Dacia Maraini in Naples for a double appointment. On November 10th with her two latest works “Sguardo a Oriente” and “Alfabeto Quotidiano” published by Marlin Editore at the Al Blu di Prussia gallery in via Filangieri.
The great writer Dacia Maraini, back from her tour in the United States, will present her two latest works “Sguardo a Oriente” and “Alfabeto Quotidiano” published by Marlin Editore on November 10th at the Al Blu di Prussia gallery in via Filangieri.
The morning will instead be the protagonist of a meeting with 120 students as part of the project “Meeting with the Author”.
Dacia Marini returns to Italy after her tour of the United States and the Honorary Degree she received from the University of Chicago. The writer will be in Naples at the Al Blu di Prussia gallery in the heart of the city to present to the public and the press her latest two works published by Marlin Editore “Sguardo a Oriente” and “Alfabeto Quotidiano”, the latter created together with Gioconda Marinelli who will also be present. The author will be joined by journalists Santa Di Salvo (Il Mattino) and Piero Antonio Toma (la Repubblica) with readings by actress Annamaria Ackermann.
In the morning, Dacia Maraini will be the first protagonist of the new project “Meeting with the Author” in Frattamaggiore, during which together with Gioconda Marinelli she will present “Alfabeto quotidiano. Le parole di un vita”, a book published by Marlin Editore. The presentation of “Alfabeto quotidiano” is only the first appointment of the project “Meeting with the Author”, an initiative promoted in Frattamaggiore by the Istituto di Studi Atellani and developed thanks to a collaboration agreement between the Liceo Scientifico Carlo Miranda, Liceo Classico Francesco Durante, IPIA Michele Niglio, ISIS Gaetano Filangieri. The appointment of November 10 will be held at 11 am in Frattamaggiore at the auditorium of the Liceo Scientifico Miranda in via FA Giordano 91. Greetings will be brought by the mayor Dr. Marco Antonio del Prete, the Councilor for Education arch. Luisa Tessitore, the four school directors and Rosa Bencivenga of the Istituto di Studi Atellani. The audience will be composed of 120 students (30 for each institute) who will dialogue with the two authors with the moderation of Imma Pezzullo, vice president of the Istituto di Studi Atellani. The publisher Sante Avagliano will be present at both events.
Looking East
In the East between memories and reportage: the travels of Dacia Maraini. Reportage, memories, tales of a fascinating but contradictory continent. A collection of memories on Afghanistan, China, Korea, Japan, India, Iran, Syria, Tibet, Turkey, Vietnam, Yemen… A Look at the East (La camera del fuoco series, 240 pages, €17,00) is a new Marlin publication edited by Michelangelo La Luna, Professor of Italian Languages and Literatures in the United States (The University of Rhode Island). The volume, full of memories and texts collected organically for the first time, shows the narrative rhythm impressed by the great writer, who loves to travel and tell the stories of distant countries. Her traveling companions include Maria Callas, Alberto Moravia, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. In particular, the Asian continent is seen through the eyes of those who are attentive to its natural beauty but above all to the human and social condition of the population. In this journey through the years and sensations, which are transformed into writing, special attention is paid to current issues such as the courageous protest of Afghan women against the restrictions imposed by the Taliban regime.
Daily Alphabet
The fruit of a long friendship, this book collects the text of a long conversation between the writer and Gioconda Marinelli on the most varied topics, from everyday ones to the passions and battles of a lifetime, presented in alphabetical order. Nor is there a lack of burning and current topics such as pollution and the terrible pandemic. Maraini tells her story without hesitation and talks about feelings, values, emotions, small weaknesses, certainties, habits and experiences. From the conversation emerge the questions that belong to our life, about love, suffering, violence, death. Marinelli's questions follow one another insistently and the answers and considerations are sure, rapid, always sincere, never elusive. The book can be read from the opening of the page, drawing teachings and food for thought, making us know the most hidden thoughts and the motions of the soul of the great writer, starting from the assumption of "having nothing in one's life that cannot be spoken about publicly".
Biography
Dacia Maraini was born in Fiesole (Florence) and lives in Rome. She is the author of novels, short stories, plays, poems and essays, translated in over fifty countries. She has won, among others, the Campiello, Strega, Naples, Fregene, Brancati-Zafferana, Flaiano, Scanno, Cimitile, Hemingway and Viareggio lifetime achievement awards. Her novels include: The Holiday, The Age of Malaise, Memoirs of a Thief, Woman at War, Isolina, The Long Life of Marianna Ucrìa (from which the film Marianna Ucrìa by Roberto Faenza was based), Bagheria, Voices, A Stowaway on Board, Sweet for Herself, Darkness, The Ship to Kobe, Dove, The Train of the Last Night, The Little Girl and the Dreamer, Three Women, Happy Body, Trio. In 2021, the Meridiano of some of her most representative works was published. In the Marlin edition: Dentro le parole (Inside the Words) (2005), Dacia Maraini in the Kitchen (2007), both edited by Gioconda Marinelli, and Alfabeto quotidiano (Daily Alphabet) (2021) written with Gioconda Marinelli. Sguardo a Oriente is now close to its fourth reprint.
Article published on November 7, 2022 - 12:18
