Event Details
Tue, October 18, 2016
18:00 – 19:30
SALONE
Villa La Pietra
Via Bolognese 120
50139 Firenze
Presenting will be Dana Prescott, editor of the collection as well as Damiano Abeni, translator, Moira Egan, poet, Sarah Arvio, poet and translator, and Dermot O’Connor, Rome based actor and orator.
In addition to readings of a short selection of the poems, images of the paintings which inspired the work will be shown.
Featured Biographies
Dana Prescott
EDITOR
Dana Prescott is an American painter, writer, and educator, who has lived in Italy for most of the last 30 years. Formerly the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome and Director of Rhode Island School of Design’s European Honors Program, she is currently Executive Director of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation.