In a context of exciting new kinds of story, we need techniques for reading, interpreting and reinterpreting texts, most of which, whether recent or classics, try to make sense of a fragment of our world. To this end, Daniel Cassany will speak to Juan Carlos Calvo, director of Barcelona’s Camp de l’Arpa – Caterina Albert library, about the actions, techniques and activities involved in interpreting texts, whilst Nuccio Ordine will speak to Olga Cuadrado, director of the Three Cultures Foundation’s Fátima Mernissi Library in Seville, and Julián Figueres, director of Barcelona’s Vapor Vell Library, about their work; a passionate manifesto that appeals to the true meaning of life through literature and philosophy.
11.00 Daniel Cassany and Juan Carlos Calvo
With the participation of: Anagrama
Catalan
Daniel Cassany is the author of books that offer a wide ranging and interdisciplinary analysis of the processes connected with writing and reading. The author will speak to Juan Carlos Calvo, Director of Barcelona’s Camp de l’Arpa – Caterina Albert Library, about the actions, techniques and activities involved in the interpretation of texts, issues that he covers in his latest book, Laboratori lector. Per entendre la lectura (Reader’s lab. Understanding reading; Anagrama, 2018).
12.00 Nuccio Ordine, Olga Cuadrado and Julián Figueres
With the participation of: Acantilado
Spanish/Italian with simultaneous translation
Nuccio Ordine is professor of Italian literature at the University of Calabria and author of several books, many focused on the figure of Giordano Bruno. The author will speak to Olga Cuadrado, director of the Three Cultures Foundation’s Fátima Mernissi Library in Seville, and Julián Figueres, director of Barcelona’s Vapor Vell Library, about their work; a passionate manifesto that appeals to the true meaning of life through literature and philosophy.
