Andrea Marcolongo is an Italian journalist, writer, Classics scholar, and former speech writer for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The Ingenious Language was a bestseller in Italy and in many of the other dozen countries in which it has been published thus far. She is also the author of The Heroic Measure.
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“Andrea Marcolongo has brought [the Aeneid] back into the conversation and outside the confines of academia... An excellent translation by Will Schutt brilliantly serves [her] passionate endorsement of a work of literature written two millennia ago.”— Reading in Translation, Jun 14 2022![]()
“Exhilarating...as well as making a convincing case for its singularly expressive power, [Andrea Marcolongo] shows how languages give us new ways of seeing and understanding the world.” Read the full review in The Guardian— The Guardian, Nov 7 2019![]()
“Andrea Marcolongo’s love of Ancient Greek is infectious in this brilliant meditation on language and life.” Read the full article in Bookriot— Bookriot, Oct 24 2019![]()
"The Ingenious Language has the potential to change your sense of reality.” Read the full article in Refinery29— Refinery29, Oct 8 2019![]()
“Anyone who values the study of language will delight in this spirited defense of the effort being worth the reward.”— Publishers Weekly, Sep 10 2019
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