30 CC:ConneCtiCut College Magazine SPRing 2010
n spring 2007, I had the good
fortune to be asked to translate
filmmaker Federico Fellini’s
personal diary.
I had no idea that
the great Fellini, creator of cinematic
masterpieces like La Dolce Vita and...
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30 CC:ConneCtiCut College Magazine SPRing 2010
n spring 2007, I had the good
fortune to be asked to translate
filmmaker Federico Fellini’s
personal diary.
I had no idea that
the great Fellini, creator of cinematic
masterpieces like La Dolce Vita and
Amarcord, even kept a diary.
Its
existence was unknown to all but his
closest friends and collaborators, and
the diary was only made public years
after his death, in 1993.
When the
publishers sent me a copy, I discovered
a marvelous document: a detailed diary
of Fellini’s dreams, filled with anecdotes
and glimpses into his private life.
Before
he got into film, Fellini worked as a
magazine illustrator, and his entries
were almost always accompanied by
colorful, richly illustrated sketches.
I
Found in
Translation
Aaron Maines ’95, an alumnus of the
College’s Toor Cummings Center for
International Studies and the Liberal
Arts, overcame his early struggles with
Italian to become one of the foremost
translators of Italian to English.
A
ve
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