February 14, 201107:00 pmEUGENIO MONTALE AND ITALIAN POETRY IN XX CENTURY Italian Cultural Institute of New York 686 Park Avenue 10065 New York, NY United States See map: Google Maps Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} A great master of Italian poetry, the Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale is truly a poet of universal standing. His use of language is rooted in the Italian tradition yet imbued with European and American influences. Both modern and profound, it expresses in an astonishingly rich and diverse texture the condition of modernity, oscillating between life and death, and expressing both anguish and compassion. On February 15th, selected poems by Montale will be read by distinguished poets and literary critics. On February 16th, an International Conference, with panelists from Italy and the US will focus on the lasting influence of Montale on Italian and American poetry. Tuesday, 15 February6:00 pm, Reading Fausto Lombardi, Actor Jonathan Galassi, President and Publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Rosanna Warren, RAAR’01, Emma McLachlan Metcalf Professor of the Humanities, Boston University Charles Wright, Souder Family Professor of English, University of Virginia Wednesday, 16 February 10:00 am – 5:30 pm, Conference Stefano Albertini, Director, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ Gian Luigi Beccaria, Professor of the History of the Italian Language, University of Turin Giuseppe Conte, Writer Giorgio Ficara, Professor of Italian Literature, University of Turin Fabio Finotti, Mariano DiVito Professor of Italian Studies; Graduate Chair, Italian; Director, Center for Italian Studies; Chair, Italian Section; Director, Penn in Florence, University of Pennsylvania Anthony J. Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY and Professor of Italian amp; Italian American Studies Rebecca West, FAAR’79, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago With the support of Alitalia
