Jamaica KIncaid, photo portrait
This Topic: the Consequences of Colonialism
Originally from Antigua, Jamaica Kincaid is considered among the greatest writers of our time. In her works, a cross between autobiography, essay and fiction, with rhythmic and evocative prose, she addresses anger over the wounds of colonialism, difficult intergenerational relationships, and the painful search for personal and cultural identity.
The author, back in Italy after more than a decade, is in dialogue with journalist and curator Laura Pezzino.
Jamaica Kincaid was born in Antigua in 1949. Since publishing her debut story collection At the Bottom of the River in 1983, Kincaid has written five acclaimed novels, including Annie John, Lucy, and, most recently, See Now Then. Her nonfiction includes My Brother, a chronicle of her brother’s battle with AIDS, as well as A Small Place and Among Flowers. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, the Prix Femina étranger, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Clifton Fadiman Medal, and, in 2017, the Dan David Prize for Literature. In 2022, she received the Hadada Award from The Paris Review. She is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University.
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The talk is in English, with consecutive translation into Italian.
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Part of the This Topic series of meetings, curated by Paolo Iabichino, writer, publicist and creative director, and Daniele Rosa, editorial director at Luiss University Press.
Event in collaboration with Archivio Aperto, which will host Jamaica Kincaid for a talk in Bologna on October 30 at 5:30 p.m.
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