2015 Programme
Event #32
Giorgio Fontana, Marco Missiroli
Our careers as readers
Giorgio Fontana and Marco Missiroli, two of the most talented Italian writers of their generation, as well as good friends, have led almost parallel careers up to this point: both born in 1981, both non-native residents of Milan, they debuted in the mid 2000s and both won the Campiello prize (Best debut novel in 2006 for Missiroli, Main prize for Fontana in 2014). For the first time, the two authors compare thoughts on their respective “careers as readers”, in an event created in collaboration with La Grande Invasione, the Ivrea book festival. Which books have had the greatest influence on their writing? Which authors have forged their imaginations? A fast-paced and lively dialogue that retraces their path as men and as story-tellers.
https://www.festivaldellamente.it/it/live-streaming-alessandro-barbero/has published four novels (the latest is Morte di un uomo felice, Campiello prize in 2014, Sellerio, 2014), an essay on the pro-Berlusconi movement and Italian identity (La velocità del buio, Zona, 2011), and a narrative report on immigrants in Milan (Babele 56, Terre di Mezzo, 2014). He writes for IL, Lo Straniero, Tuttolibri and Internazionale (where he also has a weekly column).
was born in Rimini. His debut novel Senza Coda (Fanucci, 2005) won the Campiello prize in 2006. With Guanda he has published Il buio addosso (2007), Bianco (2009), Il senso dell’elefante (2012). His latest novel Atti osceni in luogo privato (Feltrinelli, 2015) won the Mondello prize. His books are translated in Europe and in the US. He writes for Corriere della Sera.Interpreter: Sonia Folin
Event #6
Alessandro Barbero
The historian's responsibility. Gaetano Salvemini: from Socialist interventionism to anti-Fascism
Event #8Approfonditamente
Marco Rossi-Doria, Giulia Tosoni
Kids and school: what, how and where are they learning
Event #13Approfonditamente
Adolfo Ceretti, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Alfredo Verde
Gender-based violence: Perpetrators, victims and models of intervention.
Event #22
Alessandro Barbero
The historian’s responsibility. Marc Bloch: from the Sorbonne to the Gestapo prisons
Event #25Approfonditamente
Marco Belpoliti, Gianfranco Marrone, Anna Stefi
Laziness, fatigue, and our constant running
Event #26
Eugenio Borgna, Simonetta Fiori
Knowing ourselves and knowing others: a different way of being responsible
Event #35
James R. Flynn, Armando Massarenti
Without an alibi: a voyage across life’s greatest questions
Event #38
Alessandro Barbero
The historian’s responsibility. Ernst Kantorowicz: from the Freikorps to McCarthyism
Event #57Children / Kids
Sante Bandirali e Lorenza Pozzi di uovonero
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