I’m testing a program here for creating bilingual books, and decided to start with Cipollino. Well… the first thing that came to mind. And it turned out that it’s not available in English, neither in digital nor in print form. That is, in the English-speaking world, they generally don’t know about Cipollino.
It turns out that Gianni Rodari was a journalist at the Communist newspaper “Unita,” and the communist party appointed him as the editor of a children’s magazine, where he published himself. And he also plays himself in the Soviet 1973 movie Cipollino. And eventually, a whole country grew up on the Italian fairy tale imported into the USSR.
Meanwhile, the story imported into the USSR was “interesting.” Well, for those who haven’t read it. It’s about a young onion (yes, a vegetable) named Cipollino, who lives in a kingdom where unjust and tyrannical leaders of vegetables and fruits rule. Cipollino unites with other oppressed citizens to overthrow the corrupt government and establish a fair society. In the end, he and his friends ultimately triumph and bring happiness and equality to their kingdom. (Actually, OpenAI gave me this summary, I was too lazy to think of it myself).
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 