2022 Programme
Event #16
Edoardo Albinati
Out of the world: isolation, solitude and segregation
Vladimir Nabokov wrote that it would be impossible to live without any forms of isolation around us – starting from the skin and bones protecting our brain. Yet, an isolated and ignored individual can suffer and feel a deep pain, even more intense than a physical one. The “neighbour” mentioned by the Gospel helps and frustrates us at once. We swing between an urge to feel involved and integrated and the need to flee from the crazy crowd. The social self-exclusion of teenagers or the refusal of sexuality, as well as work and emotional bonds are the modern result of this process. How can literature cope with all these issues?
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Edoardo Albinati, writer, has taught for over thirty years at Rebibbia prison in Rome, an experience he chronicled in his diary Maggio selvaggio (Mondadori, 1999). He has participated in humanitarian missions with UNHCR and INTERSOS in Afghanistan, Chad, Niger, and Serbia, and has collaborated on screenplays with filmmakers including Matteo Garrone and Marco Bellocchio. Among his more recent publications are Cuori fanatici (Rizzoli, 2019), Desideri deviati (Rizzoli, 2020), La tua bocca è la mia religione (Guanda, 2022), Uscire dal mondo (Rizzoli, 2022), and I figli dell’istante (Rizzoli, 2025). In 2016, he was awarded the Premio Strega for his novel La scuola cattolica (Rizzoli). Together with Francesca d’Aloja, he is also the author of Otto giorni in Niger (Baldini+Castoldi, 2018) and Vite in sospeso. Migranti e rifugiati ai confini d’Europa (Baldini+Castoldi, 2022).
Event #2
Lilia Giugni, Lorenza Pieri
Digital revolution and gender-based violence. Global stories and perspectives.
Event #8
Carlo Alberto Redi, Manuela Monti
Where are we from? Who are we? Where are we going? (And where are we having dinner tonight?)
Event #8 BIS
Carlo Alberto Redi, Manuela Monti
Where are we from? Who are we? Where are we going? (And where are we having dinner tonight?)
