event
Thursday 1 January 1970

Giovanna Bemporad and Pier Paolo Pasolini: a friendship of the best of youth

MAXXI is presenting two evenings curated by Gabriella Sica and dedicated to great Italian poetry in a lyrical blend of images, words and sounds that recount the invisible relationship and the poetic and historical affinities between master poets.

Thursday 5 September, 20.00
Giovanna Bemporad and Pier Paolo Pasolini:
a friendship of the best of youth

MAXXI Piazza, YAP Space – admittance free

Poetry readings and projections of a number of video clips of the poet and translator Giovanna Bemporad, a tribute in the year of her death, and from the video Pier Paolo Pasolini poeta, by Gabriella Sica (directed by Gianni Barcelloni, produced by Rai Educational. Duration 43’30”. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach)

Speakers
Gabriella Sica, poet and writer
Walter Siti, literary critic, essayist and writer, editor of the complete works of Pasolini for the Mondadori series “I Meridiani”

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Giovanna Bemporad

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