Cortina d'Ampezzo Trentino-Alto Adige announced that they are to commission a feasibility study to build a new line between Calalzo, Cortina and Toblach. Cortina has attracted many distinguished guests, often inspiring them in their creative work. They include the Italian novelists Dino Buzzati (1906–1972), author of "The Tartar Steppe", Goffredo Parise (1929–1986) and Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009). Ernest Hemingway, author of "A Farewell to Arms", also arrived in the area in 1918 as a young ambulance driver. Other notable visitors include John Ball (1818–1889), the Irish mountaineer and naturalist who climbed Monte Pelmo in 1857, the Italian mountaineers Emilio Comici (1901–1940), Angelo Dibona
A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz () is a 2012 book by Swedish author Göran Rosenberg, variously described as a novel and a non-fiction narrative book. As of 2014, the book has been translated into nine languages and sold more than 200,000 copies. It won the August Prize in 2012 and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 2014. The book starts with a chapter called "The Place" in which, on 2 August 1947, a 24-year-old man arrives via train at the industrial town of Södertälje. He starts working at