Pinocchio's Footsteps

23/05/2024

Tomorrow first day of the conference!
This is the link for the live streaming:

23/05/2024

https://www.gonews.it/2024/05/21/pinocchio-in-u-s-a-due-giornate-di-studio-tra-firenze-e-pescia/

Due giornate di studio dedicate a Pinocchio in U.S.A. Lingua, Cultura e Storia d’Italia attraverso il testo di Carlo Collodi

23/05/2024

https://www.lanazione.it/montecatini/cronaca/limportanza-di-pinocchio-convegni-tra-firenze-e-pescia-sulla-didattica-negli-stati-uniti-bc6c8d47?live

Due giorni di lavori legati all’opera di Collodi come strumento per la comprensione della nostra cultura .

15/05/2024

This is the program:


PINOCCHIO IN U.S.A.
Lingua, Cultura e Storia d’Italia attraverso il testo di Carlo Collodi
nelle Università Americane

Firenze/Pescia/Collodi
24/25 maggio 2024


Venerdì 24 maggio 2024 – Firenze
Kent State University, Palazzo Vettori, Via Cavour 26

Ore 15:00 Saluti - Comune – Regione
Fabrizio Ricciardelli, Direttore Kent State University Florence/Presidente AACUPI

Ore 15:20 Daniela Marcheschi, Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Carlo Lorenzini
Quale Pinocchio per gli Stati Uniti?

Ore 15:40 Perri Klass, New York University
Pinocchio: l’infanzia nel XIX secolo

Ore 16:00 Maria Truglio, Penn State University
Pinocchio in Pennsylvania

Ore 16:20 Coffee break

Ore 16:35 Doris Gebel, USBBY/United States Board on Books for Young People
Le Avventure di Pinocchio e le sue numerose traduzioni nella letteratura per l’infanzia negli Stati Uniti

Ore 16:55 Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester
Un bambino pericoloso

Ore 17:15 Bianca Calabresi, Columbia University
Asini e incantatrici: insegnando Pinocchio e i confini dell’umano



Sabato 25 maggio 2024 – Pescia/Collodi
Pescia, Palazzo del Podestà, Piazza del Palagio 7

Ore 10:00 Saluti – Riccardo Franchi, Sindaco di Pescia
Pier Francesco Bernacchi, Presidente Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi
Giordano Bruno Guerri, Comitato Scientifico Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi

Ore 10:20 Maria Cristina Anzilotti, Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi
La fortuna di Pinocchio negli Stati Uniti

Ore 10:40 Paola Nastri, Yale University
Le Avventure di Pinocchio nella classe di lingua: una proposta e alcune riflessioni

Ore 11:00 John Hooper, The Economist
Aspetti dell’Italia contemporanea attraverso Le avventure di Pinocchio

Ore 11:20 Edoardo Tacchi, iME italianme
In classe con Pinocchio

Ore 11:40 Anna Kraczyna, CEA CAPA Education Abroad Florence
La rilevanza dei temi di Pinocchio nel XXI secolo

Ore 12.00 Conclusioni

Collodi, Parco di Pinocchio
Ore 15:00 Visita guidata del Parco di Pinocchio a Collodi

15/05/2024

Save the dates and don't miss it! Soon the zoom link will be available.

16/03/2024

Such an honor to talk about Pinocchio at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU. Thank you, Professor Stefano Albertini, Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor Parri Klass, and Professor Larry Wolff!
This is the link to the recording:

A lecture byAnna KraczynaCo-translator of the Penguin Classics edition ofThe Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo CollodiFollowed by a conversation between Kracz...

08/03/2024

Such an honor to be talking about Pinocchio at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò! Please feel free to join us next Monday at 6:30 pm

The event will also be broadcast live on ourYouTube, Facebook, and website Pinocchio's Truth The Real Messages of the World's Best-Loved and Most Misinterpreted Tale

15/09/2023

Exciting news! I will be giving three online lessons at Roundtable 92nd Street Y in New York City starting Sept 21st!!
This is the link:

Discover Collodi’s classic novel, Pinocchio, what its true messages are, and why it continues to be an inspiration to artists of all kinds.

11/05/2023

For those of you who would like to follow today's Pinocchio Papers 17:30 talk remotely:

The talk explores the different levels of meaning of The Adventures of Pinocchio: mendacity is in no way central to the book, which instead carries other mor...

08/05/2023

Evento gratuito, basta registrarsi! Segue aperitivo, e il posto è magnifico! Vi aspettiamo.
Free event, all you have to do is register! There will be an aperitivo after the talk--and the venue is beautiful! We'll be expecting you.

The Pinocchio Papers - How a 150-year-old Italian puppet became an icon for our times, a talk by John Hopper and Anna Kraczyna

08/05/2023

Evento gratuito, basta iscriversi. Segue aperitivo e il posto è davvero magnifico. Vi aspettiamo!
Free event, all you have to do is register using the link. There will be an aperitivo after the talk, and the venue is magnificent! We'll be waiting for you.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pinocchio-papers-talk-by-john-hooper-and-anna-kraczyna-tickets-625221734037

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02/04/2023

My poster for the USBBY conference

02/04/2023

Such an honor to participate in USBBY's conference last week!

25/02/2023

https://drew.edu/.../c-i-a-o-and-the-dept-of-french-and.../
Above is the link for more information about the talk. Hope to see many of you there!

06/02/2022

Article on Pinocchio's Footsteps in The Florentine
https://www.theflorentine.net/2022/02/03/bringing-pinocchio-back-to-tuscany/

Pinocchio’s message goes beyond the story of a puppet with a lie-detecting nose. This text highlights what it means to be Tuscan.

08/12/2021

My and John Hooper's translation with introduction and notes for Penguin Random House
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653027/the-adventures-of-pinocchio-by-carlo-collodi-translated-with-an-introduction-and-notes-by-john-hooper-and-anna-kraczyna/

A revelatory new annotated edition of the most translated Italian book in the world--soon to be *two* major motion pictures: a Netflix animated version co-directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro...