Programme
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Opening Ceremony of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024, including Opening of Italy Guest of Honour Pavilion
Puccini in Opera with the Orchestra of Arena di Verona Foundation
At the opening of the Book Fair, the prestigious Alte Oper theatre in Frankfurt will host an extraordinary event. In celebration of Giacomo Puccini’s centenary and Italy's appearance as Guest of Honour at the Book Fair after 36 years, the orchestra of the Arena di Verona will perform a tribute to the great composer together with some of the finest Italian voices.
Dall’italiano al mondo – From Italian to the rest of the world
With
Annalena Benini, Juergen Boos (Frankfurter Buchmesse), Emanuele Di Giorgi, Annette Kopetzki (Traduttrice), Vincenzo Latronico, Monica Malatesta, Beatrice Masini, Michael Reynolds, Ana Rodado, Susanne Schüssler (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach), Linus Guggenberger, Lorenza Honorati, Francesca Novajra, Laura Pugno, Audrey Scarbel
Curated by
The Turin International Book Fair
The Beauty of Words
Inauguration of the Italian Pavilion
With
Susanna Tamaro, Stefano Zecchi
Moderated by
Luigi Mascheroni (Journalist)
Inauguration of the Italian Collective Stand
Ribbon-cutting ceremony with
Alessandro Giuli (Minister of Culture), Claudia Roth (Minister of State for Culture and Media in the German Government)
With
Juergen Boos (Frankfurter Buchmesse), Innocenzo Cipolletta (AIE – The Italian Publishers Association), Ferdinando Fiore (ITA - Italian Trade Agency), Armando Varricchio (Embassy of Italy in Germany)
Living in the Time of the Apocalypse
With
Luigi Maria Epicoco, Carlo Rovelli
Moderated by
Nico Spuntoni (Journalist)
Exhibition “Under an Ancient Sky. Pompeii and Piranesi between Past and Present”
curated by
Prof. Massimo Osanna, Prof.ssa Maria Luisa Catoni, Dott. Luigi Gallo
with the technical-scientific coordination of the
General Directorate of Museums
Thinking of Moving to Berlin?
With
Andrea Bajani, Mario Desiati
Moderated by
Maria Carolina Foi (Università degli Studi di Trieste)
36 Years On. The Italian Book Market Today
With
Innocenzo Cipolletta (AIE – The Italian Publishers Association), Giovanni Hoepli (Hoepli Editore), Stefano Mauri (GeMS Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol), Susanne Schüssler (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach)
Moderated by
Karen Krüger (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Between Notes and Words
With
Frida Bollani Magoni
Moderated by
Adriano Monti Buzzetti (Centro per il libro e la lettura)
Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"
In Search of Lost Pleasure
With
Giuseppe Culicchia, Giordano Bruno Guerri
Moderated by
Luciano Lanna (Centro per il libro e la lettura)
Translations. Bridging Cultures and Connecting Nations
With
Nicola Genga (Centro per il libro e la lettura), Stefano Melloni (SEPS - Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche), Laura Pugno (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
Moderated by
Bruno Giancarli (AIE - The Italian Publishers Association)
“Face Value. 60 Italian Writers of the Twentieth Century”
Inauguration of the exhibition
Conceived by
The Italian Literary Agency
Curated by
Alberto Saibene (Curatore della mostra)
Exhibition design by
Francesco Dondina
In collaboration with
AIE
With the support of
Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
With
Cristiana Chiumenti (Project coordinator), Alberto Saibene (Curatore della mostra), Marco Vigevani (The Italian Literary Agency)
Italian Books: Fiction
With
Gianluca Foglia (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore), Antonio Sellerio (Sellerio Editore)
Moderated by
Piero Salabè (Carl Hanser Verlag)
Community of readers. Policies for the dissemination and promotion of books
Regione Lombardia
Welcome from
Massimo Darchini (Consul General of Italy)
With
Francesca Caruso (Regione Lombardia/Four Motors for Europe), Tom Erben (German Publishers and Booksellers Association), Edgar Garcia (ICEC - Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises)
