Feb. 16 – 35 years ago, on december 8, John Lennon died, and one of the greatest musical legends of the twentieth century disappeared. Since the 1980s, the city of Prague has been home to one of the most beloved symbols of the famous British singer-songwriter: the Lennon Wall on Velkopřevorske naměsti. In these years, the Lennon wall has become a symbol of peace and freedom: young people filled it with graffiti and drawings inspired by Lennon, as well as phrases taken from the most beautiful Beatles songs. The Czech capital continues to pay homage to the Liverpool-native legend with an initiative promoted by the Italian Institute of Culture of the city to present a book by Italian author Michelangelo Iossa. The Institute (located in Šporkova 14) plays host on Thursday, February 26 at 6pm, to the presentation of the book “Gli ultimi giorni di Lennon” (Infinity Publishing – iSaggi). The author will present his work, which reconstructs the last private and public years of the musician. Journalist and music critic Michelangelo Iossa wrote the only European book entirely devoted to the 1975-1980 John Lennon period. “New York is the backdrop to the last five years of Lennon’s life. In 1980 the musician, having just celebrated his 40th birthday by returning to the rock scene, was gunned down by Mark David Chapman. John Lennon dies and the legend begins,” explains Iossa. The book was published in 2005 and, over the last 10 years, reached cult status in the Italian publishing circles on music and the Beatles. It also inspired many analyzes, articles, readings and radio specials.
