| Botteghe Oscure | |
| Category: | literary journal |
| Founder: | Marguerite Caetani |
| Founded: | 1948 |
| Finaldate: | 1960 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Based: | Rome |
| Language: | Italian, French, English, German, Spanish |
| Oclc: | 1536926 |
Botteghe Oscure was a literary journal that was founded and edited in Rome by Marguerite Caetani (Princess di Bassiano) from 1948 to 1960.
Botteghe Oscure was established in 1948.[1] The magazine was named after Rome’s via delle Botteghe Oscure (Latin: Ad Apothecas Obscuras), where the editorial office was located;[2] during the Middle Ages the street's "dark shops" came to be installed under the dark arches of the Circus Flaminius.
The review was published twice a year with poetry and prose in five languages (Italian, French and English, and alternating issues featuring German and Spanish-language segments. It was distributed in the United States through Farrar, Straus & Young and the Gotham Book Mart.[3]
Giorgio Bassani was an editor.[4] Later Eugene Walter moved from Paris to Rome to edit the magazine for Caetani.[1] The publication of the magazine ended in 1960.[2] [1]
In 1951 the journal published the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.[5]