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• As part of a series of initiatives to study and promote circulation of Italian literature abroad
• especially in Scandinavian countries
• the paper describes â€
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• Italian Classics in Swedenâ€
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• an event that took place in Stockholm on 26-27 September 2011. It was hosted by the â€
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• C. M. Lericiâ€
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• Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Sapienza University of Rome
• Stockholm University and the Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori Foundation. Three major events characterized the project: the presentation of the Swedish translation of Why Read the Classics by Italo Calvino and the inauguration of the exhibition â€
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• Copy in Italy. Italian authors in the world since 1945â€
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• (26 September)
• and the study day â€
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• Italian Classics in Swedenâ€
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• (27 September)
• which was attended by Anders Cullhed
• Alberto Asor Rosa
• Luminitza Beiu-Paladi
• Igor Tchehoff
• Marina Zancan
• Karin Dahl
• Laura Di Nicola
• Alberto Cadioli
• Luisa Finocchi
• Cecilia Schwartz
• Eva Swartz Grimaldi
• Paolo Grossi