FESTIVAL DEGLI SCRITTORI

Premio von Rezzori – Città di Firenze XII Edition

May 3rd-5th 2018

Lectio: Margaret Atwood

Finalists:  Katie Kitamura, Andreï Makine, Lawrence Osborne, George Saunders, David Szalay

Winner for Translation: Claudio Groff

Program

WEDNESDAY JUNE 14

6.00 p.m

Cenacolo Basilica di Santa Croce*

• 15 young authors from Porto dell Storie and their first book with Paolo Giordano
• Also with Michele Arena, Francesca Rinaldi, Leonardo Sacchetti and Andrew Sean Greer

9.00 p.m

Cinema Teatro Odeon *

• La valigia vuota/The Empty Suitcase: reading from the Bible to Fuocoammare
• with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Zadie Smith, Luigi Lo Cascio, Hisham Matar and Atiq Rahimi. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
• Entrance 10 euro. Part of the proceeds are donated to Porto delle Storie

THURSDAY JUNE 15

11.00 a.m

Le Murate Caffè letterario (piazza delle Murate) *

• A coffee with Clemens Meyer, finalist for While We Were Dreaming (Keller). Introduced by Gaia Rau

12.00 p.m

Libreria Brac  (via dei Vagellai, 18) *

• A coffee with Laszlo Krasznahorkai, finalist for Satantango (Bompiani). Introduced by Ilaria Giannini.

4.30 p.m

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• On the Roots of Violence, a conversation with Edouard Louis, Edmund White, Simona Baldanzi

5.30

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• When We Were Dreaming a conversation with Clemens Meyer, Paolo Giordano e Volker Schlöndorff

7.00 p.m

Cenacolo Basilica di Santa Croce *

• The Art of the Chronicle. Keynote speech by Dany Laferrière

Monday, June 6

10:00 a.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Dany Laferrière, The World Is Moving Around Me (66th and 2nd). Conversation with students. Introduced by Simone Fortuna.

11:00 a.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• Lorrie Moore, Bark (Bompiani). Conversation with students. Introduced by Susanna Nirenstein

12:00 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• Press Conference with the finalists and jury

4:30 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• “Novel as Novel”
  Yiyun Li in conversation with Andrew Sean Greer and Caterina Bonvicini

6:30 p.m

Basilica of Santa Croce, Pazzi Chapel   |   Map >

• Stories We Tell. Lectio magistralis by Etgar Keret. Introduced by Wlodek Goldkorn
  Free entry.

9:00 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• “Novel of the Stranded”
  Dinaw Mengestu in conversation with Livia Manera Sambuy and Maaza Mengiste

Tuesday, June 7

11:00 a.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Mircea Cărtărescu, Blinding (Voland). Conversation with students. Introduced by Vanni Santoni.

4:30 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• “Humor in the Novel”
  Lorrie Moore in conversation with Etgar Keret and Vanni Santoni.

5:30 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• “The Novel as Witness”
  Dany Laferrière in conversation with Elena Stancanelli and Alberto Manguel.

6:30 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• “Excess in the Novel”
  Mircea Cărtărescu in conversation with Bruno Mazzoni and Andrea Bajani.

7:30 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• The Borges Factor (Edizioni Sur)
  Alan Pauls in conversation with Alberto Manguel.

9:30 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• Simona Vinci reading from Bambini di ferro (La Nave di Teseo) by Viola di Grado
  Viola di Grado reading from La prima verità (Einaudi) by Simona Vinci
  Music by Shedir and Valentino Corvino. Introduced by Fulvio Paloscia.

Wednesday, June 8

11:00 a.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Dinaw Mengestu, All Our Names (Frassinelli). Conversation with students. Introduced by Raffaele Palumbo.

12:00 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude (Einaudi). Conversation with students. Introduced by Olga Mugnaini.

4:00 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• Conversation with Fulvio Ferrari, winner of the Premio for best translation with Martina Testa, Ilide Carmignani and Leonardo Marcello Pignataro.

5:00 p.m

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• Homage to Gregor von Rezzori,
  Reading from Caino. L’ultimo manoscritto (Bompiani) and L’ultima fermata (Guanda) with Andrea Landolfi and Andrea Bajani. Introduced by Luigi Brioschi. Reader: Valeria Solarino.

