Date: 28 February 2025 (Friday)
Venue: Room CPD-2.45, Central Podium Levels – Two (CPD-2, The Jockey Club Tower), Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Pokfulam
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
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Join us at this special lecture by Gianni Criveller about a unique Italian female poet, Antonia Pozzi, presented by Dante Alighieri Society and the University of Hong Kong in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute.
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 present his book, “L’età delle parole è finita per sempre?” (“Is 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 takes place at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and welcomes all the Italian language lovers and poetry enthusiasts!