Conclusions by
Mauro Mazza (Extraordinary Commissioner of the Government for the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024)
Moderated by
Paolo Verri (Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori)
Video contribution by
Sergio Dogliani (Idea Store)
“From Illustration to Comics. Pencils in Talented Young Hands”
Inauguration of the exhibition
Curated by
Drosselmeier Academy
Organised by
Bologna Children’s Book Fair
In collaboration with
AIE
With the support of
Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
With
Ivan Canu (Illustrator), Grazia Gotti (Drosselmeier Academy/Giannino Stoppani Children's Bookshop), Elena Pasoli (Bologna Children's Book Fair), Silvana Sola (Drosselmeier Academy/Giannino Stoppani Children's Bookshop)
Between Naples and Europe: Celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Università di Napoli Federico II
With
Matteo Lorito, Enrico Schleiff
Moderated by
Christiane Liermann Traniello (Villa Vigoni)
Two Hearts So Many Stories
With
Teresa Radice, Stefano Turconi
Moderated by
Paola Colombo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
Italian Books: Non-fiction
With
Andrea Angiolini (Società editrice il Mulino), Giovanni Carletti (Editori Laterza), Roberto Revello (Mimesis Edizioni)
Moderated by
Susanne Simor (Verlag C.H. Beck)
The Great Piazza of Books and Ideas
With
Giovanni Agosti, Stefano Boeri
Moderated by
Luigi Mascheroni (Journalist)
My Home is Where I Write
With
Olga Campofreda, Igiaba Scego
Moderated by
Shelly Kupferberg (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, RBB Kultur)
Travels in Italy. Travels in Germany. Exchanges between the two publishers
With
Isabella Amico Di Meane (Translator), Alessandra Ballesi-Hansen (NonsoloVerlag), Annette Kopetzki (Traduttrice), Marina Pugliano (Translator)
Moderated by
Viktoria von Schirach (Agenzia Scouting Schirach)
In collaboration with
Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti, StradeLab
Promoting the artistic-cultural heritage of Lazio through publishing: a global challenge
Regione Lazio
With
Alberto Gremese (Gremese international), Roberto Marcucci (L'Erma di Bretschneider)
On the Edge of the Abyss. Artists, Writers and intellectuals on the Eve of the Second World War
With
Marina Valensise, Uwe Wittstock
Moderated by
Christiane Liermann Traniello (Villa Vigoni)
Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"
Experiencing Books to the Full
With
Antonio Franchini, Chiara Valerio
Moderated by
Anna Vollmer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Promoting Literature: A Comparative Exploration of Italian and European Strategies
With
Laura Ballestra (AIB - Associazione Italiana Biblioteche), Renata Gorgani (Il Castoro), Adriano Monti Buzzetti (Centro per il libro e la lettura), Miha Kovač (Ljubljana Reading Manifesto)
Moderated by
Giovanni Solimine (Fondazione Maria e Goffredo Bellonci)
In collaboration with
Centro per il libro e la lettura, AIB - Associazione Italiana Biblioteche
The Culture That Unites. From Manuzio to the ebook
With
Massimo Bray, Umberto Vattani (Ambassador, President of Venice International University)
Moderated by
Luciano Lanna (Centro per il libro e la lettura), Alessandro De Pedys
Reading in the Dark®
Welcome address from
Cristina Mussinelli (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili), Umberto Vattani (Ambassador, President of Venice International University)
With
Viola Ardone, Giuseppe Culicchia, Alessandro Magno (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore), Clara Ori
Moderated by
Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
Curated by
Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
With the support of
Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
In this World of Ogres
With
Ginevra Lamberti, Alice Urciuolo
Moderated by
Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit)
Concert: Taranta of Love and Italian Dances
