Apr. 17 – About three thousand books in 47 languages representing 600 authors and 17 alphabets, 40 publishers Italian and 12 foreign publishers, 53 writers, 40 Italian Cultural Institutes, 10 literary agencies and 30 Embassies: these are the actors involved in an initiative launched 5 years ago. ” Written in Italy” is a traveling exhibition of translated Italian literature organized under the auspices of the Ministries of Culture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Presented for the first time in Foggia in January 2009, the project was created by journalist Davide Grittani, who collects the translated works of the most celebrated Italian writers. After stopping in Foggia, Rome, Cordoba, Lila, Skopje, Vilnius, Amsterdam, Seoul, Turin, Doha, Bologna and Montevideo, “Written in Italy” is now preparing to land in Australia, from Thursday, May 1st until Monday, May 5, at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. As stated on the website of the Italian culture institute of Sydney, the exhibition was organized by the Institute and the State Library of NSW in collaboration with AParco Nazionale del Gargano, Comune di Manfredonia, PromoDaunia, Gattarella Resort, Banca Mediolanum, and Emirates. The history of the international traveling exhibition can be found in the book by Grittani, “There once was a country that everyone envied.”
