Alba de Céspedes and the story of women’s emancipation.
Irene Finiguerra and Annalisa Menin, in collaboration with the Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori Foundation, introduce a dialogue between Olga Campofreda and Isabella Livorni centered on women’s freedom and Alba de Céspedes. Moderator Claudio Pagliara.
During the event, the audience will be taken on a journey that intertwines archives, literature, and cultural history, showing how the Italian language was, for Alba de Céspedes, a tool of freedom, awareness, and social transformation.
From her literary work to the pages of the magazine «Epoca» (1952–1960), Alba de Céspedes’s writing was one of the most important tools for reflecting on female identity and emancipation in Italian postwar. Olga Campofreda‘s research in the Mondadori Foundation Archive reconstructed a fundamental period in Italian journalism and literature, and brought to light a voice that anticipated themes still extraordinarily relevant today.
This is also an opportunity to present the Nuove Generazioni Across the Ocean Contest, promoted by Contemporanea in collaboration with New York University, aimed at students of the Department of Italian Studies, with the goal to build a dialogue between the heritage of Italian literature and the perspective of new generations.
Program:
18:00 – 18:05 | Greetings and introduction
Presentation of Contemporanea goes to New York and of the event
18:05 – 18:45 | A Woman’s True Freedom
Dialogue on Alba de Céspedes between Olga Campofreda and Isabella Livorni, moderated by Claudio Pagliara.
18:45 – 18:50 | Nuove Generazioni Across the Ocean
Presentation of the contest promoted by Contemporanea in collaboration with New York University.
18:50 – 19:00 | Q&A and closing remarks
Questions from the audience and closing of the event.
BIO
Olga Campofreda is a writer, researcher and curator of literary events. She collaborates with several publications, writing about literature, pop culture and the media representation of youth. Her most recent publications include the novel Ragazze perbene (NN Editore 2023) and the essay Camerette. Un racconto sulla giovinezza dalle pareti delle nostre stanze ai social media (Quanti Einaudi 2023). She lives in London.
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