Alla voce Sciascia. Echi di stampa dal centenario

Abstract

Retracing the intellectual and literary profile of Leonardo Sciascia, this contribution dwells on the moments, writings and aspects that, in our opinion, have determined, perhaps more than others, his varied critical fate and legacy, even controversial ones, which remain acute topics today. With the aim of paying him homage through several “voices”, it recalls the testimonies and memories of writers, scholars, journalists and artists, which were reported in books, newspapers and magazines on the occasion of the centenary of the Sicilian author’s birth. Such testimonies and memories allow us to reflect once again, with a clear and detached mind, on the most precious and unique things that Sciascia left us as a legacy, in the matter of freedom, justice, legality and nonconformism. But also how abrasive, not painless, his relationship with public opinion and the established powers has always been.

Keywords

• literature
• courts and justice
• detective genre
• cinema
• Sicily
• Cosa Nostra