
“Ethics and Aesthetics”, will be the theme of the 19th Edition of the Positano Sea, Sun and Culture festival held from June 25th to July 29th on the Amalfi coast.
The event will be inaugurated by Aldo Grasso- Chairman of the Organizing Committee – at the Murat building, on June 25th. This day will also host the Margaret Mazzantini award ceremony, author of the book “no one saves themselves.”
Besides Margaret Mazzantini, there will be numerous and important names of the Italian literature and culture that will take part in the following days: there will be the famous writer Andrea Pinketts, professor Stefano Zecchi, philosopher and writer Luciano de Crescenzo accompanied by Lina Wertmuller and many other guests, who will discuss and compare parallel themes of ethics and aesthetics.
Other contributors include journalists Federico Rampini and Mario Giordano, who will present the “Leeches”, but also celebrities like Anna Tatangelo, who will line up alongside Andrea Pinketts in a confrontation between words, music and politics, with the intervention of Minister Mariastella Gelmini, in a discussion focused on the educational value of fairy tales.
Here’s the complete program for the Sea, Sun, and Culture event 2011:
Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 21:30 pm- Murat Building
Inaugural Night
MARGARET MAZZANTINI
“No one saves themselves” (Mondadori)
With ANTONIO FRANCHI
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 at 21:30- Murat Building
MARIO GIORDANO
“LEECHES” (Mondadori)
Monday, July 4th, 2011 at 21:30 pm- Murat Building
ANDREA PINKETTS / ANNA TATANGELO
DEPILANDO PILAR (Mondadori)
“Girl from suburbia” (Mondadori)
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 at 21:30 pm- Murat Building
FEDERICO RAMPINI
EXTREME ORIENT (Mondadori)
With ANTONIO MONDA
Monday, July 18th, 2011 at 21:30- Murat Building
ALFONSO IACCARINO
The heart’s kitchen (Mondadori)
With Stefano Zecchi
author of ” when our heart beat fast” (Mondadori)
Monday, July 25th, 2011 at 21:30 pm- Murat Building
ILARIA CAVO
“The Short Circuit” (Mondadori)
With GIUSEPPE AYALA, FRANCO ROBERTI,
GENNARO SANGIULIANO, MICHELE VIETTI
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 at 21:30 pm- Murat Building
LUCIANA DE CRESCENZO
All Saints Including Me (Mondadori)
With LINA WERTMÜLLER
Friday, July 29th, 2011 at 21:30 pm- Le Agavi Hotel
MARIASTELLA GELMINI
“When you’ll get older” (Mondadori)
With MARIA RITA PARSI
UNGRATEFUL (Mondadori)
President of The Organizing Committee: ALDO GRASSO