A Reading & Conversation with Italian Author Igiaba Scego (11/8/22)
Join us for a reading & conversation with the Italian author Igiaba Scego:
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
2 to 3:30 PM
Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road (1st floor)
Reception to follow
This event celebrates the of The Color Line (Other Press, October 4, 2022), in English translation by John Cullen and Gregory Conti. Inspired by true events, this gorgeous, haunting novel intertwines the lives of two Black female artists more than a century apart, both outsiders in Italy.
Igiaba Scego, born in Rome in 1974 to a family of Somali origin, is a writer and journalist. She is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels Oltre Babilonia (2008), Adua (2015) and La linea del colore (2020) have been translated into English, and her memoir La mia casa è dove sono won Italy’s prestigious Mondello Prize. She is a frequent contributor to the magazine Internazionale and the supplement to La Repubblica, Il Venerdì di Repubblica.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies (Italian Section), the African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program, and the Center for the Study of Europe.