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Italy marks the third edition of Dantedì, the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri, on Friday 25 March. The annual event in honour of the mediaeval poet and philosopher - known as the Father of the Italian language - follows the 700th anniversary of his death last year. A programme of Dante-themed events takes place across Italy on Friday, fro...

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Tuesday, March 22 at 7 pm. Visions of Dante. A virtual program led by Carla Gambescia. Register here: zoom link will be sent before the program. Organized by Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation. Dante Alighieri is perhaps the greatest poet to have ever lived, and his La Divina Commedia is universally considered one of the very finest wo...

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Italy has wonderful representatives in the United States who tell its story, exalt its culture and language, narrate its traditions and innovations, its places and its beauties. To see them from Italy, where we are always ready to describe only our worst things, is exciting. One of the most competent people I have met in this field is also a person...

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Thursday March 10, 2022. 7:00pm EST. Martinos Auditorium at Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell St, Providence, RI. The ninth edition of “Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour” (Rediscovered Cinema on Tour) will take place from March 10-12, 2022 at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University. The festival is curated by Massimo Riv...

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This new column is born out of a personal passion, the desire to explore a new topic, the wish to present and share an important aspect of the Italian history and culture. It will focus on Italian books, both the timeless masterpieces which shaped our literature and the contemporary works that captured interest overseas.  In every article, I will t...

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December 18 2021 Roma, Italy

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Saturday February 19, 14:00 EST. Garibaldi Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305, USA. Dante's masterpiece The Divine Comedy had great impact on the Italian and world literature. Less known is, however, that Dante's poetry inspired and affected emotionally and artistically the most famous painters and sculptors throughout centu...

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The greatest published work by celebrated medieval Italian statesman, poet, linguist, and political theorist Dante Aligheri will be - appropriately - celebreted at the Crestview Public Library beginning in mid-February. A free exhibition of works taken from Dante's "Divine Comedy" will run Feb. 12 throush March 11. It is the second public exhibit o...

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In the seven centuries since his death, writer Dante Alighieri has become inextricably linked to his fictional persona, a legacy that is preserved in literature, art, popular culture and, of course, music. Alighieri – generally referred to by his first name, Dante – was born in Florence in 1265. He began writing his most notable work, The Divine Co...

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On the occasion of the 21st Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo, whose theme was “Dante: l’Italiano”, in order to celebrate the Poet’s role in the history of our language, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit's Education Office, through the N.O.I Foundation, invited Schools with Italian Language Programs to experience the genius of the great Poe...

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