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BRINGING NEW LIFE TO DANTE'S VITA NUOVA-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND-MOORE B03-4:30-6P

Noted translator Virginia Jewiss will talk about the challenges of translating a classic and will read from her recent translation of Dante's Vita Nuova.

Thursday, February 2, 2023
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Moore Hall B03
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts and Sciences, Lectures & Seminars

 

Noted translator Virginia Jewiss will talk about the challenges of translating a classic and will read from her recent translation of Dante's Vita Nuova.

Professor Jewiss is the Associate Director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and Teaching
Professor in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University.
Her previous translations include Luigi Pirandello's short stories, Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah, Melania Mazzucco's Vita, as well as screenplays for Italian directors Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone

For more information, contact:
Ellissa Griffin
6036462400

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.