2022 Programme
Event #23
Matteo Nucci
Movement and soul: Sappho and Kavafis
“You will not discover the limits of the soul by wandering, even if you travel every way, so deep is its logos” wrote Heraclitus. However, maybe only poets can explore the mystery of logos – the word which measures and reveals. In ancient times, the perfect example comes from a woman with a tormented life whose name shines beyond time: Sappho. The verses she dedicated to lived or lost loves shed light on the movements that run through our souls like a breath. Psyché, after all, means “breath”. We can also find breath through the verses of the greatest Greek-language poet of the 20th century: Constantine Kavafis. In his erotic lyrics as well as in his historical ones, the journey to the borders of the soul is constant. And the place where it stops is a dimension beyond space and time. For only in the soul we – as mortal human beings – can rediscover ourselves eternal.
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Matteo Nucci was born in Rome in 1970. He has published several novels with Ponte alle Grazie, including "Sono comuni le cose degli amici" (2009, finalist for the Premio Strega), "Il toro non sbaglia mai" (2011), "È giusto obbedire alla notte" (2017, finalist for the Premio Strega), and the narrative essay "L’abisso di Eros" (2018). For Einaudi, he released a new edition of Plato's "Symposium" (2009) and the narrative essays "Le lacrime degli eroi" (2013), "Achille e Odisseo. La ferocia e l’inganno" (2020), and "Il grido di Pan" (2023). With HarperCollins, he published the novel "Sono difficili le cose belle" (2022) and "Sognava i leoni. L’eroismo fragile di Ernest Hemingway" (2024). His short stories have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and eBooks. He also collaborates with the magazines La Stampa and L’Espresso.
Event #2
Lilia Giugni, Lorenza Pieri
Digital revolution and gender-based violence. Global stories and perspectives.
Event #8
Carlo Alberto Redi, Manuela Monti
Where are we from? Who are we? Where are we going? (And where are we having dinner tonight?)
Event #8 BIS
Carlo Alberto Redi, Manuela Monti
Where are we from? Who are we? Where are we going? (And where are we having dinner tonight?)