Two centuries after “L’Infinito”: an event by SISSA dedicated to Leopardi at Caffè degli Specchi on 3 June 2019

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*Two centuries after “L’Infinito”: an event by SISSA dedicated to 
Leopardi at Caffè degli Specchi on 3 June 2019*

*With Franco D’Intino and Novella Bellucci, two of the greatest experts 
on the poet from Recanati. Moderated by SISSA professor Giuseppe Mussardo *

“Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle…” (Always to be me beloved was this 
lonely hill). “L’infinito”, written by a young Leopardi, is one of the 
best-known poems of all time. On the bicentennial anniversary of this 
extraordinary composition, the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of SISSA has 
organised an event to celebrate its importance at Caffè degli Specchi in 
piazza dell’Unità, in Trieste, on 3 June, at 6pm. It will be the 
occasion for a critical reading of the poem, but also for exploring the 
literary universe of this extraordinary author, on a journey into the 
knowledge of Leopardi that will range from the area of human passions to 
lucid philosophical reflections. The meeting organised by Giuseppe 
Mussardo, professor of Theoretical Physics, creator and moderator of the 
event, will see the participation of two of the greatest experts in the 
field. Franco D’Intino and Novella Bellucci, both professors at the 
Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the University La Sapienza and 
connoisseurs of the poet from Recanati, are authors of numerous 
publications and initiatives on this great author. Franco D’Intino is a 
member of the Scientific Committee of the “Centro Nazionale di Studi 
Leopardiani” (National Centre of Leopardi Studies), director of the 
«Leopardi Centre» of the University of Birmingham since 1998, director 
of «Laboratorio Leopardi» (Leopardi Laboratory) and co-editor of the 
Series of “testi e studi leopardiani” (texts and studies on Leopardi) at 
Marsilio. D’Intino has also published the English translation of 
/Zibaldone/. Novella Bellucci teaches Italian literature at the Faculty 
of Literature and Philosophy of the University La Sapienza of Rome. She 
has dedicated numerous cultural projects to Leopardi, co-ordinating the 
Roman bicentennial dedicated to Leopardi and writing several volumes 
such as /Per leggere Leopardi/, 1988; /Giacomo Leopardi e i 
contemporanei/, 1996; /Il gener frale. Saggi leopardiani/, 2010.
The event will be held in Italian.



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Donato Ramani
SISSA Media Relations and Communications Unit
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