Transatlantic Intellectual Networks: Leonardo Sciascia and the Sciascia Archive Project

Leonardo Sciascia (1921 – 1989) was an Italian novelist and politician. The archival materials which document his work are now part of the Sciascia Archive Project at the University of Toronto. This presentation will analyse correspondence preserved at the Leonardo Sciascia Foundation in Racalmuto, alongside other documents, in order to reconstruct the context and motivations behind this donation. The presentation will also highlight the role of transatlantic intellectual networks in the reception of Sciascia’s work. The second part of the presentation will focus on the ongoing digitisation process — the first step in an initiative that aims to develop a digital network linking this collection with other Sciascia and non-Sciascia archives in Italy, beginning with the Canadian material.