Apr. 18 – The Ferrara-native Daria Bignardi is famous for her “barbaric” interviews, but she is also an accomplished journalist, TV show host and writer. In 2009 she published “Non vi lascerò orfani” – published by Mondadori – which has since been translated in several countries and earned her the Elsa Morante Prize for Fiction. In 2010, she released the novel “Un karma pesante,” also for Mondadori; and in 2012 she released “L’acustica perfetta.” The book tells the story of a man who, after being abandoned by his wife without explanation, begins digging into the past of the woman. The novel – winner of the Navicella Prize – is about to be released in its Albanian version thanks to a translation by Dudaj Publishers. That’s why the presenter of the LA7 talk show “Le Invasioni Barbariche” will be in Tirana at the Italian Institute of Culture for the Internaitonal Book Day – which takes place April 23 – and for the first edition of the “Festival of the Book and Art,” scheduled at the National Museum of Tirana April 23-27. Daria Bignardi will present her third book on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30pm at the Library of the Italian Institute of Culture. On Thursday, April 24 at 10:30am, she will speak at the “Women’s Literature” conference. Culture Minister Mirela Kumbaro and Albanian writers and journalists Elvira Dones and Rudina Xhunga will also attend the debate. The conference will be held at the National Museum for the first day of the Festival.
