LO SGUARDO DELLA NON APPARTENENZA: UNA SCRITTRICE AL GIRO D’ITALIA

Abstract

Among the intellectuals who covered the Giro d’Italia for newspapers, alongside Gatto, Pratolini, and Buzzati, there is also Anna Maria Ortese. In 1955, for the publication L'Europeo, the writer followed the sporting events with a disenchanted passion, producing pages that were later compiled in her travel writings. Completely unfamiliar with the sporting world, Ortese replaced the realism of journalistic reporting with landscape impressions, colours, and details, oscillating between lyricism and symbolism. Emotionally engaged yet detached, she selected what she observed and conveyed to the reader what lies behind the Giro d'Italia, creating an almost seamless fusion between humanity and nature.