Giorgio van Straten Giorgio van Straten Giorgio van Straten (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel "Generazione" was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for "Il mio nome a memoria", published in English as "My Name, A Living Memory" (2003), the story of his Jewish-Dutch family from 1811 to our days. That same year he was awarded the Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He translated from English into Italian "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Giunti, 1992),"The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (Giunti, 1994),"The Jungle
The Secret Speech (novel) The Secret Speech (novel) The Secret Speech is the second novel in a trilogy by British author Tom Rob Smith; it was released in April 2009. The book features a repeat appearance of Leo Stepanovich Demidov, the protagonist of Smith's first book, "Child 44" (2008). "The Secret Speech" is a further exploration of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin created. The third novel in the trilogy, "Agent 6", was published in 2011. The title refers to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 address admitting Stalin's crimes. The book continues to develop the theme begun in Smith's first work. Leo's nationalism evolves as