With Maestro Ambrogio Sparagna, the Orchestra Popolare Italiana and the Corpo di Ballo Popolare of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome
Reading Nurtures Growth
With
Davide Calì, Beatrice Masini, Patrizia Rinaldi
Moderated by
Marlene Zöhrer (Centro KiJuLit, kinderund Jugendmedien.de)
In Search of the Great European (and Italian) Novel
With
Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit), Vincenzo Latronico
Moderated by
Maria Carolina Foi (Università degli Studi di Trieste)
Artificial Intelligence: new rules, challenges and opportunities for Innovation
Welcome address from
Innocenzo Cipolletta (AIE – The Italian Publishers Association), Ricardo Franco Levi (FEP - Federation of European Publishers)
With
Elisabeth Crossick (RELX), Quentin Deschandelliers (FEP - Federation of European Publishers)
Moderated by
Maria Pallante (AAP - Association of American Publishers)
In collaboration with
FEP - Federation of European Publishers
Publishing in Lazio: successful small and medium enterprises tell their stories
Regione Lazio
With
Raffaello Avanzini (Newton Compton), Emanuele Di Giorgi (Tunuè), Simona Telese (Frasi4kids), Tiziana Triana (Fandango Libri)
When Words Transform into Image
With
Pupi Avati, Simona Ercolani
Moderated by
Gianvito Casadonte (Journalist)
Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"
Literature that Heals and Endures
With
Francesca Melandri, Fabio Stassi
Moderated by
Lothar Müller (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Small and Medium-Sized Publishers in Italy and Europe
With
Lorenzo Armando (Lexis / AIE), Daniel Beskos (Mairisch Verlag / Kurt Wolff Stiftung), Nicolas Filicic (Les Belles Lettres), Jordi Nadal (Plataforma Editorial)
Moderated by
Annamaria Malato (Più libri più liberi)
In collaboration with
Più libri più liberi - Fiera nazionale della Piccola e media editoria (Italian Independent Publishers Book Fair)
The Culture That Unites. Nation and Country, Right and Left. The Rationale for Dialogue
With
Alessandro Campi, Andrea Romano
Moderated by
Tommaso Ricci (Journalist)
Living on the Edge of the Line
With
Mauro Covacich, Paolo Rumiz
Moderated by
Tilman Spreckelsen (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Italian Publishing Goes abroad: More than Rights
With
Sandro Ferri (Edizioni E/O), Andrea Ferro (Casalini Libri), Roberto Gilodi (Reiser Literary Agency / ADALI), Fiammetta Giorgi (Mondadori Libri)
Moderated by
Porter Anderson (Publishing Perspectives)
In collaboration with
ADALI
Italian Books: Publishing for Children and Young Adults
With a welcome address from
Elena Pasoli (Bologna Children's Book Fair)
With
Paolo Canton (Topipittori), Carlo Gallucci (Gallucci Editore), Edmund Jacoby (Jacoby & Stuart), Gaia Stock (Edizioni EL)
Moderated by
Martina Russo (Rivista Andersen)
Discourse on Methodology
With
Viola Ardone, Gianrico Carofiglio, Mauro Covacich
Led by
Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
Reading in the Dark®
With
Pierdomenico Baccalario, Giulia Caminito, Paolo Rumiz, Clara Ori
Moderated by
Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
Curated by
Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
With the support of
Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
The BEIC, a new generation library for Milan, Lombardy and Italy
With
Stefano Parise (Comune di Milano), Tommaso Sacchi (Comune di Milano), Andrea Zanderigo (Studio Baukuh)
Comics and Animation: Intersecting Worlds of Paper and YouTube
With
Luca Enoch, Pera Toons
Moderated by
Tilman Spreckelsen (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Italian Books: Art and Design
With
Pietro Corraini (Corraini Edizioni), Roberto Koch (Contrasto Books), Chiara Savino (Sole 24 Ore - Cultura)
Moderated by
Moritz Kirschner (Verlag Antje Kunstmann)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Era of Words and the Words of Our Era
With
Claudio Magris
The Typewriter of Time
With
Viola Ardone, Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Gian Marco Griffi
Moderated by
Shelly Kupferberg (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, RBB Kultur)
