The Italian Riveter | Writing from Italy
The Italian Riveter is a labour of great love created by a great number of writers, translators, reviewers and publishers and curated by The Riveter’s Editor-in-Chief and Director of the European Literature Network, Rosie Goldsmith. It is made possible thanks to the joint funding of the three Italian Cultural Institutes of London, Edinburgh and Dublin. It […]
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The 57th season of the INDA Foundation at the Greek Theatre in Siracusa
The 57th season of the INDA Foundation at the Greek Theatre (17 May – 9 July 2022) will open with the staging of two tragedies, ‘Agamemnon’ by Aeschylus (458 BC) directed by Davide Livermore and translated by Walter Lapini and ‘Oedipus Rex’ by Sophocles (415 BC) directed by Robert Carsen and translated by Francesco Morosi, […]
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Dark Dante – Book Presentation with Maggie Rose
Author Maggie Rose presents online her book Dark Dante on Thursday, 31st March 2022 at 5.30 pm (UK time), in conversation with Itala Vivan and Adele D’Arcangelo. Maggie Rose’s mystery thriller, based in Florence, explores Dante’s epic poem Inferno, and shows its startling relevance in contemporary Italy. Dark Dante unfolds in Florence in the spring of […]
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Mario Biondi in Edinburgh
On the occasion of his upcoming UK tour, we are delighted to welcome Italian pop, jazz and soul singer Mario Biondi to the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh on Wednesday, 30th March 2022 at 11.30 am for a live interview with experienced Scottish music journalist John Dingwall. Mario Biondi will discuss his new album Romantic […]
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Rainbow – A private affair by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Beppe Fenoglio and Luigi Meneghello are rightly considered two of Italy’s greatest writers. They both participated in the Resistance movement in the Second World War and wrote of their experiences in works such as Il partigiano Johnny and I piccoli maestri. To mark the centenary of their birth the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will […]
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Fenoglio, Meneghello and Great Britain
Beppe Fenoglio and Luigi Meneghello are rightly considered two of Italy’s greatest writers. They both participated in the Resistance movement in the Second World War and wrote of their experiences in works such as Il partigiano Johnny and I piccoli maestri. To mark the centenary of their birth the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will […]
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The Decameron | Pasolini 100 at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Two special screenings mark the centenary of the birth of Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, in association with Edinburgh Filmhouse. The Decameron (Il Decameron) Friday, 18th March 2022 at 8.25 pm Filmhouse, Cinema 2 A richly textured epic based on eight varied and colourful tales by 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni […]
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Pasolini and the Classics | Pasolini 100
By bringing together some of the major scholars in the field, this series of events coordinated by Dr Emanuela Patti (Italian Studies, DELC, University of Edinburgh) aims to celebrate one of the key figures of Italian culture, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), on the occasion of his 100th anniversary. The theme of the series, Pasolini and the Classics, […]
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Hawks and Sparrows | Pasolini 100 at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Two special screenings mark the centenary of the birth of Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, in association with Edinburgh Filmhouse. Hawks and Sparrows (Uccellacci e Uccellini) Thursday, 17th March 2022 at 8.25 pm Filmhouse, Cinema 2 What holds this exasperating, playful, intellectual, faux-naif and overwhelmingly Italian fable together is simply […]
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A Pa’… Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini | Pasolini 100
Ohi, Ninarieddo, ti ricordi di quel sogno… di cui abbiamo parlato tante volte… Io ero in macchina, e partivo solo, col sedile vuoto accanto a me,e tu mi correvi dietro; all’altezza dello sportello ancora semiaperto, correndo ansioso e ostinato, mi gridavi con un po’ di pianto infantile nella voce: “A Pa’, mi porti con te? […]
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