Anna Maria Ortese" lecture presented by Patrick Mégevand and Roberta

Since then, she has published a wealth of short stories, novels, poems and essays, including La mer ne baigne pas Naples (The Sea Does Not Bathe Naples), L'Iguane (The Iguana), Le silence de Milan (The Silence of Milan), Les beaux jours (The Beautiful Days), Le chapeau à plumes (The Feathered Hat), La douleur du chardonneret (The Pain of the Goldfinch), Le port de Tolède (The Port of Toledo), Corps céleste (The Celestial Body) and Les petites personnes (The Little People), to name but a few emblematic titles from her oeuvre.
Anna Maria Ortese was very fond of France, even though she knew little about it.
She died in Rapallo in 1998.
This great lady of literature remains a key literary figure in Italian intellectual life.
Patrick Mégevand was her friend for the last twenty years of her life, and now has a correspondence containing 117 letters and cards. Part of this correspondence was published in Italy in June 2017. Roberta Apicella, actress, will read in French extracts from works and letters addressed to Patrick Mégevand.

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