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2023 Programme

Event #27

Elena Stancanelli, Bernardo Zannoni

Out of the blue: wandering to find wonder

Wonder is the feeling of astonishment which comes from something new, extraordinary, unimagined. But it is also the state of grace when you gropingly wander through that no-man’s-land  in the transition from the adolescence left behind and adulthood. Wonder is when you feel like the raw material which still has to be moulded. When you want to conquer life and let it go, when you eagerly binge on having everything and hold nothing in your hands. In your day-dreams and nightmares. And again, in the fear of being fog. Wonder is rare. But there is a time when we all are allowed to have it. Between readings and music, two writers – Elena Stancanelli and Bernardo Zannoni – will talk about that interzone of intimate and universal wonder characterised by alternating sinks and resurrections which is eternal astonishment. Because literature is the core of wonder. The one that saves life anyway.

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Elena Stancanelli

Elena Stancanelli was born in Florence and founded the Piccoli Maestri association to encourage reading in schools. She collaborates with La Repubblica and La Stampa. With Emma Dante and Giorgio Vasta, she has co-written the films Le sorelle Macaluso and Misericordia. He has written novels, including: Benzina (Einaudi, 1998) which inspired a film, and La femmina nuda (2016, finalist for the Strega Award), Venne alla spiaggia un assassino (2019) and Il tuffatore (2022, finalist for the Campiello Award) all published by La Nave di Teseo.

Bernardo Zannoni

Bernardo Zannoni (1995) was born and still lives in Sarzana.  His first novel, I miei stupidi intenti (Sellerio, 2021), won the Campiello Award 2022, and in the same year the Bagutta Opera Prima Award, Salerno Letteratura Award, Moncalieri Award and Severino Cesari Award. It is now being published in more than ten countries. His new novel 25 will be published by Sellerio in September.


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Event #40Children / Kids

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