Award winning writer and playwright Dacia Maraini will talk about and read from her most recent novel, Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza (Rizzoli, 2013), a vivid portrait of Saint Clare, one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi and the author of the Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman.
Part of a campus tour in California and Texas. RSVP IS MANDATORY FOR THIS EVENT. Priority access for IIC Members

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - Hours: 6.30 PM

Venue: IIC - Organized by: IIC

In collaboration with: Scripps College, Chapman University, California State University, UCLA, IIC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, and The University of Texas at Austin.

Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/