Festivaletteratura is a literary festival, held in
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, since 1997. Its peculiar formula is to host five days of small-sized lectures by authors from all over the world. The event is run mostly by volunteers, numbering around 700 in total. The lectures are hosted in historical places and squares, and during the five days of the fair there are about two hundred events. The low-profile style has in time attracted many big names of literature, along with
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
winners. The attendance to the events roughly matches the population of the city, so it is necessary to book tickets well in advance. In 2007, the fair celebrated its tenth edition.
The 2005 fair was the set for the 2005
Tinto Brass
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the er ...
movie ''
Monamour
''Monamour'' is a 2006 Italian erotic romance film directed by Tinto Brass.
Plot
Marta is a young Nymphomaniac housewife, married to a man named Dario, who works for a successful book publisher and is wealthy. Despite loving her husband, Marta i ...
'', in which it was depicted the peculiarity of the exhibit. The 2011 edition had seen for the first time the public exposition of the
Lovers of Valdaro
The Lovers of Valdaro, also known as the "Valdaro Lovers," are a pair of human skeletons dated as approximately 6,000 years old. They were discovered by archaeologists at a Neolithic tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy, in 2007. The two individ ...
.
See also
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Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...
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Monamour
''Monamour'' is a 2006 Italian erotic romance film directed by Tinto Brass.
Plot
Marta is a young Nymphomaniac housewife, married to a man named Dario, who works for a successful book publisher and is wealthy. Despite loving her husband, Marta i ...
*
Lovers of Valdaro
The Lovers of Valdaro, also known as the "Valdaro Lovers," are a pair of human skeletons dated as approximately 6,000 years old. They were discovered by archaeologists at a Neolithic tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy, in 2007. The two individ ...
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Virgilio Virgilio, the Italian and Spanish form of Virgil may refer to:
*Virgilio, Lombardy, a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Borgo Virgilio in the Italian province of Mantua
*Virgilio.it, a website
People with the given name
*Virgilio Barco Vargas (192 ...
References
External links
Festivaletteratura homepage
Literary festivals in Italy
Festivals established in 1997
1997 establishments in Italy
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