The Italian Cultural Institute in New York

In collaboration with  

FUIS (Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori – THE BRIDGE Prize – Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – CUNY Hunter College – CIMA – RIZZOLIBookstore

Presents

Multipli Forti

Voices from Contemporary Italian Literature

ITALIAN LITERARY FICTION FESTIVAL – 3rd EDITION 

NEW YORK CITY

10 – 11 – 12 April 2024

ITALIAN CULTURAL INST. – CUNY Hunter College – CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI MARIMO’ NYU – CIMA – RIZZOLI Bookstore

The Multipli Forti Festival is an initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute, under the direction of Fabio Finotti and curated by Maria Ida Gaeta. It aims to promote Italian literature to both the reading public and the international publishing world, serving as a transatlantic window into the significant literary trends of Italian fiction, as narrated by the authors who have shaped and continue to shape it.

The successful first two editions in 2022 and 2023 featured the participation of esteemed figures alongside emerging voices in our literary landscape: Edoardo Albinati, Jonathan Bazzi, Teresa Ciabatti, Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Claudia Durastanti, Ubah Cristina Alì Farah, Arianna Farinelli, Marcello Fois, Antonio Franchini, Fumettibrutti, Djarah Kan, Jumpa Lahiri, Ginevra Lamberti, Vincenzo Latronico, Antonella Lattanzi, Carlo Lucarelli,  Lorenza Pieri,  Valerio Magrelli, Melania Mazzucco, Michela Murgia, Francesco Pacifico, Valeria Parrella, Elisabetta Rasy,  Enrico Rotelli, Paolo Rumiz, Walter Siti,  Chiara Tagliaferri, Nadia Terranova, Chiara Valerio, Giorgio Vasta, Sandro Veronesi, Simona Vinci. 

The third edition in 2024 will feature:

Annalena Benini, Matteo B. Bianchi, Giulia Calenda, Giulia Caminito, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Viola Di Grado, Alain Elkann, Emily Greenhouse, Isabella Hammad, Rea Hederman, Lorenza Honorati, Daniele Mencarelli, Andrea Molesini, Carmen Pellegrino, Tommaso Pincio, Saif Raja, Loretta Santini per Ada D’Adamo, Nadeesha Uyangoda, Alice Urciolo, Marina Valensise, Massimo Vallerani, Carlo Vecce.

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL

Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065

10:00 a.m. 

Opening greetings 

10:15 a.m.

100 years together  

The New York Review of Books and L’Indice dei libri del mese 

Celebration of the two magazines turning 60 and 40 years old, respectively 

with Emily Greenhouse – Massimo Valerio Vallerani – Rea Hederman

Chairs: Fabio Finotti – Alain Elkann

CUNY – Hunter College , 695 Park Ave, New York, Ny 10065

2:00 p.m.

Nadeesha Uyangoda – Viola Di Grado 

Chairs: Monica Calabritto – Iuri Moscardi

Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065

4:30 p.m.

Alain Elkann – Andrea Molesini – Marina Valensise – Carlo Vecce

Chairs: Fabio Finotti – Maria Ida Gaeta

6:00 p.m. 

Concert: Andrea Turini, piano solo

THURSDAY, 11 APRIL

Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065

10:00 a.m.

A conversation with Annalena Benini, director of Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino  

Making its debut appearance in New York, the Turin International Book Fair takes center stage at the Festival’s professional gathering, shedding light on the dissemination and promotion of contemporary Italian fiction within English-speaking markets. The newly appointed Director reveals the program for the forthcoming edition of Italy’s largest public-facing fair.

Introduced by Fabio Finotti – co-hosted by Luca Briasco

11:30 p.m. 

Round-table 

From Italy to the world and back. Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino presents its international professional programs.

Among the Turin Book Fair’s countless events and initiatives, several have very clear international aspirations. They include the Rights Centre, a publishing rights trade market with an exciting fellowship program of its own, as well as l’Autore Invisibile and Dall’Italiano al Mondo, two pioneering programs curated by Ilide Carmignani and involving translators worldwide. 

Director Annalena Benini and Rights Centre coordinator Lorenza Honorati will illustrate the projects at the round-table chaired by Luca Briasco and followed by a Q&A with the present publishers, editors, translators and journalists.

Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò –  New York University, 24 W 12th, New York, NY 10011

4:30 p.m.

Round-table

Literature and Audiovisual Languages in Italy Today

With Matteo B.Bianchi, Giulia Calenda, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Alice Urciuolo 

Introduced by Stefano Albertini  

Chairs: Eugenio Refini – Stefania Porcelli

Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò –  New York University, 24 W 12th, New York, NY 10011 – Auditorium 

7:30 p.m.

The American premiere of the first two episodes of the television series on “La Storia” by Elsa Morante, produced by Rai Fiction and Picomedia.

The screening will be preceded by an introduction by screenwriter Giulia Calenda and by a short talk by Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee, current translators of Elsa Morante’s books in America.

FRIDAY, 12 APRIL

CIMA (Center for Italian Modern Art), 421 Broome St 4thfloor, New York, NY 10013

10:00 a.m.

Visit to the exhibition dedicated to Nanni Balestrini, curated by Marco Scotini

10:30 a.m.

Tommaso Pincio – Carmen Pellegrino – Matteo B. Bianchi – Michael Moore

Chairs Isabella Livorni – Alessia Valfredini

RIZZOLI bookstore, 1133 Broadway, New York, Ny 10010

2:00 p.m.

The Bridge Prize

With the 2023 winners – Loretta Santini for Ada D’Adamo, Isabella Hammad, Alison Cornish – the director of John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Anthony Tamburri and representatives of the institutions supporting the prize. Nominees for the 2024 edition will be announced. 

Chairs Fabio Finotti – Maria Ida Gaeta 

3:30 p.m. 

Giulia Caminito – Saif Raja –  Hope Campbell Gustafson – Aaron Robertson 

Chairs Alessandro Giammei – Clara Ramazzotti

5:00 p.m. 

Giancarlo De Cataldo – Daniele Mencarelli –  Octavian Macewen – Alice Urciuolo

Chairs Chiara Benetollo  – Luca Briasco