New York Stories: André Aciman Alexandria, Rome, Paris and New York. In this quadrilateral the human and literary existence of André Aciman takes place In his narrative the theme of exile is central and in whose writing irony is a screen to hide the pain: «on one side there is a nostalgic lyrical voice on the other, the irony that brings it down»…
Uomini ponte - Alain Elkann In front of the Fireplace of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Fabio Finotti in conversation with journalist and writer Alain Elkann presenting two of his books. The first, “Italian Masterpieces”, is dedicated to iconic Italian works of art that FIAC - Foundation for Italian Art and Culture, has helped to exhibit in one or more major
The Bridge Book Award 2021 On Tuesday, December 14, the winners of the 2021 edition of “The Bridge Book Award” will be announced. The award, now in its sixth edition, was conceived and is organized by Maria Ida Gaeta, founder of the Casa delle Letterature and the International “Letterature” Festival in Rome, and it is supported also by the Italian Cultural Institute in
Napoleon and the Cult of Objects Continuing the in-depth study dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, the ICI presents a video interview with Arianna Arisi Rota, Professor of Contemporary History in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia. The author, in conversation with Fabio Finotti, presents her new book: Il Cappello dell'Imperatore - The Emperos's Hat (Donzelli 2021), dedicated to the history and fortune of some memorabilia linked
The Cinema of Francesco Rosi in a book Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, full Professor of Italian Studies at Princeton University, Scholar of Modern Literature and Cinema of the late Twentieth Century, won the Flaiano Award for Italian Studies 2021 with her new volume "The Cinema of Francesco Rosi" (Oxford University Press, 2020) dedicated precisely to one of the great directors of post-war Italian Cinema who
Mauro Porcini - Something that no one can take away from us Fabio Finotti speaks with Mauro Porcini, Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer of PepsiCo and one of the 25 most influential innovation leaders in the world. Porcini recognizes innovation as his mantra and has radically changed the way some of the most important and richest multinationals of the world do
Ezio Gribaudo The Gallery of the "Italian Rooms" is enriched today - Wednesday June 23rd - of a video interview by Victoria Surliuga (Texas Tech University) with the Turin artist and publisher and expert scholar of Ezio Gribaudo. The testimony of Gribaudo himself highlights an itinerary across the history of art of the second half of the twentieth century between Italy and the
Journalist Antonio Di Bella guest of the Fireplace The Fireplace of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York hosts a conversation with journalist Antonio Di Bella - RAI correspondent from the United States, former director of Rai3 and Rai News 24 - who talks about his long relationship with the USA from his university days to the very recent events that have become
