Iconic Italian writer Dacia Maraini was recently interviewed by Jane Tylus at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. Read on to gain insight into the mind of the popular author who has written award winning pieces continuously throughout the last five decades. Here are some excerpts from the conversation.
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The three rules of IAWA: Read One Another, Write or Be Written, and Buy Our Books. The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents writers Jonathan Galassi and Jane Tylus on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street in New York City’s West Village, (212-989-9319); www.corneliastreetcafe.com. The reading takes place from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes after which the featured writers take the stage.
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Poet, singer and musician, Gaspara Stampa was a star in Venetian literary circles. Her complete poems, originally published in 1554, are available in English translation for the first time
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Nicola Gardini, poet, scholar and essayist, presented his latest book, Rinascimento [Renaissance], Monday evening at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. A Lecturer in Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford, Gardini received his Ph.D. from New York University.