[Wgcp-whc] FW: [Brbl-staff] marinetti lecture next wed

[Kuhl, Nancy]

Patrizio Ceccagnoli
Columbia University

"A Futurist in the Library: Marinetti Unpublished"

                     [cid:6.2.1.2.2.20080509131203.024bb878 at kdrepp.mail.yale.edu.1]

Wednesday May 14, 2008

Beinecke Library
Room 38
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

In his Founding Manifesto of Futurism, Marinetti famously wrote: "We wish to destroy museums, libraries, academies of any sort ..." Yet in spite of this (self-)destructive wish, the Beinecke still preserves his archive alongside the literary remains of many other Futurists and Modernists. As a result, scholars continue to find important unpublished pieces. Next Wednesday, one of these scholars, Patrizio Ceccagnoli of Columbia University, will discuss some of the works he has unearthed during his research at the Beinecke this spring. Among the topics of Mr. Ceccagnoli's talk will be Marinetti's role in the controversial occupation of Fiume by the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1919-1920) and an unpublished novel on Venice written late in Marinetti's career.

Patrizio Ceccagnoli holds a Laureate in Classics from the Università degli Studi di Perugia. Currently working toward a PhD in Italian literature at Columbia, Mr. Ceccagnoli has been at the Beinecke since the middle of February. In addition to working on his dissertation on the late Marinetti, he has been preparing an edition of Marinetti's unpublished Venetian novel, which, with the support of Professor Paolo Valesio, is to be released next year in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Founding Manifesto.

Please join us for what promises to be a memorable, rousing, and convivial event.

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