On May 29, 2026, Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, Global Cultural Studies) presented a paper on John Hersey’s novel A Bell for Adano (1944 Pulitzer Prize) and its adaptation to the big screen directed by Henry King in 1945, and also on Leonardo Sciascia’s short story “10 luglio ’43/Gary Cooper in Licata”, which features a clever cinematographic rendition of the arrival of the American forces on the Southern coast of Sicily that day.
Part of a panel titled “Gli italo-americani e lo sbarco in Sicilia del 1943 nella letteratura e nel cinema,” the presentation was included in the Frank Capra Borgo Film Fest’s program. This international short film festival, this year at its 3rd edition, was conceived to bring visibility to the mountainous village of Bisacquino, in the heart of Sicily, the birthplace of renowned director Frank Capra.
