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The city of Parma proposes a series of five conferences on The Merchant of Venice and Shakespeare, with a special seminar on John Florio. On the occasion of the national …

420 years ago Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake by the Roman Inquisition.  He was a major influence in John Florio’s life who changed his way of thinking, his …

The John Florio Prize is a biennial award of £2,000 for published translations of full-length Italian works of imaginative and creative writing of literary merit and general interest. Established in …

SCUFFLES, SWAGGER AND SHAKESPEARE: THE HIDDEN STORY OF ENGLISH BBC FOUR has released a new documentary which explores the history of English from a fresh point of view. It analyses …

During the Memory episode of the BBC Radio 3 program Words and Music, the Olivier Award-winning stage actor Tom Hiddleston read an excerpt from Chapter XVII, Of Presumption, of John Florio’s translation …

John Florio is the main protagonist of a new study about learning languages in Early Modern England. Written by John Gallagher, “Learning Languages in Early Modern England” is the first …