Newsletter (Apr 2021) Dante's Odyssey, Spring Session & much more... |
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Welcome to the Dante Alighieri Society of BC's newsletter & Happy Spring Holidays! 🐣 Check our April 2021 news & events calendar. Register for one of the Spring 2021 online courses offered by the Dante Italian Language School. Join the new Bilingual Writing Club: "B-Creative". |
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Upcoming Event in English |
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Tales from an inner journey A talk by filmmaker Max Leonida (William Penn University) THURSDAY, April 22, 2021IN ENGLISH - ON ZOOMat 6:30 pm (PST) Admission: FREE for the Dante Society members $10 MINIMUM DONATION for non-members Become a member! Annual membership $30.00 – See membership benefits here |
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Italian filmmaker Max Leonida will explain how Francis Ford Coppola’s epic war film, originally & loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness, is the arrival point of an artistic & spiritual thread that connects Homer’s Odyssey, Dante’s Divine Comedy & Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. |
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This lecture will fully explain & reveal the intimate connection between these three masterpieces, strongly corroborated by literary sources, historical facts, philosophical phenomena & cultural references. |
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To make your donation, please send an e-transfer to info@dantesocietybc.ca. Thank you! |
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Upcoming Event in English by our partners |
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The Dante Alighieri Society of Ottawa presents "A powerful tale of human connection set in the great African wilderness." An interview with the author & withDr. Stefano Gulmanelli, President of the Dante Society of BC THURSDAY, April 29, 2021IN ENGLISH – ON ZOOMat 4:30 pm (PST) Admission: FREE ADMISSION Dr. Arianna Dagnino is also the Cultural Events Coordinator of the Dante Society of BC. |
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For this book & audiobook presentation, Arianna Dagnino will be joined by Dr. Stefano Gulmanelli, who worked with her in South Africa & teaches Sociology of Identity and Sociology of Migration at the University of British Columbia. The conversation will span from intercultural relations, multiculturalism in Canada & South Africa, to the relationship between science & the notion of magic, through the eyes of an Italian writer & an Italian scholar. |
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Dante Society of BC's News! |
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The Dante Alighieri Society of BC has been nominated Literary Presidium of the Strega Prize! The Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. Since 1947, it honours the best work of prose fiction written in the Italian language by an author of any nationality. As a Literary Presidium of the Strega Prize, the Dante Society of BC takes part in the Dante Society's activities for the promotion of the Italian literature in the world, and can express its preference for one of the listed books being awarded the upcoming Strega Prize edition. To celebrate this nomination, we have launched our brand new Writing Club! It will work alongside our established Italian Book Club & the Dante Italian Language School. Check here below for more details! |
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4 Virtual Meetings - First round |
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Bilingual? B-Creative!Unchain la tua anima bilingual 4 Meetings: $120 (taxes included) 5% discount for Dante Italian School Students IN MAY - ON ZOOM A Creative Writing Club in Italian AND/OR in English. |
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Writing Competition open to all: Enter a short text (50 to 500 characters) on a subject of your choice, in English and/or Italian and or Ital/English! Submit it to dantesocietybc@gmail.com by April 15, 2021 You may be the winner of a scholarship for the Creative Writing Course: B-Creative & you'll be published on our website! |
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Italian, Dante's language & English, Shakespeare's ink, produced some of the best literary works of all times. Let these two languages unleash your creative soul & pen as well. It doesn't matter if you are good or bad at them! You can mix & match both, or use just one, or... do anything you want. Because your creative soul speaks a language of its own & this Writing Club aims to help you express yourself at the best of your potential. Join the Writing Club & B-Creative! |
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The Dante Italian Language School Upcoming Spring 2021 Session |
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Classes meet once a week for 2 hours. Join us and enjoy our Italian language classes with small groups of up to 12 students. Native Italian Instructors for interactive and engaging classes. ALL LEVELS: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. CONVERSATION: Conversation 1 & 2, Italian for Travellers & much more. |
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The Italian Book Club meets ONLINE on WHEREBY or ZOOM once a month.Upcoming meeting: Tuesday, April 20 at 5:30 pm (Pacific Time)with the novel Fiore di Roccia by Ilaria Tuti, Longanesi, 2020. Coordinator: Gianna Omenetto |
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Join the Italian Book Club of Vancouver! The Book Club is sponsored by the Dante Alighieri Society of BC and the Italian Institute of Culture in Toronto. Meet other bibliophiles, share ideas and deepen your understanding of Italian literature, history and culture. The Italian Book Club is FREE and OPEN to all those in Canada and beyond interested in friendly and thought-provoking discussions of Italian books: fiction, non-fiction, classics, prize-winners, etc. |
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Discussions are IN ITALIAN. Intermediate to advanced level of Italian is recommended. |
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To Make a Donation or Become a Member of the Dante Alighieri Society of BC: please visit dantesocietybc.ca/memberships-donations or send an e-mail to the Memberships Coordinator, Tom Henry: tom.henry@dantesocietybc.ca |
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If you would like to propose or suggest an event: please contact us at dantesocietybc.ca/contact or send an e-mail to the Cultural Events Coordinator, Dr. Arianna Dagnino arianna.dagnino@dantesocietybc.ca |
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