Book Art exhibition in Seoul inspired by Dante
An exhibition of artists’ books inspired by Dante, “Dante e la Divina Commedia (Dante and the Divine Comedy)”, has been organised in Seoul on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World. The exhibition, an initiative of Sojeon Gallery and realised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Seoul, will […]
Read moreWashington: Ambassador Zappia presents an award to Paolo Sorrentino
The Ambassador of Italy to Washington, Mariangela Zappia, has presented the International Spotlight 2021 Award to the Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino for his film “E’ stata la mano di Dio” [“The Hand of God”]. Sorrentino’s film was selected along with ”A, Chiara” by director Jonas Carpignano, to represent Italy at the 2021 edition of the […]
Read moreYangon: Burmese students make a video on Dante
The Italian Embassy in Yangon is also taking part in the Week of the Italian Language in the World, involving young Burmese people. About 30 young people, more than half beginners in the study of the Italian language, have made five videos dealing with their encounter with Dante, made possible thanks to the first-ever translation […]
Read moreItalian Language Week, between shows and books in The Netherlands
On the Italian Cultural Institute of Amsterdam initiative, a rich programme of events is underway to celebrate the 21st Italian Language Week in the world, which takes place from 18 to 24 October. Events that have already begun in recent weeks and will also be held in the coming months. Among the upcoming initiatives is […]
Read moreBelo Horizonte: Dante’s Italian and its musicality
The musical nature of the Italian language expressed in the Divine Comedy has inspired a number of cultural events organised by the Italian Consulate in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World. The first event, entitled “Music revolving around… Dante”, is a performance of theatre and […]
Read moreLanguage Week: “Conversations in the square” in Brussels
“Conversazioni in piazza” is the title of a series of meetings, organized by the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, that began the “Week of the Italian Language in the World ” from 18 -24 October. The protagonists are Italian journalists and essayists who will converse with exponents of the Belgian […]
Read moreVideoconferences and short films, Tunis celebrates Dante
A rich program of events will celebrate “Dante, the Italian”, on the occasion of the 21st edition of Italian Language Week in the world, organized by the Italian Institute of Culture in Tunis. The events will be held for audiences and online on the Facebook page and on the YouTube channel of the Institute, produced in collaboration, […]
Read moreBuenos Aires: talking about Dante and his influence on Borges
A conference entitled “Dante, Italian and Argentina”, organised by the Embassy of Italy and the Dante Alighieri Society of Buenos Aires, opened the 21st Week of the Italian Language of the World in Argentina. “More than 80,000 students, six bilingual schools, and 100 Dante Alighieri committees underline the importance of the Italian language in Argentina”, […]
Read moreBahrein, lecture on the poetics of Dante for the Italian Language Week
The Italian Embassy in Manama has announced that today, at 10:30 Italian time, an online lecture will be held on the figure of Beatrice, a symbol of spiritual love and poetic inspiration described by Dante, by Leyla Livraghi, a collaborator of the Dante Network Hypermedia Project of the Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics of […]
Read moreMinsk: learning Italian diction by reading Dante
Dante Alighieri will be the protagonist of the 21st edition of the Italian Language Week in Minsk with the lessons-performance of Prof. Matteo Spiazzi from the University of Verona. Prof. Spiazzi will involve young students of Italian from the Belarusian universities in a training workshop dedicated to diction, correct pronunciation and reading aloud 3 Cantos […]
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