Lingua Madre: at Turin International Book Fair readings and music for the traditional languages and cultures
Lingua Madre is a new initiative developed jointly with the Region of Piedmont, that will bring to Turin a number of writers, most of them from outside Europe, who work on their cultural heritage in a strongly experimental and innovative way. There will be about fifty Asian, African and Latin American writers who use a new language - mostly English or French - to shed light on the relation between identity, roots and the 'other' world. They offer significant examples of the cultural interactions that are redefining the literary map of the new millennium. The project is ideally linked to that of Terra Madre, which brought in Turin 2004 Salone del Gusto (Taste Fair) almost 5.000 farmers from all over the world, presenting their products and traditional cultivation systems.
Some of these writers are already well-known and their books have been translated, some others are emerging writers and not yet known in Italy. All of them however convey a strong desire for knowledge and to pass it on to others.
They will be the leading actors at Arena Piemonte, a space which has been specifically created for them by the Piedmont Region. They will perform readings, meet with the readers and share musical and entertainment events with Italian and foreign groups.
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