Former director of l'Unità and now editorialist of La Repubblica, Concita De Gregorio, who is also the author of various books (the latest is Cosi è la vita, published by Einaudi), has followed Pippo Delbono's theater for many years, of which she has always recognized the profound political implications. It will be she, also through her perspective of Delbono's particular world and the centrality that the body assumes in this world, to guide us in an encounter on that "body in search of truth" (often uncomfortable and painful truths) that characterized the work of Pasolini's late work. A dimension that greatly inspired Delbono's artistic research.
He will do so by speaking with the essayist, novelist and literary critic Emanuele Trevi, who dedicated his latest, very dense book (Qualcosa di scritto, published by Ponte alle Grazie) to the last Pasolini, that of the unfinished novel Petrolio. Crossing its pages with a radical and enlightening interpretation, Trevi explores the story hidden in this mysterious Pasolini text, revealing the implicit path towards the most eternal and hidden secrets of life. The body and the myth of the androgyne are at the center of his journey, from which Emanuele Trevi, during the meeting in Rovereto, will draw inspiration to talk about theatre, connecting the late Pasolini and the late Artaud.
Concita De Gregorio is a journalist and writer. He is currently a columnist. He began his career in local Tuscan radio and television, then moving on to Il Tirreno. After eight years, in 1990, he began collaborating with La Repubblica, where he covered news and internal politics. From 2008 to 2011 he was director of l'Unità. In 2010 he won the Renato Benedetto Fabrizi Award. He wrote, among others, Non lavate questo sangue (Laterza, 2001; Sperling & Kupfer 2006), Una madre lo sa (Mondadori, 2006), Cosi è la vita (Einaudi, 2011).
Emanuele Trevi was born in Rome in 1964. He collaborates as a critic for various newspapers and magazines, as well as for Rai Radio 3. He edits various editions of Italian and foreign classics and publishes Istruzioni per l’uso del lupo (Castelvecchi, 1994), Musica distante (Mondadori, 1997), I cani del nulla (Einaudi, 2003), Senza verso. Un’estate a Roma (Laterza, 2004), L’onda del porto. Un sogno fatto in Asia (Laterza 2004), Il libro della gioia perpetua (Rizzoli, 2010), Qualcosa di scritto (Ponte alle Grazie, 2012). Finalist for the 2012 Strega award.