\u201cIt can be said that in every house, even the most modest, there is in some corner a cabinet or a drawer full of good medicines for every discomfort. But it does not necessarily have to be even a modest shelf of books read and kept with love. The isolated houses do not even have one, and they are almost always the sad and soulless ones you see on the news, where crimes take place”. So Miro Silvera, prolific writer, essayist, and refined intellectual, who died in Milan last week on his eightieth birthday.
\nBorn in Aleppo, Syria, he lived in Italy from the age of five. After having attended the Jewish school of Milan, he graduated at the Bocconi University in the economic-financial branch. Books were his passion. An avid reader, Silvera worked as a consultant for foreign fiction for the publisher Bompiani, translated several books from French and English, and wrote about cinema and literature.
\nIn 2007 he published Librotherapia – Book therapy by Salani. It is a fascinating journey “into the infinite world of books, because books heal the soul”. Among his works, the books \u201cL\u2019ebreo narrante\u201d (Sperling & Kupfer), \u201cI giardini dell\u2019Eden\u201d (Piemme), \u201cIl passeggero occidentale\u201d (Ponte alle Grazie). He also worked in the theatrical field and collaborated with many media outlets.
\nMay his memory be of a blessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"