Renata Viganò fifty years after her death
4 March 2026 - 26 April 2026
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Renata Viganò (Bologna, June 17, 1900 – April 23, 1976), Sapienza University of Rome and the Gramsci Foundation, in collaboration with the Elvira Badaracco Foundation, are organizing
1) a series of meetings at Sapienza: “How Renata Viganò worked” (March 4, 11, and 25; April 22)
2) a seminar at the Gramsci Foundation: “Andare a morire. War, politics, writing” (April 23)
3) a theatrical performance in Paris and Milan: “L’Agnese va a morire”, by and with Cinzia Spanò (April 1; April 24–26)
Participants:
Francesca Rubini, Giulio Ciancamerla, Andrea Palermitano, Laura Di Nicola, Cinzia Spanò
The initiative is part of the Sapienza University of Rome research project, coordinated by Laura Di Nicola, Mapping Twentieth-Century Italian Literature (1943-1950). Authors, Works, Journals, Correspondence. Methodological Perspectives, Research Tools and Case Studies.
