(May 3) Ascanio Celestini and his “black sheep” fly to Prague. On the occasion of the release in Czech Republic of his most famous works, the Italian writer and playwright will be guest of the Dante Alighieri Society and the Karlovy Filozofická fakulta Univerzity. “The black sheep” is the first Celestini’s work translated into Czech, by Marina Feltlová. The book presentation will take place in two distinct phases: the first is scheduled at 3 pm at the Faculty of Humanities, the second at 6.30 pm will be held at Restaurant Cerny Orel in the Lesser Town, as part of the periodic review “A chat with the Author” organized by the Dante Alighieri Society in Prague. The events will be presented by Andrea Luise and Mark Moles will moderate over the debate . Celestini is considered one of the most important artists of the contemporary literary landscape. Winner of the major Italian literary awards, he has explored other narrative forms such as fiction, children’s books and cinema. He is one of the leading representatives of the “narrative theater”: his works draw on real events and are based on collections of materials and meticulous field research. (Gil/Red)
