In Conversation with Melania Mazzucco, Award-Winning Italian Author and Novelist (Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024)

This Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the course ITA307 Italian Novels on the Big Screen will be welcoming multi-award winning Italian author and novelist Melania Mazzucco. She will be joining us in DV3129 for a lecture and Q&A session from 1-3 pm. This event is open to anyone who wishes to join.

Melania Mazzucco is an award-winning Italian author and novelist. Some of her works include: Il bacio della Medusa (1996; Medusa's Kiss), La camera di Baltus (1998; Baltus's Room), Lei così amata (2000, Premio Napoli; She, So loved), Un giorno perfetto (2005; A Perfect Day), La lunga attesa dell'angelo (2008, Premio Bagutta; The Long Wait for the Angel), Jacomo Tintoretto e i suoi figli (2009, Premio Comisso; Jacomo Tintoretto and his Children). Her novel Vita (2003), about the immigrant experience for Italians in America, won the prestigious Strega Prize, Italy's most important literary award. Her novel Limbo (2012), focusing on a woman soldier in Afghanistan, was awarded the Premio Bottari Lattes Grinzane, Premio Elsa Morante, Premio Rhegium Julii, and Premio Giacomo Matteotti. Her most recent novel is L'architettrice (2019) Premio Alassio, Premio Capalbio, Premio Alassio, Premio Dessì, Premio Corrado Alvaro e Libero Bigiaretti, Premio lo Donna, Premio Stresa, Premio Mastercard, Premio Manzoni, Premio Righetto. Her books have been translated all over the world.