence, Italy.