6:30 p.m

Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento |   Map >

• Award Ceremony for the X edition of the Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze in the presence of the Mayor of Florence. In attendence will bu the jury for the best work of foreign fiction Ernesto Ferrero (President of the Jury) Beatrice Monti della Corte, Alberto Manguel, Edmund White, Andrea Bajani and Paolo Giordano and the jury for the best translation Martina Testa (President of the jury), Ilide Carmignani and Leonardo Marcello Pignataro.
• The ceremony will be the announcement of the winner of the prize for the best work of foreign fiction translated into Italian in the last year, with the five shortlisted authors: Mircea Cărtărescu, Dany Laferrière, Yiyun Li, Dinaw Mengestu and Lorrie Moore.
• Announcement of the winners of the Premio von Rezzori – Giovani Lettori, presided over by Alba Donati.

Wednesday 10 June

12.00  Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Premio Gregor von Rezzori Young Readers

Prize-giving for the five best reviews

With the jury Alba Donati, Chiara Dino, Fulvio Paloscia, Carlo Pestelli, Vanni Santoni and Leonardo Sacchetti.

Presenting the prize, the authors Dasa Drndic, Andrew Miller, Guadalupe Nettel, Vladimir Sorokin and Tommy Wieringa

Address by the Vice-mayor of Florence, Cristina Giachi

The shortlisted books of the Premio von Rezzori reviewed by one hundred students from high schools in Florence. The five best reviews will win a voucher/books donated by the bookshop Giunti al Punto.

15.30 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Vladimir Sorokin in conversation with Elif Batuman

Moderated by Sergio Givone

Has Ivan the Terrible returned? Shortlisted for Day of the Oprichnik (La giornata di un Opričnik, Atmosphere Libri, translation by Denise Silvestri), Sorokin discusses the question with a writer and a philosopher, both experts in Russian literature.

16.30 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Guadalupe Nettel in conversation with Valeria Parrella

Moderated by Andrea Bajani and Alberto Manguel 

The construction of identity, through irony and contrast, connects two contemporary writers: Nettel, shortlisted for The Body Where I Was Born (Il corpo in cui sono nata, translation by Federica Niola) and Parrella, with Troppa importanza all’amore, both published by Einaudi.

18.00  Cenacolo di Santa Croce

The Clothing of Books

Lectio magistralis by Jhumpa Lahiri

Introduced by Andrea Bajani

Free entry (seats limited)

Jhumpa Lahiri (winner of the Pulitzer prize and the Premio Gregor von Rezzori) is passionate about Italy and its language; she has written her latest book, In altre Parole (Guanda), in Italian.

21.00  Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Musical Writers

Michael Cunningham in conversation with Francesco Bianconi and Simone Lenzi  

Chaired by Fulvio Paloscia

An exclusive hit parade: Pulitzer prize-winner Michael Cunningham meets the two most original voices of Italian indie rock, Francesco Bianconi, voice of Baustelle, and Simone Lenzi, frontman of Virginiana Miller, to talk about music and books. 

Thursday 11 June

11.00 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Tommy Wieringa in conversation with Andrea Bajani

Moderated by Wlodek Goldkorn

The journey of those adrift in the 21st century never ends: Wieringa, shortlisted for These are the Names (Questi sono i nomi, Iperborea, translation by Claudia Cozzi and Claudia di Palermo) discuss the subject with Bajani, author of Ogni promessa (Einaudi).

12.00 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Andrew Miller in conversation with Alessandro Mari

Moderated by Leonetta Bentivoglio

The historical novel connects Miller, author of Pure (Pura, Bompiani, translation by Sergio Claudio Perroni) and Alessandro Mari, author of Troppo umana speranza (Feltrinelli). This is the enlightened 18th century seen from the bottom, from the depths of a cemetery that must be cleared.

15.00 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Portraits of Americans

with Livia Manera Sambuy and Jhumpa Lahiri

Interviewed by Vanni Santoni

Extraordinary portraits from Non scrivere di me (Feltrinelli), drawn by the pen of a writer: Manera describes the terrified Forster Wallace, the shameless Richard Ford, the shrewd Mavis Gallant and a surprisingly tender Philip Roth.

