![]() The Pantheon reissue (2007) of Colquhoun’s translation has a fascinating foreword by Lanza Tomasi (trans. Moreover, the conference will start with a paper by Lampedusa’s nephew and heir, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, adding a very personal perspective to the proceedings. ![]() One of the speakers, David Gilmour, wrote the only biography of Lampedusa currently available in English ( The Last Leopard) and would be extremely interesting to listen to. The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh have organised a one-day International Conference to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary (officially, last year – but that’s fine!) of the publication of Lampedusa’s classic novel. But I thought it might be worth posting in case other enthusiasts of Il Gattopardo might be interested, and also because it because it ties in with my earlier post on this extraordinary author: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. ![]() I only read about this by chance, unfortunately – also because I’m committed to another meeting on the same day and sadly won’t be able to attend. ![]()
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