Massimiliano Canzanella
@mcanzanella.bsky.social
Language Activist, Writer and English Teacher.
www.canzanella.net
www.canzanella.net
I am delighted and honoured to have been invited - courtesy of Dr Enza De Francisci - to present my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) at the Translation Studies Symposium which will be held next 1 December at the University of Glasgow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I am delighted and honoured to have been invited - courtesy of Dr Enza De Francisci - to present my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) at the Translation Studies Symposium which will be held next 1 December at the University of Glasgow.
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my bilingual play MASTODASCIA last night!
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my bilingual play MASTODASCIA last night!
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
A salient snippet from my Neapolitan lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland last Wednesday.
September 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A salient snippet from my Neapolitan lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland last Wednesday.
This coming Wednesday, at the University of Edinburgh. Huge thanks to Dr Daniela Sannino for inviting me and the Department of European Languages and Cultures for hosting the event.
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This coming Wednesday, at the University of Edinburgh. Huge thanks to Dr Daniela Sannino for inviting me and the Department of European Languages and Cultures for hosting the event.
So what’s a Deus Ex Machina?
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So what’s a Deus Ex Machina?
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
Pe accattà ’e bbigliette ncoppa a internet:
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
September 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Pe accattà ’e bbigliette ncoppa a internet:
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Thanks for sharing news of my play, Bellahouston Academy! 🙏 Never a day goes by when I don’t feel fortunate and proud of teaching at Bella. ❤️
September 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thanks for sharing news of my play, Bellahouston Academy! 🙏 Never a day goes by when I don’t feel fortunate and proud of teaching at Bella. ❤️
Cu Neil McClelland stammatina simmo state ô Teatro Tron ’e Glasgow pe vedé ’a Changing House addó ô 17 ’e Uttobbre pròssimo se rappresentarrà ’a traggedia dinto a duie atte Mastodascia.
July 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cu Neil McClelland stammatina simmo state ô Teatro Tron ’e Glasgow pe vedé ’a Changing House addó ô 17 ’e Uttobbre pròssimo se rappresentarrà ’a traggedia dinto a duie atte Mastodascia.
Mastodascia - Fri 17 October 2025 - Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
Tickets on sale soon!
Tickets on sale soon!
June 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Mastodascia - Fri 17 October 2025 - Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
Tickets on sale soon!
Tickets on sale soon!
«Nosotros tenemos más necesidad de Che Guevara, del lenguaje y de revolucionarios de la literatura que de letrados de la revolución».
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
May 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
«Nosotros tenemos más necesidad de Che Guevara, del lenguaje y de revolucionarios de la literatura que de letrados de la revolución».
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
Since the master bigots who have shamelessly added the racial slur 'Napoli' to the Italian language dictionary do not have the guts to do it, I have borrowed John Steinbeck's illustration of the term 'Okie' from 'The Grapes of Wrath' to clarify the meaning of…
May 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Since the master bigots who have shamelessly added the racial slur 'Napoli' to the Italian language dictionary do not have the guts to do it, I have borrowed John Steinbeck's illustration of the term 'Okie' from 'The Grapes of Wrath' to clarify the meaning of…
For Scott McTominay, the Neapolitan language and culture assimilation is complete. 💙🏴🌋 #mcfràtemo #mcmybrother
April 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For Scott McTominay, the Neapolitan language and culture assimilation is complete. 💙🏴🌋 #mcfràtemo #mcmybrother
How the Italian ‘parla bene’ or ‘speak properly’ continues to perpetrate evil on Neapolitan schoolchildren and their parents/carers.
Language oppression is one of the most diabolical forms of violence…
Language oppression is one of the most diabolical forms of violence…
April 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How the Italian ‘parla bene’ or ‘speak properly’ continues to perpetrate evil on Neapolitan schoolchildren and their parents/carers.
Language oppression is one of the most diabolical forms of violence…
Language oppression is one of the most diabolical forms of violence…
Professor Magnus Course from the University of Edinburgh on the fundamental role played by my novels securing a future for the Neapolitan language.
