Ornela Vorpsi in conversation
| Date: | 24th Nov 2009 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Mary Hide Eccles Room, Pembroke College |
| Convenor: | Italian Studies at Oxford |
| Speaker(s): | Ornela Vorpsi |
| Description: |
Albanian-born Vorpsi is a prize-winning author who writes in Italian. Her works include Il paese dove non si muore mai (Einaudi, 2005), Vetri rosa (Nottetempo, 2006) and La mano che non mordi (Einaudi, 2007). She will be in conversation with Dr Emma Bond (University of Oxford), Dr Jenny Burns (Warwick University), and Dr M. Cristina Mauceri (Cassamarca Lecturer, University of Sydney; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham). |
| Further information: |
Those unfamiliar with Vorpsi's work can download extracts from her two books, Il paese dove non si muore mai (Torino: Einuadi, 2005), and La mano che non mordi (Torino: Einaudi, 2007). Extracts reproduced with the kind permission of the author. A poster for this event is also available here. *All welcome* There will be a drinks reception after this event. In collaboration with the Sub-Faculty of Italian, University of Oxford. |