Dante in Veneto and ... Dante in Venetian
Schedule
Tue Sep 10 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Coasit Melbourne | Melbourne, VI
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CO.AS.IT. and Dante Alighieri Society, Melbourne present:Dante in Veneto and ... Dante in Venetian.
The Divine Comedy translated into Venetian language in 1875.
A talk in English by Professor Alessandro Mocellin
Tuesday 10 September 2024, 6:30-8pm
CO.AS.IT., 199 Faraday Street, Carlton
Free event. Registration essential here: https://www.coasit.com.au/events/events-archive/1009-sandona-1-2024
After his exile from Florence, Dante Alighieri spent several years in the Veneto area: the Divine Comedy is thus full of references to the Venetian territory, cities, culture, and historical characters. Dante could not know that centuries after his writing of the Divine Comedy, in 1875, someone would publish a full metric translation of the Divine Comedy in the Venetian language – one of the most brilliant versions in a language different from Dante’s original. The talk will present and compare some of the most famous scenes of Dante’s Inferno in the original Tuscan and in the sublime Venetian translation by Giuseppe Cappelli.
Alessandro Mocellin, 36, teaches Italian language and literature, history and geography in an Italian school. He is a Venetian language teacher, author, translator, and project manager in the cultural and educational sector. Alessandro holds a LLM in International Law, MA in Linguistics, and is undertaking an MA in History. He is the Director of the Academia de ła Bona Creansa [Academy of the Venetian Language], an accredited NGO for the UNESCO 2003 Convention.
This initiative is part of “La nostra lingua – Our language. Cusì parlemo – so we speak (Venetian). A Journey through History, Language, Culture: Exhibitions, Lessons, Workshops, Seminars held in Italian and in English by Prof. Alessandro Mocellin (Academia de ła Bona Creansa). Project by Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria, with the scientific partnership of Academia de ła Bona Creansa & the contribution of Regione del Veneto”.
Image: Professor Alessandro Mocellin (courtesy A. Mocellin).
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Coasit Melbourne, Co As It, 189-193 Faraday St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
