Eleonora Duse and the Emigration Magazine “Columbus” (1924)

The death of Eleonora Duse (April 21, 1924) caused a great emotion among Italian emigrants in the United States, who experienced this tragic event as a fact that directly involved their community. In April 1924, the Italian-American monthly magazine Columbus dedicated a dossier to the great actress with contributions that paid homage to her artistic greatness and underlined the relevance of her figure in the cultural context of emigration. Also Gabriele d’Annunzio received that pages, and read them: with her last tour, the ambassador of Italian theatre in the world create a special union between Europe and America. This was the beginning of Duse’s myth for the future generations.