Rodari's 100th birthday. Google's doodle today pays tribute to the children's writer

Today’s Google doodle is dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Gianni Rodari (Omegna, 1920 - Rome, 1980), a celebrated children’s writer and journalist. Right from the 1950s, his children’s books and stories were a huge success with the public and critics and were translated into many languages, winning various awards, including the “Hans Christian Andersen” award in 1970.

Among his major works are The Adventures of Little Onion, Jasmine in the Land of Liars, Nursery Rhymes in Heaven and Earth, Fables on the Telephone, The Book of Errors, and Twice There was Baron Lambert.
It is from 1973 Grammar of Fantasy, a landmark in reading education and children’s literature.

MiBACT Minister Dario Franceschini also recalls in a note: “Today we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gianni Rodari, the absolute genius of fantasy. ”Extraordinary writer, pedagogue, author for children and young people, inventor of fairy tales and nursery rhymes,“ the minister continues. ”An all-round intellectual who revolutionized children’s literature by making it lively and fun. Over the past year, thanks to the work of the Celebration Committee specially set up by Mibact, Cepell and the State Libraries, his figure has been remembered with hundreds of initiatives, and it is no coincidence that the 2020 edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, underway right now, is dedicated to the relationship between word and image of which Rodari, with his works and teachings, was one of the great precursors."

There are many events celebrating him, as well as a website dedicated precisely to his centenary. For the occasion, Radio Kids will turn into Radio Rodari for the entire day, during which his best-known fairy tales will be read.

Rodari's 100th birthday. Google's doodle today pays tribute to the children's writer

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