April 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Professor Magnus Course from the University of Edinburgh on the fundamental role played by my novels securing a future for the Neapolitan language.
In perfectly Orwellian style, at the University of Naples (Italy) Federico II, there is a department dedicated to the promotion of bilingualism; yet the same department is concurrently denying the possibility for Neapolitans to also speak their L1 in the classroom…
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In perfectly Orwellian style, at the University of Naples (Italy) Federico II, there is a department dedicated to the promotion of bilingualism; yet the same department is concurrently denying the possibility for Neapolitans to also speak their L1 in the classroom…
There is much more to Neapolitan Language and Culture than the racialising gaze of Elena Ferrante and Roberto Saviano... even AI knows it.
March 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
There is much more to Neapolitan Language and Culture than the racialising gaze of Elena Ferrante and Roberto Saviano... even AI knows it.
In Naples, the artistic genius of a native speaker of Neapolitan by the name of Pino Daniele is being celebrated.
Yet the ‘Napoli bene’ – the Italian speaking and therefore ‘well-to-do’ people on the right-hand side – appropriated the event and made sure…
Yet the ‘Napoli bene’ – the Italian speaking and therefore ‘well-to-do’ people on the right-hand side – appropriated the event and made sure…
March 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In Naples, the artistic genius of a native speaker of Neapolitan by the name of Pino Daniele is being celebrated.
Yet the ‘Napoli bene’ – the Italian speaking and therefore ‘well-to-do’ people on the right-hand side – appropriated the event and made sure…
Yet the ‘Napoli bene’ – the Italian speaking and therefore ‘well-to-do’ people on the right-hand side – appropriated the event and made sure…
Che ato le putesse maie augurà a na guagliona eccezionale – patuta ’e Taylor Swift – ca chesta semmana fa diciotto anne? #nuncrésceremaie 🎂 🪄 ❤️
What else could I wish such an amazing girl – and Swiftie – who will be turning eighteen this week? #nevergrowup
What else could I wish such an amazing girl – and Swiftie – who will be turning eighteen this week? #nevergrowup
March 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Che ato le putesse maie augurà a na guagliona eccezionale – patuta ’e Taylor Swift – ca chesta semmana fa diciotto anne? #nuncrésceremaie 🎂 🪄 ❤️
What else could I wish such an amazing girl – and Swiftie – who will be turning eighteen this week? #nevergrowup
What else could I wish such an amazing girl – and Swiftie – who will be turning eighteen this week? #nevergrowup
Could bringing oppressed languages to the stage help save them?
Last night, in Glasgow 🏴 , @neilmcc91.bsky.social and I had a first go at it.
#bilingualism #heritagelanguages #LinguisticDiversity
Last night, in Glasgow 🏴 , @neilmcc91.bsky.social and I had a first go at it.
#bilingualism #heritagelanguages #LinguisticDiversity
February 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Could bringing oppressed languages to the stage help save them?
Last night, in Glasgow 🏴 , @neilmcc91.bsky.social and I had a first go at it.
#bilingualism #heritagelanguages #LinguisticDiversity
Last night, in Glasgow 🏴 , @neilmcc91.bsky.social and I had a first go at it.
#bilingualism #heritagelanguages #LinguisticDiversity
Can bilingual drama performances help save languages?
Alan Spence’s masterpiece The Sailmaker to return to the stage as ’O Mastodascia – a Neapolitan adaptation by Massimiliano Canzanella.
Alan Spence’s masterpiece The Sailmaker to return to the stage as ’O Mastodascia – a Neapolitan adaptation by Massimiliano Canzanella.
February 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Can bilingual drama performances help save languages?
Alan Spence’s masterpiece The Sailmaker to return to the stage as ’O Mastodascia – a Neapolitan adaptation by Massimiliano Canzanella.
Alan Spence’s masterpiece The Sailmaker to return to the stage as ’O Mastodascia – a Neapolitan adaptation by Massimiliano Canzanella.
