My latest article, on Substack:
Quando tagliai i capelli a Wojtyła
An unpublished interview with the religious brother who accompanied Karol Wojtyła to the conclave.
On scritti.melazzini.com you will find all my writing: the new pieces as well as the archive of my articles from La Stampa, the Domenicale of Il Sole 24 Ore, L’Espresso, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and other publications. Most articles are written in Italian; Substack translates them into English at the click of a button.
My latest pieces
L’IA, il pappagallo e la mossa 37
From AlphaGo to the agents that broke out of OpenAI’s labs: why the dispute over the nature of artificial intelligence is not science fiction
Le ruspe, la pensilina e il voto in Serbia
Vučić steps down as president, Serbia at a crossroads
Il nanetto in pezzi. La Germania tra gli estremi
The country that tried so hard to be normal can no longer manage it
From the archive
La Stampa | Le donne bambine del «vecchio Fontane» (2004)
Fontane and his child-women
La Stampa | Thomas Mann. Il genio in posa (2004)
The genius strikes a pose
La Stampa | Quando Simenon incontrò Hitler (2005)
When Simenon met Hitler
Notiziario BPS | Joachim Fest. Il pessimismo della ragione (2005)
An interview with Joachim Fest
Nuova Antologia | I confini di Claudio Magris (2007)
An essay on Claudio Magris
Il Sole 24 Ore | Una Capri alla tedesca (2008)
Sylt, a German Capri
Il Sole 24 Ore | Così mi guarì il dottor Freud (2009)
How Doctor Freud cured me
Il Sole 24 Ore | Auschwitz in posa per morire (2009)
Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer of Auschwitz
Il Sole 24 Ore | Scuola guida (di panzer) (2009)
Tank driving school in Brandenburg
Süddeutsche Zeitung | Einmal in den Odenwald (2010)
A trip to the Odenwald (in German)
IL | Un popolo, un giornale (2011)
An interview with Kai Diekmann, editor of Bild
ADESSO | Cos’è italiano? Intervista al cardinale Ravasi (2017)
What is Italian? An interview with Cardinal Ravasi
Notiziario BPS | Intervista con Imre Kertész (2023)
An interview with Imre Kertész
The complete archive of my articles: Archive.