Italian Books: Sports
With
Vittorio Anastasia (Ediciclo Editore), Giovanni Di Giorgi (Lab DFG - Premio Invictus), Isabella Ferretti (66thand2nd)
Moderated by
Karin Plötz (LitCam)
The Future of Memory. Fondazione Mondadori Under the Test of Artificial Intelligence
Introduction by
Luca Formenton (Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori)
With
Angela Ida De Benedictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung), Louise Dutertre (Imec), Pierluigi Ledda (Archivio Storico Ricordi), Nathalie Léger (Imec), Michele Patella (Audio Innova)
Moderated by
Paolo Verri (Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori)
Curated by
Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori
Classics Beyond the Confines of Time
With
Alessandro D’Avenia
Moderated by
Thomas Geiger (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin)
Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"
That Kind of Violence
With
Silvia Avallone, Giulia Caminito
Moderated by
Karen Krüger (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Booksellers of the Future: Ideas and Projects for the Training of European Booksellers
Welcome address from
Paolo Ambrosini (Associazione Librai Italiani - Confcommercio)
With
Aldo Addis (Scuola librai italiani), Luis Gonzalez (Fundacion Germán Sánchez Ruipére), Judith Hoffmann (Mediacampus Frankfurt), Caroline Meneghetti (L'École de la Librairie)
Moderated by
Lorenzo Dall’Omo (EIBF)
Curated by
Associazione Librai Italiani - Confcommercio
Public financing and publishing. Autonomous Province of Bolzano South Tyrol: a law to support publishing projects linked to the territory
Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige-Südtirol
With
Luca Bizzarri (Ufficio Educazione permanente, biblioteche e audiovisivi, Cultura italiana)
Duties of Culture
With
Francesco Borgonovo, Giacomo Marramao, Marco Tarchi
Moderated by
Tommaso Ricci (Journalist)
Between Ethics and Happiness
With
Gianrico Carofiglio, Emanuele Coccia
Moderated by
Cinzia Sciuto (MicroMega)
The publishing cluster in Piemonte: an Italian success story
Regione Piemonte
With
Guido Bolatto (Camera di Commercio di Torino), Carlo Emanuele Bona (Unione Industriali Torino), Erika Manis (Ceipiemonte), Stefano Nigro (Ceipiemonte), Giovanni Pischedda (Camera di Commercio di Torino), Gabriella Serratrice (Regione Piemonte)
How does literary talent change?
With
Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit), Antonio Franchini
Theatrical reading of “Tempo curvo a Krems” by Claudio Magris
With
Claudio Magris
Organised by
ITKAM (Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany), Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, PromoTurismo FVG
Adventures, Mysteries and Spells: the Secret Formula behind Children's Bestsellers
With
Pierdomenico Baccalario, Elisabetta Dami, Elisabetta Gnone
Moderated by
Marlene Zöhrer (Centro KiJuLit, kinderund Jugendmedien.de)
The Scent of Flowers and Kisses
With
Cristina Caboni, Kira Shell
Moderated by
Paola Colombo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
Accessible Publishing
With
Andrea Angiolini (Società editrice il Mulino), Irene Enriques (Zanichelli), Alessandro Magno (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore)
Moderated by
Cristina Mussinelli (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
Curated by
Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
The Excellence of the Italian Supply Chain in Premium Book Design and Printing
With
Emanuele Bandecchi (Rotolito S.p.A.), Sandro Berra (Grafiche Antiga), Emanuele Bona (Federazione Italiana Carta e Grafica), Alessandro Nardelli (Cartiere del Garda-Lecta Group SA), Michele Lanzinger (ICOM Italia), Erik Spiekermann (Graphic designer)
Moderated by
Michela Pìbiri (PRINTlovers)
Curated by
Federazione Italiana Carta e Grafica
What Women are Telling Us. The Feminine Side of Art and Literature
With
Annalena Benini, Karen Krüger (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Books in the piazza. Meeting and Engaging with Writers at Literary Festivals