16.00 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

#incipitdAutore

Readings with Elif Batuman, Michael Cunningham, Andrew Sean Greer, Miguel Syjuco, Alessandro Mari, Maaza Mengiste, Tommaso Pincio, Carmen Pellegrino, Vanni Santoni, Antonio Scurati.

In collaboration with @stoleggendo, writers read the openings of their latest novels, to be tweeted and retweeted ad infinitum.

17.30 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Dasa Drndic in conversation with Antonio Scurati.

Interviewed by Susanna Nirenstein and Edmund White

Nazism is sweeping through Trieste and Gorizia, and many people, the bystanders, are looking on. But not Leone Ginzburg, who stands against it. From Trieste (translation by Ljiljana Avirovic ) by the shortlisted Drndic to Il tempo migliore della nostra vita by Scurati (both published by Bompiani).

19.00 Cinema Odeon Firenze Piazza Strozzi

EROS: Casanova & Co.

Recital with Alba Rohrwacher and Filippo Timi

Texts chosen by Giorgio Ficara

With a contribution from Andrew Miller

Directed by Saverio Costanzo

Entry: full € 10 discount € 8 (pre-order at www.quellidellacompagnia.it Cinema Teatro Odeon)

Two great actors read unedited passages on the theme of Eros: from Casanova to Michel Houellebecq, from Roland Barthes to Anaïs Nin. Preview clip from the film Casanova Variations by Michael Sturminger  with John Malkovich and Fanny Ardent.

21.30 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Musical reading by Francesco Bianconi

With Ettore Bianconi (electronic) and Sebastiano de Gennaro (vibraphone)

Interviewed by Andrea Bajani

The leader of Baustelle talks about his new book La resurrezione della carne (Mondadori): a jam session invaded by zombies.

Friday 12 June

11.00 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Travelling Writers

with Giorgio Ficara, Alberto Manguel, Massimo Onofri and Silvio Perrella

Moderated by Stefano Salis 

From Riviera by Ficara (Einaudi) to Passaggio in Sardegna by Onofri (Giunti), from the Naples of Perrella in Doppio scatto (Bompiani) to the fantastical places of Manguel: a journey into journeys.

12.00  Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Writers of Lost Lands

Dasa Drndic, Maaza Mengiste, Miguel Syjuco

Chaired by Vanni Santoni

Three writers about war, exile, violence: the Ethiopia of Mengiste, the Philippines of Syjuco and the former Yugoslavia of Drndic. What can literature do?

15.00 Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Writers of the Past

With Andrew Sean Greer and Aldo Nove and Carmen Pellegrino

Chaired by Rosa Polacco

The question is posed by Pasternak: “my dears, what century is it outside?” The responses come from Greta Wells by Greer (Bompiani, translation by Elena dal Pra), Antonello in Un bambino piangeva by Nove (Mondadori) and the inhabitants of an abandoned village in Cade la terra by Pellegrino (Giunti).

16.30  Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

Translating Don DeLillo

Federica Aceto, Translation Prize for End Zone by Don DeLillo (Einaudi), in conversation with Francesco Guglieri and Tommaso Pincio

Interviewed by Martina Testa, Ilide Carmignani and Leonardo Marcello Pignataro

A translator and her editor, a discussion mediated by a writer who is also a translator.

18.00 Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento

Award Ceremony

Presided over by Dario Nardella Mayor of Florence

In the presence of the jury for the best work of foreign fiction Ernesto Ferrero (president), Beatrice Monti della Corte, Alberto Manguel, Edmund White, Andrea Bajani and the jury for the best translation Martina Testa (president), Ilide Carmignani and Leonardo Marcello Pignataro.  Also present, the shortlisted authors Dasa Drndic, Andrew Miller, Guadalupe Nettel, Vladimir Sorokin, Tommy Wieringa and the winner of the translation prize Federica Aceto.

