The Po, king of rivers·The Italian Files
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Books (primary sources)

Jones, T. , The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River, Apollo, 2022

Belpoliti, M., Pianura, Einaudi, 2021

Books (secondary sources)

Bacchelli, R., The Mill on the Po, Cluny, 2020. Italian: Il mulino del Po, Mondadori, 2017 (first edition 1938)

Celati, G., Towards the River’s Mouth (translated by Patrick Barron), Lexington Books, 2018. Italian: Verso la foce, Feltrinelli, 2018 (first edition 1989)

Delfini, A., I racconti, Garzanti, 2021 (first edition 1963)

Viganò, R., L’Agnese va a morire, Einaudi, 2014 (first edition 1949)

Articles

Jones, T., “Quiet flows the Po: the life and slow death of Italy’s longest river”, The Guardian, 10 July 2022

Levantesi, S., “Italy must prepare for a future of chronic drought”, Nature, 14 July 2022

EU Knowledge Hub for Water, “Fact sheet: Po river basin”

History of the Lega Nord

Audio

Era il grande fiume, podcast series curated by Marco Belpoliti, 2023 on Spotify

Video

People of the Po Valley (Italian: Gente del Po), documentary (short) by Michelangelo Antonioni, 1947

Strada provinciale delle anime, documentary by Gianni Celati, 1991, on Mubi

The House of the Laughing Windows (Italian: La casa dalle finestre che ridono), film by Pupi Avati, 1976

Photography

Luigi Ghirri

Tomaso Clavarino, Padanistan, 2022