Meet the Author: Rod Oneglia

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Join us as Litchfield resident and author Rod Oneglia shares his latest novel, A Quiet Grief. This historical novel begins in 1938 when a young, idealistic propaganda minister in Benito Mussolini’s fascist government (Gianni Orlandini) meets a Venetian girl of patrician family (Gabriella De Luca), also a nurse in the Italian Red Cross. Enraptured, they fall in love and plan to marry - all as Adolf Hitler places his first Nazi SS operatives in Rome to secure his “Pact of Steel” with Mussolini prior to the start of World War II.

Rod Oneglia loves Italy. All of it. For its unbelievable history, its art, its architecture, its food and especially for the diversity of its regions settled by peoples from all corners of the globe who traversed its boundaries over the centuries introducing their own cultures into the mix. His education includes a BA from Middlebury College, study abroad in Florence, a JD from the University of Connecticut, and a year at the Wharton School. Rod is a multifaceted writer, having authored three plays, a musical, a humor book, a collection of Vietnam War poems, and a series of short stories. Additionally, he sculpts bronze works which are part of private collections and a museum.