Lectio: Emmanuel Carrère

Theatre: Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, Valeria Golino

Finalists: Leopoldo Brizuela, Maylis de Kerangal, Dave Eggers, Georgi Gospodinov, Tom McCarthy

Special Guests: Roberto Andò, Alberto Arbasino, Bernardo Bertolucci, Teresa Ciabatti, Giuseppe Civati, Jennifer Clement, Mauro Covavich, Michael Cunningham, Paolo Di Paolo, Pietro Galeotti, Piero Gelli, Sergio Giovone, Daniel Kehlmann, Jonathan Lethem, Michele de Mieri, Giorgio Pressburger, Massimo Raffaelli, Francesco Recami, Leonardo Sacchetti, Vanni Santoni, Elena Stancanelli, Giorgio Van Straten, Giorgio Vasta, Chiara Valerio, Vendela Vida

Program

Thursday, June 12

11:30

Sala Ferri, Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux   |   Map >

• Press Conference with the finalists and jury

15:00

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Tom McCarthy (C,  Bompiani) in conversation with Chiara Valerio and Vanni Santoni

16:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Leopoldo Brizuela (Una stessa notte, Ponte alle Grazie)  in conversation with Jennifer Clement and Francesco Recami

18:00

Cenacolo di Santa Croce

• The Resemblance, the Lectio magistralis of Emmanuel Carrère
  Introduced by Ernesto Ferrero
  Free entry

20:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Opening cocktail reception

21:15

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• #dissidenti
  Jonathan Lethem presents his new book, Dissident Gardens (Bompiani). In discussion with Roberto Andò, Giuseppe Civati. Chaired by Paolo di Paolo

Friday, June 13

11:00

Campi Bisenzio (Via Giusti 7)   |   Map >

• Dave Eggers meets the children of Porto delle storie
  Interviewed by Leonardo Sacchetti.

15:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Gregor von Rezzori, One Hundred Years After
  After the re-release of The Death of My Brother Abel (Bompiani) and The Swan (Guanda), the panel of Paolo di Paolo, Daniel Kelhmann, Volker Schlöndorff and Edmund White

16:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Dave Eggers (Ologramma per il re, Mondadori) in conversation with Mauro Covacich and Elena Stancanelli.  Moderated by Giuliano Da Empoli.

17:00

Sala Ferri, Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux   |   Map >

• Alberto Arbasino talks about his new book, Ritratti italiani (Adelphi)

18:00

Balcony of Palazzo Strozzi

• The Dreamers: Words into Visions
  A roundtable with Bernardo Bertolucci, Emmanuel Carrère, Michael Cunningham, and Volker Schlöndorff , chaired by Dario Pappalardo of La Repubblica

21:15

Cinema Teatro Odeon   |   Map >

• On the Traces of Gregor von Rezzori
  In the centenary of his birth: From Musil to Handke
  Recital with Ralph Fiennes, Valeria Golino and Isabella Rosselli
  Texts chosen by Claudio Magris and Giorgio Pressburger
  Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
  Entry: Full € 10, Discount € 8 (pre-order at www.quellidellacompagnia.it, Cinema Teatro Odeon)

Saturday, June 14

11:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Georgi Gospodinov (Fisica della Malinconia, Voland) in conversation with Alberto Manguel and Giorgio Vasta

12:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Maylis De Kerangal (Nascita di un ponte, Feltrinelli) in conversation with Andrea Bajani and Edmund White

15:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• The Believer – To believe in books, TV, radio, blog and magazines
  Rountable with Vendela Vida (The Believer)  Giorgio Van Straten (Nuovi argomenti)  Michele De Mieri (Radio 3 Fahrenheit) Pietro Galeotti (RAI, Che tempo che fa) Teresa Ciabatti (blogger, Io donna)
  Chaired by Fulvio Paloscia of la Repubblica

16:00

Sala Ferri, Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux   |   Map >

• Sergio Givone and Massimo Raffaeli present the new book by Giorgio Pressburger Storia umana e inumana (Bompiani) in the presence of the author.

18:00

Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento   |   Map >

• Award Ceremony for the VIII edition of the Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze in the presence of the Mayor of Florence, awarded by the jury Ernesto Ferrero (President of the Jury) Beatrice Monti della Corte, Alberto Manguel, Edmund White, Andrea Bajani
• The ceremony will be the announcement of the winner of the prize for the best work of foreign fiction translated into Italian in the last year, with the five shortlisted authors: Leopoldo Brizuela, Maylis de Kerangal, Dave Eggers, Georgi Gospodinov and Tom McCarthy.

