ITALIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE EMIRATES AIRLINES FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE OF DUBAI, 6-10 MARCH 2012
01/03/2012
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Italian participation at the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature of Dubai 6-10 March, 2012 under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy to the UAE
The Embassy of Italy to the UAE is pleased to announce the participation of one of the world's most famous Italian authors, Paolo Giordano, and Elisabetta Montaldo, a multifaceted artist at her first literary experience at the fourth edition of the Emirates Airlines Festivalof Literature 2012, 6 – 10 March 2012, Dubai
The Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature is one of the most important events dedicated to international and Arab literature in the Middle East, becoming a meeting point for people of all ages and backgrounds and authors from around the world for the promotion of education, interaction and especially passion for reading and writing.
Elisabetta Montaldo
In Conversation
Friday 9 March 2012
16:30-17:30
Al Ras 2, InterContinental Hotel- Dubai
Elisabetta Montaldo is a painter, costume designer and writer. She studied in Rome at The Art School and The Academy of Fine Arts, and since 1988 has designed costumes for opera, film and theatre. Her work has won numerous awards including the David di Donatello (twice!) and the Ciak d’Oro. She is a member of the European Film Academy.Her first novel, Rafila, is set in the tenth century when the House of Islam was a sweeping melting pot of different races and cultures, stretching from India to Spain, and tells the story of the teenage Rafila. Allowing herself to be kidnapped by a young and glamorous Arab merchant, she's taken to Cordoba, then the largest and richest city of western Islam, and finds herself in a remarkably progressive world where women are allowed to study literature and science. Rafila is at once a personal journey of discovery and the tale of a key period in history that would later result in the European Renaissance.
External Links
http://www.elisabettamontaldo.it/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdKp5YTD9ZA
Paolo Giordano
Paolo Giordano in conversation with Rosie Goldsmith
-The Solitude of Prime Numbers-
Friday 9 March 2012
19:30-20:30
Al Ras 2, InterContinental Hotel- Dubai
Paolo Giordano was born in Turin in 1982. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics. His debut novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, about two lonely adolescents, was Italy’s biggest selling book in 2008, and won many awards, including the Premio Strega and the Premio Campiello Opera Prima. It has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold over a million copies worldwide and was made into an Italian-language film in 2010. Paolo also writes short stories and columns for the Italian press.
External Links
http://www.paologiordano.it/en/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ7b_J4UaE4
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