Presentation of the Hebrew version of Favole al telefono by G. Rodari
Exhibition of the illustrations realised by Yana Bukler
Gianni Rodari (23 October 1920 – 14 April 1980) was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his books for children. He won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 and is considered by many to be Italy's most important twentieth-century children's author. His books have been translated into many languages, though few have been published in English Among them, one would like to mention Il libro delle Filastrocche (“The book of children's poems”, 1951) Il Romanzo di Cipollino (“The Adventures of the Little Onion”, 1951) La freccia azzurra (“The Blue Arrow”, 1953) Filastrocche in cielo e in terra (“Nursery Rhymes in the Sky and on Earth”, 1960), La torta in cielo (“The Cake in the Sky”, 1966), La Grammatica della Fantasia (“The Grammar of Fantasy”, 1974), C'era due volte il barone Lamberto ovvero I misteri dell’isola di San Giulio (Twice Upon a Time there was a Baron called Lamberto or The Mysteries of the Isle of San Giulio, 1978, Novelle fatte a macchina (“Stories written on a typewriter”).