As part of the Incontri D’autore cycle, tomorrow, Tuesday at 7 p.m., the Instituto Italiano de Cultura of Madrid, in collaboration with the publishing house Lumen, is organising a meeting with eclectic writer Domenico Starnone.
The writer will talk with the director of the Institute, Madrid Marialuisa Pappalardo, about his intense literary activity until the publication of his latest novel Vita mortale e immortale della bambina di Milano (2021), published in Italy by Einaudi and soon to be published in Spanish by Lumen.
Free admission with prior reservation by writing to iicmadrid@esteri.it and indicating name, surname and telephone contact of all persons for whom the reservation is requested and in the subject “21 February”. Reservations until 2 p.m. tomorrow. The meeting will be conducted in Italian with simultaneous translation.
Domenico Starnone was born in Saviano in 1943. The Neapolitan writer, who has moved from teaching to journalism, literature and, finally, writing for the cinema, has written numerous satirical books on the world of schools, from the point of view of both teachers and pupils. His work has been translated into numerous languages. In 2001 he won the Strega Prize for his novel Via Gemito. He is the author of the introductions to De Amicis’ Cuore (1993) and Foscolo’s Le Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (1994). In addition to writing screenplays (Del perduto amore directed by Michele Placido, Tutto l’amore che c’è by Sergio Rubini and La guerra degli Antò by Riccardo Milani), Starnone has seen several young Italian directors choose his writings as a starting point for their works. Two comedies set in classrooms between high school students were made from his books: Daniele Lucchetti’s film La Scuola and Riccardo Milani’s Auguri professore. Based on his school chronicles, Daniele Lucchetti adapted the show Sotto banco, with Silvio Orlando and Angela Finocchiaro. He has collaborated, among others, with l’Unità, il Manifesto, Tango and Cuore.