With
Ruggero Cappuccio (Fondazione Campania dei Festival), Antonella Ferrara (TaoBuk Taormina Book Festival), Piergaetano Marchetti (BookCity Milano), Luca Formenton (BookCity Milano), Oliviero Toscani (Milanesiana), Gian Mario Villalta (Pordenonelegge)
Moderated by
Cristina Giordano (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
Crossing Boundaries: Redefining Publishing Frontiers
Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
With
Elisa Copetti (Bottega Errante Edizioni), Dario De Cristoforo (Italo Svevo), Alberto Gaffi (Italo Svevo), Erika Hornbogner (Wieser e Drava Verlag), Mitja Ličen (GOGA), Ivan Sršen (Sandorf)
Moderated by
Diego Marani
Let me tell you a story
With
Alessandro Barbero, Aldo Cazzullo
Moderated by
Christoph Cornelissen (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
Brooklyn, Bavaria, Italy: A World to Narrate
With
Claudia Durastanti, Helena Janeczek
Moderated by
Markus Messling (Käte Hamburger Kolleg CUE)
Accompanying Publishers Abroad
With
Antonella Fabbrini (IT Publishing), Paolo Grossi (New Italian Books), Matteo Masini (ITA - Italian Trade Agency)
Moderated by
Samuele Cafasso (AIE - The Italian Publishers Association)
A beautiful madness, the highest alert
With
Laura Accerboni, Marko Miladinović
Moderated by
Magda Mandelli
Curated by
Fondazione svizzera per la cultura Pro Helvetia
Giving voice to stories
A literary voyage of discovery through audiobooks
Moderated by
Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
with
Valentina Mari (Narrator), Paolo Cresta (Narrator)
Introduction by
Juan Baixeras (Audible Country manager Italy & Spain)
Presented by
Audible
Reading in the Dark®
With
Paolo Nori, Marco Balzano, Clara Ori
Moderated by
Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
Curated by
Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
With the support of
Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Giving stories a voice
A literary voyage of discovery through audiobooks
Moderated by
Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
with
Valentina Mari (Narrator), Paolo Cresta (Narrator)
Introduction by
Juan Baixeras (Audible Country manager Italy & Spain)
Presented by
Audible
Having it All and Other Small Miracles
With
Marco Missiroli, Valeria Parrella
Moderated by
Thomas Geiger (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin)
Italian Books: Comics
With
Giovanni Ferrara (Coconino Press), Caterina Marietti (Bao Publishing), Stefania Simonini (Panini Comics)
Moderated by
Dirk Rehm (Reprodukt)
The Grammar of Illustrated Fantasy
With
Beatrice Alemagna, Olimpia Zagnoli
Moderated by
Stefan Trinks (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Recounting Marco Polo’s extraordinary journey
Regione Veneto
With
Giovanni Montanaro (writer and lawyer)
The Importance of Being “Strega”
With
Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Stefano Petrocchi
Moderated by
Cristina Giordano (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
More in Translation
With
Marco Balzano, Paolo Nori
Moderated by
Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit)
Accademia della Crusca and Accademia dell'Arcadia, from History into the Future
With
Maurizio Campanelli (Accademia dell’Arcadia), Rosario Coluccia (Accademia della Crusca), Bernhard Huss (Italienzentrum di Berlino)
Moderated by
Harro Stammerjohann (Accademia della Crusca)
Curated by
Accademia della Crusca, Accademia dell’Arcadia
The Science of the Future: in Search of the Perfect Balance between Freedom and Responsibility
With
Guido Barbujani, Massimo Sandal
Moderated by
Stefan Klein (Saggista)
The return of the ghosts
With
Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Helena Janeczek, Katja Lange-Müller, Birgit Schönau
First theatre showing of Alessandro Melazzini’s docufilm “Italo Svevo. Scrivere nascosto a Trieste”
Events Opera: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Hendrik Müller and conducted by Giuseppe Mentuccia
Work in three acts, booklet by Francesco Maria Piave, after a play by Victor Hugo (1851).
