2011 Programme
Evento n.33
Alberto Manguel
The Muse of impossibility
According to the French poet Mallarmé, the Muse of impossibility extends her protective wing over every work of art. Unlike the Muse of inspiration, this Muse contains every work within the boundaries of the humanly possible. Every great creator is aware of the imperfection of his or her work, and failure is the stuff of a large part of all creation. Jorge Luis Borges, and his master Dante, know that: the artist must resign himself never to reach the full expression of his vision, and must recognize that artistic achievement, as Borges himself said, is but ‘the imminence of a revelation that never takes place.’
born in Buenos Aires and raised in Tel Aviv, has lived in Argentina, Italy, France, England, Tahiti and Canada, where he has obtained the citizenship. At age 16 he worked in a famous Buenos Aires bookstore: there he met the great writer Jorge Luis Borges and became his private reader from 1964 to 1968. Manguel, a writer, essayist, translator and editor of international renown, contributes to many media and has authoree a large number of books, including Con Borges (Adelphi, 2005); Diario di un lettore (Archinto, 2006) that won him the 2007 Grinzane Cavour essay-writing prize. Stevenson sotto le palme (2007), L’amante puntiglioso (2009), Il ritorno (2010) were all published by nottetempo; Al tavolo del cappellaio matto (2008), Il libro degli elogi (2009), Una vita immaginaria (2011) and Dizionario dei luoghi fantastici (2011) were published by Archinto.
Evento n.6
Zygmunt Bauman
Reflections on the notions of community and network, on social networks and Facebook
Evento n.14
Gian Carlo Calza
Different, eccentric, extraordinary: aesthetics and creativity between Asia and the West
Evento n.26
Franco Borgogno
In other people’s hearts and minds. A psychoanalyst between tradition and creativity
Evento n.37
Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni
A quiet sunny day. Attilio Bertolucci and Pier Paolo Pasolini, a friendship in verse
