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Diplomatic Network
21 October 2021
Washington: 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 October 2021
Yangon: 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 October 2021
Italian 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 October 2021
Belo 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 October 2021
Language 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 October 2021
Videoconferences 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, […]

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20 October 2021
Buenos 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”, […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 October 2021
Bahrein, 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
19 October 2021
Minsk: 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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Diplomatic Network
19 October 2021
SG Sequi at the presentation of “The Church and Italian”

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ettore Francesco Sequi, spoke today at the presentation of the book “The Church and Italian: a journey through time and the world” at the invitation of the Italian Ambassador to the Holy See, Pietro Sebastiani. The initiative was held at Palazzo Borromeo, in Rome, as part of […]

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19 October 2021
Zagabria: Italian language students awarded

On the occasion of the 21st Italian Language Week, the Italian Institute of Culture in Zagabria held an award ceremony for three separate competitions: the national Italian language competition for 2021, organized by the Croatian National Agency for the Education and Instruction of Students in the primary, middle and high schools; the Italian Language Week […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 October 2021
Iran: celebration of the centenary of Leonardo Sciascia

Today, the Italian Embassy in Tehran opened the 21st Italian Language Week in Iran with a lecture on the author Leonardo Sciascia, introduced and moderated by Giuseppe Perrone, Italian Ambassador in Tehran, and opened by Senator Emma Bonino, President of the National Committee of the Centenary Celebrations of Leonardo Sciascia. The lecture, held in a […]

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