VIDEO LIBRARY
XIX Edition
The opening of the Library Beatrice Monti della Corte at Santa Maddalena Foundation, June 14th, 2025
Georgi Gospodinov reads his Lectio Magistralis: The Continuing Gift of Literature, or The Seven Superpowers of Storytelling
introduced by the Award ceremony for the Pegaso d’Oro della Regione Toscana to Beatrice Monti della Corte
Presentation of Il giardiniere e la morte [Death and the Gardener] by Georgi Gospodinov (Voland, 2025)
The author in conversation with translator Giuseppe Dell’Agata, with the participation of Pablo Maurette, and Maddalena Fossombroni.
The event is organized in collaboration with Testo [come si diventa un libro], as part of the Contesto series, and with the Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza Virgilio Sieni.
Kaveh Akbar (Martyr!)
in conversation with Maylist de Kerangal
Jenny Erpenbeck (Kairos)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Ferdia Lennon (Glorious Exploits)
in conversation with Colm Tóibín
Adam Thirlwell (The Future Future)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Leo Vardiashvili (Hard by a Great Forest)
in conversation with Maaza Mengiste
Conclusive event of the 19th Edition of Premio Gregor von Rezzori at the Sala d’Arme, Palazzo Vecchio
Artistic direction by Volker Schlöndorff
XVIII Edition
Andrea Bajani and Zadie Smith introduce the Lectio Magistralis by Hisham Matar, read by Gini Alhadeff at the Cenacolo del Complesso monumentale di Santa Croce
Announcement of the winner of the 18th edition with Beatrice Monti della Corte
Conversation between Andrea Landolfi, Paola Del Zoppo and the winner for translation, Daniele Ventre
Homer’s Odyssey in the translation by Daniele Ventre (Ponte alle Grazie, 2023), read by Fausto Russo Alesi
Artistic direction by Volker Schlöndorff
Beyond Words: Translating Michela Murgia
Discussion on Korean translation with Paola Del Zoppo and Hee Sun Moon
Michael Cunningham Winner Speech
Michael Cunningham (Day)
in conversation with Colm Tóibín
Álvaro Enrigue, Il sogno (You Dreamed of Empires)
in conversation with Alberto Manguel
Han Kang, L’ora di greco (Greek Lessons)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Conversation on Claire Keegan, Un’estate (Foster)
by Andrea Bajani with translator Monica Pareschi
Laurent Mauvignier, La festa di compleanno (Histoires de la nuit)
in conversation with Maylis de Kerangal
XVII Edition
Colm Tóibín Winner Speech
Colm Tóibín (The Magician)
in conversation with Edmund White
Anuk Arudpragasam (A Passagge North)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Hernan Diaz (Trust)
in conversation with Alberto Manguel
Antoine Volodine (Les filles de Monroe)
in conversation with Maylis de Kerangal
Lauren Groff (Matrix)
in conversation with Chiara Stangalino
XVI Edition
Announcement of the winner of the 16th edition of Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze with Beatrice Monti della Corte and Volker Schlöndorff from Santa Maddalena
Robin Robertson (The Long Take)
in conversation with Edmund White
Benjamín Labatut (When we Cease to Understand the World)
in conversation with Alberto Manguel
Georgi Gospodinov (Time Shelter)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Javier Marías (Tomás Nevinson)
in conversation with Claudio Magris
Louise Erdrich (The Night Watchman)
in conversation with Maylis de Kerangal
XV Edition
Nadia Terranova meets the youths of Porto delle Storie
Chiostro del Brunelleschi dell’Opera di Santa Croce.
Conversation bewteen Andrea Landolfi, Jenny Erpenbeck, Ada Vigliani, and Volker Schlöndorff
Cenacolo dell’Opera di Santa Croce
Jenny Erpenbeck Lectio Magistralis:
Auf Den Grund Gehen (Getting to the Bottom)
Cenacolo dell’Opera di Santa Croce
Presentation of the book A Tower in Tuscany: Or a Home for My Writers and Other Animals
Conversation between Beatrice Monti della Corte, Claudia Durastanti, and Volker Schlöndorff
Libreria Todo Modo
Maaza Mengiste (The Shadow King)
in conversation with Alberto Manguel
Luc Lang (La Tentation)
in conversation with Maylis de Kerangal
Robert Macfarlane (Underland)
in conversation with Ernesto Ferrero
Colum McCann (Apeirogon)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
in conversation with Edmund White
Ralph Fiennes and Alba Rohrwacher
reading from the Divine Commedy
translated by the Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney
Teatro Cinema Odeon
Fabrizio Gifuni reads from The Odissey by Nikos Kazantzakis, translated by Nicola Crocetti
Followed by a conversation between Andrea Landolfi, Paola del Zoppo and Nicola Crocetti
Announcement of the winner of the XV edition of the Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze
With Beatrice Monti della Corte, from The Santa Maddalena Foundation
XIV Edition
Jennifer Clement Lectio Magistralis:
Poems and Errors
Cenacolo dell’Opera di Santa Croce
Rawi Hage (De Niro’s Game)
in conversation with Alberto Manguel
Khaled Khalifa (Death is Hard Work)
in conversation with Hisham Matar
Philippe Lançon (Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo)
in conversation with Maylis de Kerangal
Richard Powers (The Overstory)
in conversation with Edmund White
Samantha Schweblin (Little Eyes)
in conversation with Andrea Bajani
Fabrizio Gifuni reads from Cime Tempestose (Wuthering Heights)
translated by Monica Pareschi
Announcement of the winner of the XIV edition of the Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze
With Beatrice Monti della Corte, from The Santa Maddalena Foundation
Other Videos
Gregor von Rezzori in Florence
A conversation with Gregor von Rezzori in Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Santa Maddalena Foundation – Documentary
Realized by Gero von Boehm, narrated by Isabella Rossellini
Starring: Bernardo Bertolucci, Michael Cunningham, Beatrice Monti della Corte von Rezzori, Ralph Fiennes, Colm Tóibín, Edmund White, Zadie Smith, Gary Shteyngart, Uzodima Iweala
A montage of exclusive testimonies from authors who have lived and written in Santa Maddalena
Among them: Emmanuel Carrère, Jennifer Clement, Michael Cunningham, John Banville, Andrew Sean Greer, Kamila Shamsie, Colm Toíbín, and Edmund White
The opening of the Library Beatrice Monti della Corte at Santa Maddalena Foundation, June 14th, 2025
In occasion of the 19th Edition of Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze