Rome hosts international literature festival on Palatine Hill

2024 edition of Rome’s open-air literature festival will be held in Stadio Palatino.
Rome’s free international literature festival returns this summer in the spectacular open-air setting of the Palatine Hill over five evenings from 7-16 July.

The prestigious literary event features a host of award-winning Italian and international authors who will read from their work, supported by actors, acrobats, live music and light effects.

The 23rd edition of the festival will see authors read new texts written especially for the festival, inspired by the 2024 theme – Questa è la Storia – a tribute to the celebrated Italian writer Elsa Morante who died in 1985.

This year’s festival comes 50 years after the publication of Morante’s acclaimed novel La Storia, about the struggles of a half-Jewish widow and her sons in Rome during and after world war two.