Divagando. New York, 1943-1950.
Title
Divagando. New York, 1943-1950.
Description
Divagando was a stylish monthly magazine, nearly all of whose articles were in Italian, begun in 1942-1943. Each issue contained a mix of essays, poetry, short stories, and columns.
The Collection currently includes issues from 1943 to 1951:
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 17 - 2 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 18 - 9 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 20 - 23 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 21 - 30 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 27 - 11 agosto [August] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 28 - 18 agosto [August] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 29 - 19 agosto [August] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 39 - 3 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 40 - 10 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 41 - 17 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 42 - 24 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 5, No. 126 - 14 febbraio [February] 1945
Divagando, Vol. 5, No. 128 - 18 luglio [July] 1945
Divagando, Vol. 6, No. 147 - 28 novembre 1945
Divagando, Vol. 7, No. 162 - 13 marzo [March] 1946
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 201 - 11 dicembre [December] 1946
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 204 - 1 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 205 - 8 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 207 - 22 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 208 - 29 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 223 - 14 maggio [May] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 224 - 21 maggio [May] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 226 - 4 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 227 - 11 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 228 - 18 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 229 - 25 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 231 - 9 luglio [July] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 10, No. 244 - 8 ottobre [October] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 10, No. 246 - 22 ottobre [October] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 13, No. 336 - 13 luglio [July] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 346 - 21 settembre [September] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 352 - 2 novembre [November] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 358 - 14 dicembre [December] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 359 - 21 dicembre [December] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 15, No. 377 - 26 aprile [April] 1950
Divagando, Vol. 15, No. 405 - 8 novembre [November] 1950
Divagando, Vol. 15, No. 411 - 20 dicembre [December] 1950
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 418 - 7 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 419 - 14 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 420 - 21 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 421 - 28 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 443 - 1 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 444 - 8 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 445 - 15 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 446 - 22 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 447 - 29 agosto [August] 1951
In 1945, its third year of publication, it was published by Casa Luotto; its editor then was Andre Luotto, with Frank Liotta as Art Director. Franco Lalli, q.v., became Associate Editor in 1947. Later (among these issues), in 1949, it was published by Divagando Corporation.
Italian writers known to us from other items in the Collection include Pietro Novasio, Franco Lalli, and Elisa Odabella. That there were no prominent Italian-language writers is a reflection that their time had passed in this post- World War II period, the immigrant generations having passed by this point for the most part. Most issues also contained translations into Italian of English-language or French-language writers, such as O. Henry and de Maupassant.
The lack of prominent writers does not mean that the articles were not interesting. One of the most interesting sources of information about Antonio de Martino, the prominent long-time publisher of the Italian Book Company, which published many of the books in the Collection, came from an essay in Divagando. There were also profiles of interesting Italian-Americans, not necessarily prominenti, such as restauranter Eugenio Minasso, whose Cafe Torino and Casa Minasso were quietly classy Torinese restaurants that first brought northern Italian cuisine to New York - and made no pretensions that it was French cuisine, as had been the case before him - in the thirties and forties, restaurants frequented by celebrities like Leonard Bernstein.
The Collection currently includes issues from 1943 to 1951:
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 17 - 2 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 18 - 9 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 20 - 23 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 1, No. 21 - 30 giugno [June] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 27 - 11 agosto [August] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 28 - 18 agosto [August] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 29 - 19 agosto [August] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 39 - 3 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 40 - 10 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 41 - 17 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 2, No. 42 - 24 novembre [November] 1943
Divagando, Vol. 5, No. 126 - 14 febbraio [February] 1945
Divagando, Vol. 5, No. 128 - 18 luglio [July] 1945
Divagando, Vol. 6, No. 147 - 28 novembre 1945
Divagando, Vol. 7, No. 162 - 13 marzo [March] 1946
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 201 - 11 dicembre [December] 1946
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 204 - 1 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 205 - 8 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 207 - 22 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 8, No. 208 - 29 gennaio [January] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 223 - 14 maggio [May] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 224 - 21 maggio [May] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 226 - 4 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 227 - 11 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 228 - 18 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 229 - 25 giugno [June] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 9, No. 231 - 9 luglio [July] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 10, No. 244 - 8 ottobre [October] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 10, No. 246 - 22 ottobre [October] 1947
Divagando, Vol. 13, No. 336 - 13 luglio [July] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 346 - 21 settembre [September] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 352 - 2 novembre [November] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 358 - 14 dicembre [December] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 14, No. 359 - 21 dicembre [December] 1949
Divagando, Vol. 15, No. 377 - 26 aprile [April] 1950
Divagando, Vol. 15, No. 405 - 8 novembre [November] 1950
Divagando, Vol. 15, No. 411 - 20 dicembre [December] 1950
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 418 - 7 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 419 - 14 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 420 - 21 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 17, No. 421 - 28 febbraio [February] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 443 - 1 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 444 - 8 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 445 - 15 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 446 - 22 agosto [August] 1951
Divagando, Vol. 18, No. 447 - 29 agosto [August] 1951
In 1945, its third year of publication, it was published by Casa Luotto; its editor then was Andre Luotto, with Frank Liotta as Art Director. Franco Lalli, q.v., became Associate Editor in 1947. Later (among these issues), in 1949, it was published by Divagando Corporation.
Italian writers known to us from other items in the Collection include Pietro Novasio, Franco Lalli, and Elisa Odabella. That there were no prominent Italian-language writers is a reflection that their time had passed in this post- World War II period, the immigrant generations having passed by this point for the most part. Most issues also contained translations into Italian of English-language or French-language writers, such as O. Henry and de Maupassant.
The lack of prominent writers does not mean that the articles were not interesting. One of the most interesting sources of information about Antonio de Martino, the prominent long-time publisher of the Italian Book Company, which published many of the books in the Collection, came from an essay in Divagando. There were also profiles of interesting Italian-Americans, not necessarily prominenti, such as restauranter Eugenio Minasso, whose Cafe Torino and Casa Minasso were quietly classy Torinese restaurants that first brought northern Italian cuisine to New York - and made no pretensions that it was French cuisine, as had been the case before him - in the thirties and forties, restaurants frequented by celebrities like Leonard Bernstein.
Format
30x23cm
Language
Italian
English
Collection
Citation
“Divagando. New York, 1943-1950.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 28, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/606.
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