Giulia Corsalini - Giacomo Leopardi: Io era malinconicissimo

For Leopardi, melancholy marks the initial stage in the trajectory of a sensitive, imaginative soul toward despair and the loss of sensibility—a state from which he repeatedly emerges anew. It is a psychological experience that carries philosophical, ethical, poetic, and stylistic implications.

Together with Giulia Corsalini, we explore the poet’s inner depths and his emotions.

Giulia Corsalini in conversation with Valeria Cecilia.

Giulia Corsalini lives in Recanati. A teacher and author of literary criticism, in 2018 she published her acclaimed debut novel, *La lettrice di Čechov* (The Chekhov Reader), with the publishing house nottetempo; the book went on to win the 2019 Mondello International Literary Prize, the SuperMondello, the Premio Gli Asini, and the Bergamo National Fiction Prize.