Giorgio van Straten

Giorgio van Straten is an Italian author. He is the director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. His latest book is In Search of Lost Books (2019), translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.

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Written by Giorgio van Straten

A rocky path surrounded by bushes and small trees with a mountainous landscape in the background under a blue sky.

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Lost in migration

When Walter Benjamin fled France in 1940, he took a heavy black suitcase. Did it contain a typescript? Where is it now?

Giorgio van Straten