Date: 18 October 2024 (Fri)
Time: 7pm
Venue: Live Streaming / Dante Alighieri Society in Hong Kong (Room 702, 7/F, 2 Harbour Road, Hong Kong Arts Centre)
In English and Italian
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The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and Dante Alighieri Society welcome all of you to join this special lecture about a unique Italian female poet, Antonia Pozzi, to celebrate the XXIV Week of the Italian Language in the World focused on the subject “Italian and the Book: The World Between the Lines”. This event is also part of the Italian autumn festival Italia On Stage.
Antonia Pozzi, Milanese poet, photographer and essayist (1912-1938), is considered one of the highest expressions of twentieth-century poetry.
Just like Emily Dickinson, she did not publish during her lifetime. It was thanks to the care and study of other women that Pozzi’s ‘words’ have been returned to us in full and authentically.
Gianni Criveller, director of PIME Centre in Milan, Italian author and sinologist, will connect directly from Italy and present his book L’età delle parole è finita per sempre? (Has the age of words over forever?) Through a careful choice of poems and letters, he will reconstruct the story of an artist who, once known, remains attached to the reader’s heart.
The event will be conducted Live Streaming on ZOOM and opened to all the Italian lovers and enthusiasts around the world! You are welcome to join us and connect from Dante Aligheri Society in Hong Kong! (Room 702, 7/F, 2 Harbour Road, Hong Kong Arts Centre)