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
Tom F. Driver Fire was also performed on CBS TV on May 25, 1958, by the CBS Symphony Orchestra with soloists and chorus conducted by Alfredo Antonini. By 1958 Driver had become an Assistant Professor of Christian Theology at Union Seminary. He would eventually become the Paul J. Tillich Professor of Theology and Culture. Driver’s 1960 interview in Paris with author Samuel Beckett was published in 1961 as “Beckett by the Madeleine” and has been much anthologized. "The Reporter" magazine hired Driver as its theater critic in 1963, starting with a review of Peter Brooke’s celebrated London production of "King Lear". The association