Wednesday, June 12

16:30

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Through the Eyes of the Absent
  conversation between Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Antonio Scurati
  with Alessandro Raveggi
  (finalist Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Il rumore delle cose che cadono, Ponte alle Grazie)

18:00

Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Sala Luca Giordano   |   Map >

• Writing Madness lectio magistralis by Patrick McGrath
  welcome by Andrea Barducci, President of the Provincia di Firenze
  Free entry, limited space

20:00

Cinema Odeon   |   Map >

• projection of Trashed – towards zero waste (UK, 2012, 97′)
  a film by Candida Brady with Jeremy Irons
  before the projection Jeremy Irons will greet the public
  event in collaboration with Satya Doc – Cinehall Distribution
  full-price ticket  8.00 euro, reduced 6.00 euro (prevendita su www.odeonfirenze.com)

20:30

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi

• Cocktail

21:30

• A Cinematic Vocation: Three Writers Tell Their Stories
  conversation between Michael Cunningham, Atiq Rahimi, Roberto Andò
  moderated by Giorgio Van Straten
  welcome by Giuliano da Empoli, President of the Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux
  (finalist Atiq Rahimi Maledetto Dostoevskij, Einaudi)

Thursday, June 13

10:00

• From the Cemetary of Laurels to Bellosguardo: in the footsteps of Henry James
  with Colm Tóibín (author of The Master, a novel about Henry James)
  free guided bus tour, limited space

12:00

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Florence and Italy as Seen by Others
  conversation between Mario Fortunato (L’Italia degli altri, Neri Pozza), Luca Doninelli (Salviamo Firenze, Bompiani) Francesco M. Cataluccio (La memoria degli Uffizi, Sellerio)
  moderated by Sergio Risaliti

15:30

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi

• Reading and Translating Virgil in the era of Facebook
  with Alessandro Fo, winner of the Prize for translation of  the Aeneid by Publio Virginio Marone (Einaudi)
  with Alberto Castelvecchi, Andrea Landolfi, Claudia Zonghetti

17.00

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi

• Surprise Party
  conversation between Etgar Keret and Christian Raimo
  with Vanni Santoni
  (finalist Etgar Keret, All’improvviso bussano alla porta, Feltrinelli)

18.00

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi

• Always Meeting Ourselves
  conversation between Jennifer Egan and Michael Cunningham (both winners of the Pulitzer Prize)
  with Elena Stancanelli
  (finalist Jennifer Egan, Guardami, minimun fax)

20:30

Cinema Teatro Odeon   |   Map >

• MACHIAVELLI & Co.
  Politics and Literature: In Celebration of 500 Years of The Prince
  Recital by Jeremy Irons and Laura Morante
  Selected texts from Niccolò Machiavelli, Italo Calvino, Milan Kundera, Alan Bennett and Vladimir Nabokov
  With a tribute to A Stranger in Lolitaland by Gregor von Rezzori
  curated by Roberto Andò, with directorial consultation by Volker Schlöndorff
  entry: full € 10 reduced € 8 (reserve through www.quellidellacompagnia.it, Cinema Teatro Odeon)

Friday, June 14

11:00

Balconata of Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Becoming What You Are
  conversation between Jeanette Winterson, Andrew Sean Greer and Mario Fortunato
  with Fulvio Paloscia
  (finalist Jeanette Winterson, Perché essere felice quando puoi essere normale?, Mondadori)

12:00

Sala Ferri, Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux   |   Map >

• Don Quixote’s Library
  lecture by Alberto Manguel
  introduced by Sergio Givone

18:00

Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento   |   Map >

• Prize Ceremony of the VII edition of the Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze with the participation of the mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi. With jury members Ernesto Ferrero (President of the jury for a foreign work of fiction) Beatrice Monti della Corte, Alberto Manguel, Edmund White, Andrea Landolfi (President of the jury for translation) Alberto Castelvecchi and Claudia Zonghetti.
• During the ceremony the prize for translation will be awarded to Alessandro Fo for his translation of the Aeneid by Publio Virginio Marone (Einaudi). The winner of the prize for the best work of foreign fiction translated into Italian will also be announced. The finalists: Jennifer Egan, Etgar Keret, Atiq Rahimi, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Jeanette Winterson will be present.

