04/15/2026
Please take a look at the wonderful New York presentation of Volume 42 of «Annali d’Italianistica»: Fifty Years of La Storia: Elsa Morante beyond History.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1J_gG1Fr7c
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Casa Zerilli-Marimò, New York University
Italian author Elsa Morante is having today a deserved though much-deferred recognition as one of the truly outstanding writers of the 20th century writers, well beyond Italy. Morante has been a source of inspiration and a constant challenge for generations of women writers since – one has to think of Elena Ferrante, who fashioned her nickname as an homage to her favorite author. Today, prestigious new translations into English captivated a new readership able to appreciate her legacy, beginning with the 50th anniversary of her most controversial and beloved novel, La Storia (History: A Novel), which the new issue of the prestigious journal Annali d’Italianistica dedicated to Morante will celebrate.
Speakers:
Franco Baldasso (Bard College, editor of Annali d’Italianistica)
Stefania Porcelli (Hunter College, editor of Annali d’Italianistica)
Ann Goldstein (translator NYRB)
Jenny McPhee (NYU, translator NYRB)
www.annali.org
Italian author Elsa Morante is having today a deserved though much-deferred recognition as one of the truly outstanding writers of the 20th century writers, ...