The Flying Carpet of Fantasy
With
Chiara Carminati, Davide Morosinotto, Marta Palazzesi
Moderated by
Anna Vollmer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Seaside Towns and Ancient Villages
With
Vins Gallico, Sacha Naspini
Moderated by
Giulio Galoppo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
The Culture That Unites. Russia and Europe
With
Luca Beatrice, Luciano Mecacci
Moderated by
Pierfranco Bruni (Poet and Writer)
Return Journey: Root Tourism
With
Riccardo Giumelli, Luigi Maria Vignali
Moderated by
To be confirmed
Of Uncertain Genesis
With
Erri De Luca, Guido Tonelli
Moderated by
Stefan Klein (Saggista)
Discourse on Methodology
With
Elisabetta Dami, Felicia Kingsley, Nicola Lagioia, Daniele Mencarelli
Led by
Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
Reading in the Dark®
With
Erin Doom, Erri De Luca, Clara Ori
Moderated by
Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
Curated by
Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
With the support of
Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Everything is illustrated
With
Lorenzo Mattotti, Alessandro Sanna
Moderated by
Stefan Trinks (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Every story is a place
With
Paolo Cognetti, Nicola Lagioia
Moderated by
Andreas Platthaus (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Puglia and its museums. A sentimental journey
Regione Puglia
With
Ferdinando Bossis (Casa editrice Sfera), Mimma Gattulli (Regione Puglia)
Every Shade of Crime Fiction
With
Maurizio de Giovanni, Antonio Manzini
Moderated by
Alf Mayer (Cultur Mag)
You write Romance, You Read Bestsellers
With
Erin Doom, Felicia Kingsley
Moderated by
Thomas Sachsenmaier (BookToker)
Homage to Andrea Camilleri
Prologue by
Antonio Sellerio (Sellerio Editore)
Readings by
Massimo Venturiello
Poems of Sea and Hills
With
Giuseppe Conte, Davide Rondoni
Moderated by
Pierfranco Bruni (Poet and Writer)
Friuli Venezia Giulia: a place of words and stories
Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
With
Dario De Cristoforo (Italo Svevo), Antonella Fiaschi (FVG Writers' Association), Alberto Gaffi (Italo Svevo), Diego Marani, Mariaelena Porzio (FVG Writers’ Association)
©Messe Frankfurt GmbH / Sutera Events Grand finale at the Festhalle: Il Volo – Live in concert 2024
Grand finale of the Italian presence in Frankfurt at the 2024 edition of the Buchmesse with passion, romance and emotion.
Neighbours in Culture and Context
With
Mario Anzil (Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia), Rodolfo Ziberna (Comune di Gorizia)
Genius, Passions and Mysteries of Art and Music
With
Rita Charbonnier, Luigi De Pascalis, Carlo Vecce
Moderated by
Giulio Galoppo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
Calvino unpublished: Italian politics in 1976
National Library of Rome
With
Stefano Campagnolo (BNCR), Eleonora Cardinale (BNCR)
The Power of Queens and Lions
With
Stefania Auci, Alessandra Necci
Moderated by
Anna Vollmer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Hunger, Modesty and Other Boundless Emotions
With
Maddalena Fingerle, Anna Giurickovic Dato
Moderated by
Andreas Pfeifer (ORF Berlin)
The Culture That Unites. Religion and Roots
With
Rav Scialom Bahbout, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia
Moderated by
Nico Spuntoni (Journalist)
Women and the World: Life and Adventure (Re)Drawn Through the Lens of Comics
With
Milo Manara
Moderated by
Andreas Platthaus (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)