Conversations around the timeless work of Grazia Deledda
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A two-day conference dedicated to the work and legacy of Grazia Deledda, the first and only Italian woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1926). A collaboration between Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York, and Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò @NYU, this jubilant celebration marks also the 150th birthday of Grazia Deledda.
With the support of the Consulate General of Italy in New York.
November 30, 6:30PM
NYU – Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò
24 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011
Free entrance
REGISTRATION NECESSARY HERE
Program
(Event in English)
Institutional greetings and introduction by Anthony Muroni, Journalist and writer.
Artistic Director Institutional Committee Deledda 150-anniversary
and NYU Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini
- Sardegna, land of myth and space of absolute existence. Grazia’s World between conflicting codes and concrete universals.
Dino Manca, Professor of Linguistics and Italian Philology, Department of Humanistic and Social Science – University of Sassari
- Grazia Deledda in America: the myth reborn. From memory of the past to the challenge of a new book.
Angela Guiso, Essayist, Literary Critic, Columnist
- Ivy
Excerpt read by Delissa Reynolds
- Translating Deledda.
Martha Witt, Author, Professor of creative writing at William Paterson University.
Mary Ann Witt, Professor Emerita North Carolina State University
- Around the dinner table with Grazia
Excerpt read by Delissa Reynolds.
- Knowledge, Crisis, Resolution: Grazia Deledda, a well-rounded learning experience.
Simonetta Milli Konewko, Associate Professor and Director of the Italian Program Department of Global Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Q&A moderated by NYU Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini
