The Week of the Italian Language in the World concluded with great success, and this year aimed to celebrate the centenary of Andrea Camilleri\u2019s birth\u2014one of the most beloved and widely translated contemporary Italian authors\u2014through two seminars.<\/p>\n
The first seminar, titled \u201cA Window on Sicily: Andrea Camilleri,\u201d offered participants an in-depth look at the unique role of Sicily in the history of Italian literature. From the great tradition of post-unification masters to Camilleri, author of the famous Inspector Montalbano novels, the seminar highlighted how the island\u2019s literature reflects not only Sicilian life but also the major cultural and political issues of our time. Professor Mauro Novelli from the University of Milan guided the audience on a journey into Camilleri\u2019s writing and imagination, in collaboration with the Andrea Camilleri Foundation.<\/p>\n
The second seminar, \u201cRepresentation of the mafias: a literary perspective across Asian secret societies and Camilleri’s Sicily,\u201d explored the phenomenon of organized crime from an international viewpoint, connecting Sicily\u2019s historical experiences with those of Singapore and other Asian regions. Through Camilleri\u2019s works and his Inspector Montalbano novels, participants could understand the nuanced and controversial connection between literature and organized crime. Among the speakers, in addition to Professor Mauro Novelli, were Alastair MacBeath, Southeast Asia coordinator of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, and Lee Kok Leong, cultural heritage researcher from Singapore, in collaboration with the National Library as the venue partner.<\/p>\n
The Embassy sincerely thanks all those who made these events possible: the speakers, the partners, and the Andrea Camilleri Foundation for their invaluable collaboration. It was a true privilege to celebrate the richness of Italian language and culture through the voice of a master storyteller, once again strengthening the cultural bond between Italy and Singapore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Week of the Italian Language in the World concluded with great success, and this year aimed to celebrate the centenary of Andrea Camilleri\u2019s birth\u2014one of the most beloved and widely translated contemporary Italian authors\u2014through two seminars. The first seminar, titled \u201cA Window on Sicily: Andrea Camilleri,\u201d offered participants an in-depth look at the unique […]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-7149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomazia-culturale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7156,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions\/7156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}