Thomas Bernhard would have turned 90 this February. Three interesting new publications on the Austrian writer will be the focus of a book presentation at the Cultural Forum on May 31 at 2:30 p.m.: an unpublished novel project by the young Thomas Bernhard, the first Italian translation of his poetry collection, and the first translation of Thomas Bernhard’s legendary interview with the critic Peter Hamm. The Germanist and critic Prof. Franz Haas (University of Milan) will discuss with the authors.Stefano Apostolo: Thomas Bernhard’s unpublished novel project “Schwarzach St. Veit” (korrektur verlag, 2020).
Samir Thabet and Stefano Apostolo: Sulla terra e all’inferno (Crocetti Editori, 2020), the first translation of Thomas Bernhard’s poetry collection “On Earth and in Hell” (Otto Müller, 1957).
Micaela Latini and Mauro Maraschi / “Una conversazione notturna” (“Do you like being bad? A night conversation between Thomas Bernhard and Peter Hamm”), published by Portatori d’Acqua, 2020. translation by Elsbeth Gut Bozzetti.
The event will take place in Italian and will be livestreamed.
www.austriacult.roma.it
