ITALO CALVINO. Quickness, Enchantment, and the Felicity of Storytelling

Paola Antonelli, senior curator in the department of architecture and design of the Museum of Modern Art, and Maria Popova , founder and editor of the extremely popular blog Brain Pickings, met up at the Italian Cultural Institute as part of a new series of events in honor of the incredible Italian writer, Italo Calvino.
Special guest star, Giovanna Calvino, the author's daughter.
This year at the Italian Cultural Institute, there will be an ongoing series dedicated to the renowned writer Italo Calvino commemorating the new translation of his book, Six Memos for the Next Millennium. This work is a collection of lectures Calvino planned to give at Harvard in the fall of 1985 but unfortunately they were never delivered as a result of his death before leaving Italy. Of the five that were completed, each one focused on a different quality that Calvino considered essential in literary writing, including: lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, and multiplicity. Accordingly, five separate events will be held at various venues throughout the city.
Check out our article on i-italy: www.iitaly.org/node/51055
Enjoy and stay tuned!
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[@Vincenzo-wn1or]

Calvino - world's best kept secret. Perfect antidote in these lockdown times. You'll go to worlds you never knew possible. Cosmicomics, Baron in the trees ahhhhhh

[@BenjiFriedman]

love the exchange there right at the end at 43:43!