On the way to Edinburgh to meet Alan Spence. 🚂
When The Sailmaker 🏴 meets ’O Mastodascia 🌋.
Si uno vo ’o permesso pe adattà l’òpera ’e nu grande scrittore scozzese, amMAKARo ha da tènere ’a crianza ’e ce ’o gghì a cercà ’a vicino.
When The Sailmaker 🏴 meets ’O Mastodascia 🌋.
Si uno vo ’o permesso pe adattà l’òpera ’e nu grande scrittore scozzese, amMAKARo ha da tènere ’a crianza ’e ce ’o gghì a cercà ’a vicino.
February 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
On the way to Edinburgh to meet Alan Spence. 🚂
When The Sailmaker 🏴 meets ’O Mastodascia 🌋.
Si uno vo ’o permesso pe adattà l’òpera ’e nu grande scrittore scozzese, amMAKARo ha da tènere ’a crianza ’e ce ’o gghì a cercà ’a vicino.
When The Sailmaker 🏴 meets ’O Mastodascia 🌋.
Si uno vo ’o permesso pe adattà l’òpera ’e nu grande scrittore scozzese, amMAKARo ha da tènere ’a crianza ’e ce ’o gghì a cercà ’a vicino.
VUIE FASCISTE GIÀ ÂTE PERZO
(All you fascists are bound to lose)
ô viulino antifascista (on the anti fascist fiddle) 🎻 Jamie Wilson
‘All you fascists’ - words by Woody Guthrie
(All you fascists are bound to lose)
ô viulino antifascista (on the anti fascist fiddle) 🎻 Jamie Wilson
‘All you fascists’ - words by Woody Guthrie
February 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
VUIE FASCISTE GIÀ ÂTE PERZO
(All you fascists are bound to lose)
ô viulino antifascista (on the anti fascist fiddle) 🎻 Jamie Wilson
‘All you fascists’ - words by Woody Guthrie
(All you fascists are bound to lose)
ô viulino antifascista (on the anti fascist fiddle) 🎻 Jamie Wilson
‘All you fascists’ - words by Woody Guthrie
The teaching of heritage languages should be left to the professionals.
That is why my auntie Clementina has often led my lessons at Glasgow University. She spent her whole life speaking and thus teaching us all kids the wondrous beauty of the Neapolitan language.
#heritagelanguages
That is why my auntie Clementina has often led my lessons at Glasgow University. She spent her whole life speaking and thus teaching us all kids the wondrous beauty of the Neapolitan language.
#heritagelanguages
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The teaching of heritage languages should be left to the professionals.
That is why my auntie Clementina has often led my lessons at Glasgow University. She spent her whole life speaking and thus teaching us all kids the wondrous beauty of the Neapolitan language.
#heritagelanguages
That is why my auntie Clementina has often led my lessons at Glasgow University. She spent her whole life speaking and thus teaching us all kids the wondrous beauty of the Neapolitan language.
#heritagelanguages
Is ITALIAN the most racist language ever?
Why was the name of this city added – in lower case and as a derogatory term – to the ITALIAN language dictionary? And what does it actually mean?
Is the ITALIAN N-word more evil than the ENGLISH one?
Next week on @vocalfriespod.bsky.social – the
Why was the name of this city added – in lower case and as a derogatory term – to the ITALIAN language dictionary? And what does it actually mean?
Is the ITALIAN N-word more evil than the ENGLISH one?
Next week on @vocalfriespod.bsky.social – the
February 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is ITALIAN the most racist language ever?
Why was the name of this city added – in lower case and as a derogatory term – to the ITALIAN language dictionary? And what does it actually mean?
Is the ITALIAN N-word more evil than the ENGLISH one?
Next week on @vocalfriespod.bsky.social – the
Why was the name of this city added – in lower case and as a derogatory term – to the ITALIAN language dictionary? And what does it actually mean?
Is the ITALIAN N-word more evil than the ENGLISH one?
Next week on @vocalfriespod.bsky.social – the