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Dacia Maraini, one of the most celebrated Italian
writers and winner of many prestigious literary prizes such as
the Premio Strega, visited the U.T. campus from November 17 to
November 22, 1999.
She is the author of ten novels,
and has also written poetry, plays, and screenplays.
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Two events focused on Maraini's 1990 novel, La
lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa ("The Silent Duchess"),
an international best seller:
| Thursday
18 November at 8:00 pm in HRH 2.118 (Homer Rainey Hall, Lounge) |
a screening of
the film
Marianna
Ucrìa
directed by Roberto Faenza
based on
"The Silent Duchess"
in Italian (no subtitles)
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| Monday
22 November at 3:30 pm in the Tom Lea Room of the Humanities
Research Center |
a lecture in English
by Dacia Maraini
"Marianna Ucrìa. The
Silence of a Wounded Woman:
Absence or Protest?
Narrative and Theatrical Moments."
A reception followed.
| Friday
19 November, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the Texas Union, Santa Rita
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IL CIRCOLO ITALIANO hosted a meeting
with
Students and Dacia Maraini
| Wednesday & Thursday, 1 & 2
December, at 8:00 pm in CAL 100 |
The Italian
Drama Workshop presented in Italian
a play by Dacia Maraini,
Veronica,
meretrice e scrittora
(1991) about the Renaissance poetess and courtesan Veronica Franco.
Dacia Maraini attended a rehearsal
of the play on Thursday 18 November.
Dacia Maraini 's visit
was sponsored by
the
Department of French and Italian, the
Rome Study Program,
the Department
of Theater and Dance, the Program in Comparative
Literature
and the Center
for Women's Studies
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