Sandro Veronesi
The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ireland are delighted to launch the European Book Club, a series of monthly discussions on a bestselling novel in English translation.
The European Book Club will be held on the first Thursday of the month at 6pm with a live discussion with the author of the selected novel.
The first session will begin with the presentation of the book
Caos calmo by Sandro Veronesi presented by the Instituto Italiano di Cultura.
Sandro Veronesi is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing career. Since then, he has written several novels, essays, one theatrical piece, numerous introductions to novels and collections of essays, interviews, screenplay and television programmes.
In 2006, his book
Caos calmo won the Strega Prize, Italy's top literary award. The book also became an internationally acclaimed film. Sandro Veronesi’s latest novel
Colibrì - The Hummingbird - will be published in English next May and was awarded last year’s edition of the same prestigious prize.
Michael F. Moore is an interpreter/translator from Italy. His most recent translations include
The Drowned and
The Saved by Primo Levi. He is currently working on a new translation of the nineteenth-century classic
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni.
Both author and translator will take part in the conversation in English.
Link to register here.
Next Book Club meetings:
04 March - 6pm: French author Anne Garréta
08 April - 6pm: German author Dörte Hansen
06 May - 6pm: Spanish author to be confirmed
03 June - 6pm: Irish Author Anne Enright
EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture
EUNIC’s mission is to promote European values and to contribute to cultural diversity inside and outside of the EU through collaboration between European cultural institutes. EUNIC’s aim is to expand the role of culture in Europe and to strengthen cultural dialogue, exchange and sustainable cooperation worldwide.
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