This year, on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, We are pleased to announce our literary and cultural activities:
12 October, 10 a.m. at the Italian Club in Pretoria: Pimpa lands in South Africa! – with a drawing by Altan exclusively for the institute. https://iicpretoria.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/pimpa-arrives-in-south-africa/
13 October, 5 pm, at the Dante Alighieri Society of Johannesburg, in collaboration with Dante Alighieri Society in Johannesburg: Literary cocktail with Gian Maria Annovi and Raphael d’Abdon
https://iicpretoria.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/literary-cocktail/
14 October, 12 noon, at Wits University, in collaboration with Wits Creative Writing, Italian Studies and the Wits Writing Centre: seminar ‘Present Person with imperfect past’ a poetry reading and discussion.
15 October, 5.30 p.m., at 6 Spin Street Gallery, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of Cape Town, UCT University and the Cape Town Consulate: Poetic cocktail with Gian Maria Annovi and Peter Anderson
16 October, 6 p.m., at the Prue Leith Culinary Institute, in collaboration with the Prue Leith Culinary Institute cooking course ‘A tavola! Cooking and learning Italian’ – subscriptions still open!
https://www.prueleith.co.za/short-course/a-tavola/
16 October, 5pm at Beattie Building 115, in collaboration with UCT, Seminar Hearing Voices: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s African Inquiry and Legacy
17 October, 5pm at Beattie Building 115, in collaboration with UCT, Translating Jericho Brown’s The Tradition into Italian. A Poetic Journey