{"id":107638,"date":"2023-11-07T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2023\/11\/praga-ricorda-angelo-maria-ripellino\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:23:26","slug":"praga-ricorda-angelo-maria-ripellino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/retediplomatica\/2023\/11\/praga-ricorda-angelo-maria-ripellino\/","title":{"rendered":"Prague commemorates Angelo Maria Ripellino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the birth of poet and Slavist <strong>Angelo Maria Ripellino<\/strong> and to celebrate the <strong>50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary<\/strong> of the publication of his famous novel-essay <strong><em>Praga magica<\/em><\/strong> (Magic Prague), the <strong>Italian Cultural Institute in Prague<\/strong> today hosted an <strong>international conference<\/strong> in its Baroque Chapel, organised with the support of the <strong>Italian<\/strong> <strong>Embassy<\/strong>. The meeting was opened by <strong>Alessandro Ripellino<\/strong>, who recalled the experience he lived in Prague with his father, and shared anecdotes and family memories of the renowned Italian author.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angelo Maria Ripellino was a very unique Slavic philologist, a poet between history and magic, a theatre critic, a translator of Russian and Czech poets, a knowledgeable and anti-academic essayist, as well as a passionate and active witness of the tragic events occurred in Prague. The conference continued with speeches by Giuseppe Traina <em>(I volti di Praga nel volto di Ripellino)<\/em>, Ji\u0159\u00ed Pel\u00e1n <em>(Praga magica: poesia o scienza?),<\/em> Fausto De Michele <em>(Alfabeto Ripelliniano)<\/em>, Alice Flemrov\u00e1 <em>(Praga magica: rilettura mezzo secolo dopo)<\/em> and Alessandro Testa <em>(Evoluzioni moderne e tardo-moderne del mito di Praga magica).<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Serena Vitale, who was unable to attend, sent her contribution<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Italian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Mauro Marsili<\/strong>, expressed his full appreciation for today&#8217;s initiative. \u201cI also believe that Ripellino had a poet&#8217;s soul, capable of expressing poetry even while teaching, translating, and writing his critical essays; he was an artist who never ceased to believe in the creative and liberating role of art, in the evocative and cathartic power of the written word. I also believe that both the city of Prague, his second home, and Italy, which he introduced to Slavic and Central European culture with texts and research tools that went beyond the academic sphere, owe a great deal to Angelo Maria Ripellino\u201d affirmed the Ambassador, concluding that \u201cfor these reasons, I have written to the mayor of Prague to express my <strong>support<\/strong> and the support of the <strong>Italian authorities<\/strong> for the initiative launched by the publisher Progetto Repubblica Ceca aimed at collecting <strong>petitions<\/strong> to <strong>name<\/strong> a street, square or other public space in Prague <strong>in Ripellino\u2019s memory<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, these days <strong>Ripellino<\/strong>&#8216;s name is travelling on Prague trams and wagons at the foot of the poem <em>Sinfonietta n. 37,<\/em> translated by the writer and Bohemian scholar <strong>Sylvie Richterov\u00e1<\/strong> for the event \u201cPoesie per chi viaggia<em>\u201d<\/em>, promoted by the international poetry festival \u201cDen poezie\u201d, this year in its 25<sup>th<\/sup> edition. Thanks to a collaboration between the festival and the <strong>Italian Cultural Institute<\/strong>, Ripellino&#8217;s celebrations will continue on Saturday 11 November, at 2 p.m., with a walk in the footsteps of \u201cPraga magica\u201d in the company of <strong>V\u00edt Janota<\/strong>, poet emeritus of the Czech capital and a profound admirer of <strong>Angelo Maria Ripellino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet and Slavist Angelo Maria Ripellino and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of his famous novel-essay Praga magica (Magic Prague), the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague today hosted an international conference in its Baroque Chapel, organised with the support of the Italian Embassy. 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