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The
Department of Italian at the
Italian Writers in
Wednesday
16 January 2008, 6 pm
Baines
Wing Miall Lecture Theatre,
In conversation with Giancarlo De
Cataldo
Giancarlo De
Cataldo (1956), an Italian magistrate in
His
acclaimed novel Romanzo criminale
(2002) has been made into a film of the same name, directed by Michele
Placido.
He has edited the
collection of short stories Crimini,
with contributions from the best known Italian crime writers: Ammanniti,
Camilleri, Carlotto, Dazieri, De Silva, Faletti, Fois, Lucarelli, Manzini, and
De Cataldo himself. A series based on this
collection was broadcast on Italian TV in 2006/07.
Crimini is now published by
Bitter Lemon, translated into English by Andrew Brown.
An event
in collaboration with Bitter Lemon Press (
Supported
by Italian Cultural Institute (
How to reach the Miall Lecture Theatre in Baines Wing, at the University of Leeds
From the main entrance
of the university in
From the main entrance
of Baines Wing, go straight on past the front desk.
At the end of the
corridor go through the doors on the left, follow the corridor round to the
right and then to the left.
At the end of the
corridor on your right take the lift to the second floor (West) or go up 5 short
flights of stairs.
The Miall Lecture
Theatre (2.34) is straight opposite the lift.
Italian
Writers in
Italian
Writers in Leeds is a series of
events featuring some of the most interesting and exciting contemporary Italian
writers. It was launched in 2007 by the Department of Italian at the
The aim of the
series is to increase awareness of contemporary Italian writers in the
Each year an Italian writer will be invited to visit the Department and to give a lecture or lead a discussion, followed in each case by questions.
The first
guest, in May 2007, was Marcello
Fois, author of celebrated detective novels set in his native
If you are interested in keeping in touch, and
being informed about future events, please, send an email to:
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Dr
Gigliola Sulis
Department of Italian, SMLC, The University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT (UK)
tel.+44 (0)113 343 3639
fax.+44 (0)113 343 3634
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/italian/staff/gigliola_sulis.htm