UmbriaLibri 2022

The 28th edition of UmbriaLibri, the publishing and cultural review promoted by the Umbria Region and directed by Angelo Mellone, will take place from 28 to 30 October in Perugia at the Complesso Monumentale di San Pietro, the Sala dei Notari of Palazzo dei Priori, the Sala delle Colonne of Palazzo Graziani and will continue in Terni, from 2 to 4 December, in the bct Biblioteca Comunale di Terni.

"Umbrialibri 2022 presents itself from this year with an even richer and more articulated format," declares Michela Sciurpa, CEO of Sviluppumbria, “after the success of the last edition, we are proud to have been confirmed by the Umbria Region as the implementing party of this event, which is increasingly a driving force for cultural, tourist and economic promotion, according to the integrated approach that distinguishes Sviluppumbria's mission to support businesses and the territory."

This year's guests include Marco Bonini, Massimo Bubola, Alessandro Campi, Paolo Caucci von Saucken, Aldo Cazzullo, Massimo Cecchini, Giuseppe Cerasa, Andrea Caterini, Virman Cusenza, Costantino D'Orazio, Maurizio de Giovanni, Andrea Di Consoli, Rachele Ferrario,  Miguel Gotor, Matteo Grandi, Barbara Lachi, Ayumi Makita, Luca Manfredi, Marta Ottaviani, Pierluigi Pardo, Sergio Rizzo, Fabrizio Rondolino, Gianni Scipione Rossi, Yari Selvetella, Caterina Varzi, and Andrea Vianello.

“UmbriaLibri is an event, a festival, a party, a fair, an opportunity for citizens and the world of literature to meet, which has existed for years and in recent years has been able to carve out a distinctive role for itself in the field of initiatives related to the universe of books. To put it in marketing terms, it has been able to gain its own positioning. And this tradition must be carefully guarded, because UmbriaLibri is perhaps the only book event that has in its genetic code the mission of enhancing local publishing. But, like everything else, UmbriaLibri needs an update, a redefinition of its perimeter, that is: what lies within this event? What makes it different and, therefore, attractive? The work we will be doing in the coming years, and which constitutes a bit of the profound sense of the task entrusted to me as artistic director, is to renew UmbriaLibri's framework without, however, dismantling or underestimating its decades of activity, and successs,” says Angelo Mellone, Artistic Director of UmbriaLibri.

It begins on Friday 28 October in the Aula Magna of the San Pietro Monumental Complex at 4 p.m. with the presentation of Rachele Ferrario's book, Umberto Boccioni. Vita di un sovversivo, (Mondadori), with Gianni Scipione Rossi. At 5 p.m., the book Una Passione libera. In forma di autobiografia (Marsilio) by Tinto Brass with Caterina Varzi  will be presented. The author will be present, with Daniele Corvi and Fabio Melelli.

At 4:30 p.m. at the Tesori d'arte Gallery, Barbara Lachi and Ayumi Makita (aka Grimm Twins) will take us on a journey to rediscover the intellectual Marianna Florenzi and the composer Fanny Mendelshonn: two women who courageously cultivated their desires by defying the conventions of their time through study, music, and philosophy. Coordinated by Caterina Grechi.

At 5 p.m. at the Basilica of San Pietro there will be a presentation of Marta Ottaviani's book, Brigate russe (Ledizioni) presented by Alessandro Campi.

At the Basilica of San Pietro, at 6 p.m., Andrea Vianello's Storia Immaginaria della mia Famiglia (Mondadori)will be presented and at 7 p.m. a reading by Costantino D'Orazio entitled “il segreto delle emozioni nell’arte” from the book L'arte in sei emozioni (Laterza).

On Saturday, 29 October at 10:30 am at the Tesori d'Arte Gallery there will be a conversation with Rachele Ferrario author of Margherita Sarfatti. La Regina dell'arte nell'Italia fascista (Mondadori) and Gianni Scipione Rossi author of L’America di Margherita Sarfatti. L’ultima illusione (Rubbettino), moderated by Giacomo Marinelli Andreoli.

At the Sala dei Notari in Palazzo dei Priori at 11:30 a.m. will be “Gli italiani e il fascismo cent’anni dopo. Tra storia, memoria e politica” with Aldo Cazzullo author of Mussolini il capobanda (Mondadori), Alessandro Campi and Sergio Rizzo authors of L'ombra lunga del fascismo (Solferino). Virman Cusenza will moderate, and Leonardo Varasano will introduce.

In the Aula Magna of the San Pietro Monumental Complex, at 12:30 p.m. Andrea Caterini will present the volume Ritorno in Italia (Vallecchi) with Andrea Di Consoli, and at 4 p.m. there will be a presentation of Giocatori d'azzardo by Virman Cusenza (Mondadori) with Sergio Rizzo. At 5 p.m., Marco Bonini presents his L'arte dell'esperienza (La Nave di Teseo) with Daniele Corvi and Fabio Melelli.

At the Basilica of San Pietro at 5 p.m. La verità non ci piace abbastanza (Longanesi) by Matteo Grandi will be presented, dialogues with the author Alessio Carciofi. At 6 p.m. Pierluigi Pardo will talk about literature and soccer with Angelo Mellone.

At 7 p.m., also in the Basilica of San Pietro will host “Dal Commissario Ricciardi a Sara”, a conversation with Maurizio de Giovanni, Angelo Mellone and Annamaria Romano with readings by Sandra Fuccelli.

At 9 p.m.Massimo Bubola presents a reading-concert entitled “Sognai talmente forte" with Andrea Di Consoli.

At 12 noon on Sunday, 30 October at the Tesori d'arte Gallery, Paolo Caucci von Saucken will present his book San Giacomo, la forca, e il gallo. Atlante delle opere d’arte in Italia, (Compostellan Editions 2021).

At 4 p.m. at the Sala delle Colonne in Palazzo Graziani, Fabrizio Rondolino and Miguel Gotor will discuss their books, Il nostro Berlinguer (Rizzoli) and Generazione Settanta (Einaudi).

In the Aula Magna of the San Pietro Monumental Complex, at 5 p.m. there will be a presentation of the guide Umbria e Cinema, with Giuseppe Cerasa journalist of la Repubblica. Antonella Tiranti will speak. At 6 p.m. the presentation of Luca Manfredi's book Un friccico ner core. I cento volti di mio padre Nino (Rai Libri), dialogues with the author Daniele Corvi and Fabio Melelli.

At the Sala delle Colonne of Palazzo Graziani, at 5:30 p.m. there will be a presentation of the book Vite mie (Mondadori) by Yari Selvetella, in conversation with Angelo Mellone.

At 6:30 p.m., also at Palazzo Graziani, Antonio Di Bella will speak with Andrea Di Consoli on Così lontano, così vicino. Il corrispondente come narratore (Mondadori).

At 6:30 p.m. at the Tesori d’arte Gallery, Massimo Cecchini will present his Il Bambino (Neri Pozza), in conversation with Rosella De Leonibus.

Again this year, ample space will be given to presentations by Umbrian publishers present at the festival, to whom many appointments will be dedicated. Follow the sessions online at the event’s Youtube channel.

UmbriaLibri is also on Facebook and Instagram

The online programme, frequently updated, can be conulted at www.umbrialibri.com