21:00

Courtyard of Le Murate   |   Map >

• A Canon for the New Millenium
• Alba Arikha, Michael Cunningham, Mario Fortunato, Andrew Sean Greer, Etgar Keret, Alberto Manguel, Patrick McGrath, Atiq Rahimi, Christian Raimo, Alessandro Raveggi, Gianluigi Ricuperati, Vanni Santoni, Peter Stamm, Elena Stancanelli, Giorgio Van Straten, Colm Tóibín, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Edmund White, Jeanette Winterson

Lectio: Michael Ondaatje

Theatre: Ruth Gabriel and Fabrizio Gifuni

Finalists: Enrique Villa-Matas, Emmanuel Carrère, Jenny Erpenbeck, Damon Galgut, Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Special Guests: Roberto Andò, Andrea Bajani, Roberto Bertinetti, Michela Cescon, Kiran Desai, Tommaso Pincio, Elisabetta Rasy, Gianluigi Ricuperati, Vanni Santoni, Stefania Scateni, Elena Stancanelli, Colm Toìbìn, Chiara Valerio, Alessandro Zaccuri

Program

Wednesday, June 13

15:30

Cinema Teatro Odeon   |   Map >

• Press conference with the finalists for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze for foreign fiction and with the winner of the prize for best translation.  With Beatrice Monti della Corte, Ernesto Ferrero, Alberto Manguel, Edmund White, Andrea Landolfi, Alberto Castelvecchi and Claudia Zonghetti.
• In attendance: Emmanuel Carrère (Vite che non sono la mia, Einaudi), Jenny Erpenbeck (Di passaggio, Zandonai) Damon Galgut (In una stanza sconosciuta, e/o) Jón Kalman Stefánsson (Paradiso e inferno, Iperborea) Enrique Vila-Matas (Esploratori dell’abisso, Feltrinelli) and the winner of the prize for best translation, Bruno Berni for I figli dei guardiani di elefanti by Peter Høeg, Mondadori.
• Opening remarks by Giuliano da Empoli, President of the Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux

18:00

Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Sala Luca Giordano   |   Map >

• “Arte meticcia” Lectio magistralis by Michael Ondaatje
  Welcome from Andrea Barducci, Presidente della Provincia di Firenze

21:00

Cortile di Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Andrea Bajani and Colm Toíbín in conversation with Enrique Vila-Matas, author of Esploratori dell’abisso, Feltrinelli

Thursday, June 14

11:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Tommaso Pincio and Vanni Santoni in conversation with Damon Galgut, author of In una stanza sconosciuta, e/o

12:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• The Literature of the North
  writing, translating, editing
  Round table with Bruno Berni, Alberto Castelvecchi, Andrea Landolfi, Björn Larsson, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Claudia Zonghetti

17:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Literature is not private property
  Virginia Woolf inedita, più snob che militante, e maestra di letture
  In occasione dell’uscita del libro Consigli a un aspirante scrittore di Virginia Woolf (Bur – Rizzoli) a cura di Roberto Bertinetti. Intervengono Chiara Valerio e Elisabetta Rasy. Letture di Michela Cescon

18:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Gianluigi Ricuperati e Elena Stancanelli conversazione con Emmanuel Carrère, autore di Vite che non sono la mia, Einaudi

21:00

Cinema Teatro Odeon   |   Map >

• La noche española
  Viaggi italiani di scrittori di lingua spagnola da Cervantes a Borges a Javier Marías
  recital con Ruth Gabriel e Fabrizio Gifuni
  Voce narrante Ernesto Ferrero
  Consulenza di regia di Volker Schlöndorff
  Saluto iniziale di Cristina Scaletti, Assessore alla cultura della Regione Toscana
  Ingresso: intero € 8 ridotto € 5 (prevendite presso Boxoffice, Cinema Teatro Odeon) 

Friday, June 15

11:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi   |   Map >

• Roberto Andò e Alessandro Zaccuri conversazione con Jón Kalman Stefánsson, autore di Paradiso e inferno, Iperborea

12:00

Balconata di Palazzo Strozzi

• Björn Larsson e Stefania Scateni conversazione con Jenny Erpenbeck, autrice di Di passaggio, Zandonai

