Living Language Italian: Daily Phrase and Culture 2012 Day-to-Day Calendarincludes basic words or phrases accompanied by English translations. A phonetic pronunciation guide is provided for key words, and cultural theme pages related to the language are scattered throughout the calendar. An audio CD of basic phrases is also included. Italian writers and poets make up the cultural theme for this calendar, including early medieval literature, the experimental prose of Italo Calvino and the philosophical works of Umberto Eco, and biographies of famous Italian poets such as Francesco Petrarca and Eugenio Montale, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1975.