Stadio Palatino hosts Letterature International Festival’s 2022 edition this summer
For its 21st annual edition, the words of the most remarkable literary talents will reverberate through the Roman Forum. Every year the International Literature Festival of Rome has invited many Italian and international authors whose prose and poetry has emblazoned the contemporary literary scene, with a new theme to inspire the guest authors.
This year’s topic, Tempo nostro, is a look at the present with new eyes, changing our perspective. On the 100th year since Marcel Proust’s death, Tempo nostro is meant to be a tribute to the author, but also an invitation to reclaim what we we have lost. Among the names that will alternate on the stage: Javier Cercas, Colson Whitehead, Katie Kitamura, Deborah Levy.
This year the Istituzione Biblioteche di Roma will organize a preview of four appointments with international guests at the Casa della Letteratura in Piazza dell’Orologio, 3: André Aciman on Monday, June 20; Matei Vișniec on Thursday, June 23; Lillian Fishman on Tuesday, June 28; and Lea Hager Coen on Thursday, June 30.
Check out their website for the full program!
JULY 12: Relazioni
Il tempo delle donne- Javier Cercas
La musica del tempo- Andrew O’Hagan
Il volantino – Emmanuelle Pagano
JULY 14: Identità
Un mondo diverso- Katie Kitamura
Guerra – Dacia Maraini
Non dirlo a mamma – Rivka Galchen
Il comico – Colson Whitehead
bit by bit – Salvo Lombardo+Daria Greco/Chiasma
musica live: Erika Galli
JULY 18: Futuro
Arcipelago – Patricia Engel
Tributo a Marcel Proust – Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
Proust. Breve storia di una lunga fedeltà – Alessandro Piperno
Laura Morante legge da La Recherche di Marcel Proust
Il sogno è finito – Petros Markaris
Pasqua, Pasquetta – David Leavitt
Ora stridente – di Dewey Dell
Teodora Castellucci/Dewey dell
Musica live: Demetrio Castellucci
JULY 19: Confini
Cinque cartoline del nostro tempo – Guadalupe Nettel
Irène Némirovsky. Una scrittrice nel pieno delle
tempeste – Nicolas Dauplé
Rosaria – Valeria Parrella
Il ritorno a Itaca – Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Orlando’s version- Alessandro Sciarroni
musica live: Rodrigo D’Erasmo (Afterhours)
JULY 21: Tempo
Pioggia Blu – Deborah Levy
Con le spalle al muro- Mircea Cărtărescu
Lambiti dalla fiamma- Ben Pastor
Il nostro tempo – Antonio Scurati
Canti dell’immediatezza
Michele di Stefano/mk
musica live: Amir El Saffar
JULY 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 2022
Stadio Palatino, Parco Archeologico del Colosseo
Via di San Gregorio, 30
Entry from 8.30pm – Readings start at 9pm
Free entry (no reservation required)
