Monday, February 23 - Chapman University - 7:00 pm

John Fowles Center for Creative Writing

Venue: Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University

Admission is FREE and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by Istituto Italiano di Cultura

presents

Giuseppe Conte was born in Imperia, Italy and studied at the University of Milan earning a degree in literature in1968. Poetry books include L’Ultimo aprile bianco (The Last White April) and L’Oceano e il Ragazzo. Le stagioni, (The Seasons) won the Montale Prize. The collection titled Dialogo del poeta e del messaggero (Dialogue between the Poet and the Messenger), includes the poetry suite Democrazia (Democracy) which touches on themes and tones of civil poetry. The last poetry volumes include Canti d’Oriente e d’Occidente (Songs of the East and the West) Nuovi Canti (New Songs) and Ferite e rifioriture (Wounds and reflorescences, which won the Viareggio Prize. Novels include Il terzo ufficiale (The Third Officer In Command) which won the Hemingway Prize, and La casa delle onde (The House of the Waves), about the wreck of Shelley in 1822, and selected by the Strega Prize. He currently lives in San Remo.