November 17 (Monday) 6:00 pm
Lecture: Leopardi and Nature by Giorgio Ficara with Jonathan Galassi
Columbia University's Italian Academy is pleased to present the third annual lecture of the Compagnia di San Paolo Italian Academy Distinguished Visiting Professorship.

This series focuses on Italian literature, art history, and musicology. This year's holder of the position is the renowned Italianist Giorgio Ficara. He will be joined onstage by Jonathan Galassi, translator of Leopardi and others, and is himself a poet, as well as President and Publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Sponsored by The Italian Academy and the Compagnia di San Paolo.

The Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam Avenue (south of 118th Street), Manhattan
Admission: free, open to the public
Contact: Allison Jeffrey 212- 854-8942
[email protected]

Source: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute