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World Literature Lecture Series

Category: Literary

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Join us for a series of lectures on authors from around the world, presented by faculty from CU Boulder and Boulder area literati!

This lecture series is FREE and open to everybody! Please register in advance on Eventbrite. Refreshments will be served. *Authors will not be present at the lectures in this series*

Monday, October 7th, 2024 at 6:30pm

Anna Maria Ortese and Elena Ferrante
Anna Maria Ortese was an Italian author who wrote novels, short stories, poetry, and travel writing. "Neapolitan Chronicles" and "The Iguana," originally published in Italian in 1953 and 1965, are some of her best-known works in the English-speaking world. Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist whose true identity is still a mystery. Her most widely recognized works are the four-book series of Neapolitan Novels originally published in Italian between 2011 and 2014.

Presented by Cosetta Seno, Professor of Italian