After the summer break, the series The Italian Library resumes at ICI London in collaboration with Ornella Tarantola.
The Italian Library #13
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Every Prison is an Island / Ogni prigione è un’isola
Daria Bignardi at ICI London
“Prison is like the Amazon jungle, like a country at war, a remote island, an extreme place where survival is the priority and primary emotions are vivid”: perhaps that is why, as a storyteller drawn to places where “human beings are laid bare”, Daria Bignardi first entered a prison thirty years ago.
The author will recount lives suspended between walls and dreams, encounters that change destinies. Every prison becomes an island where freedom is discovered through pain, words, and in the waiting for a tomorrow.
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Daria Bignardi, born in Ferrara, has lived in Milan for many years. A journalist and writer, she has published nine books, translated into several languages. Her latest work is Ogni prigione è un’isola (Strade Blu Mondadori), which received the Rapallo Non-Fiction Prize. She worked for many years as a radio and television writer and presenter, and currently hosts a book-themed podcast titled Parlarne tra amici (“Talking About It Among Friends”). She has been a columnist for Vanity Fair since the launch of its Italian edition.