# Release of Myrta Merlino memoir > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/release-of-myrta-merlino-memoir > Updated: 2026-10-03T10:34:36.000Z. Sources: 18. Developments: 2. Journalist Myrta Merlino has released a memoir titled ‘La bambina del miracolo. Storia della mia mamma geniale’ through the publisher La Nave di Teseo. The book chronicles the life of her mother, Annamaria Palermo, a prominent sinologist and academic. Palermo’s life included studying in Paris during the 1968 protests and becoming one of the first 500 Westerners permitted to study in China during the Cultural Revolution. Her career involved roles at the University of Naples, Columbia University, and as the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing. The memoir explores Palermo’s professional achievements alongside the personal tensions caused by her unconventional lifestyle and pursuit of emancipation, specifically detailing her experiences through the 1960s and the lens of feminism. ## Claims - Journalist Myrta Merlino has released a new book titled ‘La bambina del miracolo. Storia della mia mamma geniale’ through La Nave di Teseo. (corroborated by 4 sources) - Natalia and Corrado Augias have released a new essay titled ‘L’uomo che inventò la politica. Inchiesta su Machiavelli’ through Einaudi. (corroborated by 4 sources) ## Timeline ### 2026-10-03: Italy: New book releases and social media awareness appeal New book releases include memoirs by Myrta Merlino and an investigation by Natalia and Corrado Augias, alongside a moving social media awareness appeal on the TV show ‘Tu si que vales’. 13 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/myrta-merlino-and-the-augias-couple-release-new-books ### 2026-09-29: Myrta Merlino releases memoir about her mother, sinologist Annamaria Palermo Journalist Myrta Merlino’s new book, ‘La bambina del miracolo’, profiles her mother, Annamaria Palermo, a pioneering sinologist and academic who lived through the 1968 protests and the Cultural Revolution. 5 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/myrta-merlino-releases-memoir-about-her-mother-sinologist-annamaria-palermo --- Cite as: Release of Myrta Merlino memoir. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/release-of-myrta-merlino-memoir