18:00

Palazzo Vecchio   |   Map >

• Cerimonia di premiazione della 6a edizione del Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze
  Alla presenza del Sindaco di Firenze, Matteo Renzi
  Conducono Ernesto Ferrero (Presidente della giuria per la narrativa straniera) e Andrea Landolfi (Presidente della giuria per la traduzione)
  Nel corso della cerimonia verrà annunciato il vincitore del Premio per la migliore opera di narrativa straniera tradotta in Italia
  Presenti inoltre: Beatrice Monti della Corte, Alberto Castelvecchi, Björn Larsson, Alberto Manguel, Edmund White, Claudia Zonghetti

20:00

• Aperitivo nel Cortile di Palazzo Strozzi

21:00

• Stories con vista
  Sguardi e racconti dalle Indie Orientali
  Incontro con Kiran Desai e Michael Ondaatje
  Modera Gianluigi Ricuperati

Lectio: Zadie Smith

Theatre: Isabella Rossellini and Colm Toìbìn

Finalists: Aleksander Hemon, Marie Ndiaye, David Mitchell, Miguel Syjuco, Wells Tower

Special Guests: Lorenzo Pavolini, Gianluigi Ricuperati, Elena Stancanelli, Colm Toìbìn, Chiara Valerio, Giorgio Vasta

Program

Wednesday 15 June

15.30

• Palazzo Tornabuoni   |   Map >
  Press Conference

17.00

• Libreria Feltrinelli   |   Map >
  Translating The Great Gatsby

18.00

• Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Sala Luca Giordano   |   Map >
  Why Write?  lectio magistralis by Zadie Smith

Thursday 16 June

11.00

• Libreria MelbookStore
  Elena Stancanelli in conversation with Marie NDiaye

12.00

• Libreria Edison   |   Map >
  Chiara Valerio in conversation with Wells Tower

17.00

• Libreria Feltrinelli   |   Map >
  Gianluigi Ricuperati in conversation with David Mitchell

19.00

• Le Murate   |   Map >
  Livia Manera in conversation with Zadie Smith

21.00

• Cinema Teatro Odeon   |   Map >
  On Love recital done by Isabella Rossellini and Colm Toibin

Friday 17 June

11.30

• Libreria Edison   |   Map >
  Lorenzo Pavolini in conversation with Miguel Syjuco

15.30

• Libreria MelbookStore
  Giorgio Vasta in conversation with Aleksandar Hemon

18.30

• Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento   |   Map >
  Award Ceremony

21.00

• Le Murate   |   Map >
  An Important Book in my Life with Ernesto Ferrero, Edmund White, Alberto Manguel, Colm Toibin, Bjorn Larsson

Lectio: Michael Cunningham

Theatre: Ralph Fiennes and Alba Rohrwacherù

Finalists: Percival Everett, Hector Abad, Nam Le, Jean Echenoz

Special Guests: Alessandro Baricco, Luigi Brioschi

Program

Wednesday, June 16

11:00

• NYU Villa La Pietra   |   Map >
  I finalisti incontrano la stampa
  Segue buffet

16:00

• Libreria Feltrinelli presentazione di   |   Map >
  L’attesa è Meravigliosa di Gregor von Rezzori

18:00

• Cinema Odeon- Piazza Strozzi   |   Map >
  Alessandro Baricco e Alberto Manguel Conversazione su Dante ?
  segue buffet

21:00

• Lettura dalla Divina Commedia
  (traduzione di Seamus Heaney)
  Ralph Fiennes
  Laura Morante

Thursday, June 17

Ore 11:00

• Libreria Edison incontro con Percival Everett   |   Map >

Ore 12:00

• Libreria MelbookStore incontro con Jean Echenoz

Ore 16:00

• Libreria Edison incontro con Rose Tremain

18:00

• Palazzo Medici Riccardi   |   Map >
  Lectio magistralis di Michael Cunningham
  Cena da Maria Vittoria Rimbotti (?)

Friday, June 18

11:00

• Libreria Feltrinelli incontro con Hector Abad   |   Map >

12:00

• Libreria MelbookStore incontro con Nam Le

17:30

• Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento   |   Map >
  Cerimonia di premiazione
  Cena da Gioia Marchi Falck