Mattarella rediscovers Salvatore Satta's correspondence
The French publisher published them and sent them to the President of the Republic, who thanked them.
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Finally, the French took care of it. During the academic slumber of Sardinia and Italy, they published the extensive correspondence that passed over the course of seven years, between 1968 and 1975 (the year of his death), between Salvatore Satta, the author of "Judgment Day," and Bernardo Albanese, professor of Roman Law at the University of Palermo. A total of 419 letters, which Satta's family jealously guarded, fearing the reactions to the sharp yet blunt assessments of the contemporary world, especially the academic one, which the two intellectuals expressed with the sincerity born of mutual respect.
In 2018, the publishing rights to these letters were sold to a refined French publishing house, Conference, founded by Christophe Carraud, a renowned scholar of Italian legal culture. The interest in the correspondence is such that it attracted the attention of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. Carraud himself sent the volumes to him, receiving much appreciation: "Dear publisher," the highest official of the Italian Republic responded, "I thank you very much for sending Salvatore Satta's volumes. They represent a very valuable source of thought. It is in this valuable field that the correspondence with Bernardo Albanese fits. My interest in these volumes is primarily cultural, but it also has a personal dimension: I met Satta as a professor of Civil Procedure when I was studying at the University of Rome, and I met Bernardo Albanese (my wife's best man at my wedding) as a young assistant at the University of Palermo. Please know that I greatly appreciate the choice to publish this expression of European culture, which demonstrates the strength of the cultural bond that unites France and Italy. With my warmest regards, Sergio Mattarella."
Nuoro intellectual Ugo Collu spoke about it at the Literary Tuesdays organized by journalist Angelo Altea, in conversation with Lucia Becchere. The Cambosu café was packed, the interest was high, and the initiative was well received.
