“A Mountain of Books” turns fifteen, with thirty consecutive editions. Since 2009 “without ever stopping”.
It’s a beautiful birthday for a great celebration of ideas, of freedom of literature and of readers’ curiosities.”
The greatest summer begins with the authors in the shadow of the Dolomites. Opening the season in Cortina d’Ampezzo is A Mountain of Books, the international festival of literature starring in the Queen of the Dolomites, which since 2009 has attracted an annual audience of 20 thousand visitors.
“We meet at the crossroads of literature, to understand more about the adventurous and dramatic times in which we live, with a thousand experiences around books, between excursions in nature, on the meadows, in the fresh air of the Alps. With some of the voices and pages most interesting in Italy, from Europe and from the world”, says Francesco Chiamulera, head of the festival. A Mountain of Books is preparing to bring a record-breaking program to Cortina, with fifty meetings with the author across literature, current affairs, science and art, with many previews, unique dates and literary debuts.
One event a day. The XXX Edition will be held from 13 July to 25 August 2024, and then in autumn
Katja Petrowskaja, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Eshkol Nevo, Francesca Melandri. Alessandro Piperno, Francesco Costa, Antonio Franchini, Tamara Lunger, Emanuele Trevi, Federica Manzon, Paolo Mieli, Michele Mari, Michele Masneri. Andrea di Robilant, Anna Prandoni, Antonio Cerasa, Maurizio Corbetta. Francesca Fagnani, Vanni Santoni, Marta Aidala, Mauro Corona. Alex Txikon, Giovanni Montanaro, Bruno Vespa, Marco Mondini, Gianluca Nativo, Patrizia Laquidara, Antonio Monda, Salvatore Giannella, Eliana Liotta, Erica Giopp, The Campiello Prize The Strega Prize The Cortina Prize, Rachele Ferrario, Anton Giulio Onofri, Camilla Baresani, Matteo Righetto, Alessandra Tedesco, Luciano Ferraro, Kristin Harila, Marco Ballestracci, Gian Arturo Ferrari, Giovanni Fantoni Modena, Gianni Dubbini Venier, Leopoldo Destro, Marco Berti, Vittorio Piozzo Rosignano, Giuseppe Mendicino, Anna Sustersic, Tomaso Biancardi, Marina Valensise, Venanzio Postiglione, Giovanni Viafora, Cristiano Corazzari, Marisa Fumagalli, Gianluca Lorenzi, Alessandro Russello, Alessandro Tortato, Claudio Arrigoni, Alessandro Mezzena Lona, Giustina Mistrello Destro, Alessandro Marzo Magno Annina Pedrini, Roberta Alverà, Vera Slepoj, Emanuela De Zanna, Alessandro Zangrando, Paolo Cagnan, Monica De Mattia, Paolo Maria Noseda, Carla Toffolo, Sarah Cuminetti, Massimo Mamoli, Gabriella Vanzan, Sonia Folin, Paolo Valerio, Marco Dibona, Giovanna Melloni, Paolo Corsini, Michela Fregona, Michele Uliana, Silvia Benazzi and many others
From Simon Sebag Montefiore to Eshkol Nevo. The inauguration with the Ukrainian Katja Petrowskaja. Alessandro Piperno, Francesco Costa, 70 years of K2. The new book by Francesca Melandri, preview
To celebrate its first fifteen years, Una Montagna di Libri celebrates the freedom of literature, in its ability to build an alternative dimension to reality, and to determine it.
From the incredible meeting with Simon Sebag Montefiore, award-winning British historian, who in Cortina, in the only, highly anticipated Italian date, will present the best seller “The world, a family history” (Mondadori), at theinauguration, Saturday 13 July, entrusted to superb Ukrainian storyteller Katja Petrowskaja, author of “The photo was looking at me” (Adelphi)to the appointment with the great narrator Eshkol Nevo vhe will present his collection of short stories “Legami” (Feltrinelli Gramma) in Cortina, at the one with Alessandro Piperno, cThe newly released novel “Aria di famiglia (Mondadori).
While Francesca Melandriloved in the Dolomites for the publishing case “Eva sleeps”, will bring to Una Montagna di Libri, as an Italian premiere, the brand new novel “Piedi Freddo” (Bompiani), set between the Second World War and the Russian aggression against Ukraine Today.
Sports and mountain evenings absolute, like the one with the mountaineer Tamara Lunger, who will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the K2 feat which brought, among others, Lino Lacedelli from Ampezzo to the summit, in an evening in collaboration with the Dolomiti Film Festival; and with climbers Kristin Harila and Alex Txikon.
The prefiguration of the American elections conducted by the journalist is highly anticipated Francesco Costalike the conversation about the potential of the brain of great neuroscientists Maurizio Corbetta and Antonio Cerasa. Together with the great Italian storytellers, such as Antonio Franchini, Emanuele Trevi, Michele Masneri, Federica Manzon.
The program of Una Montagna di Libri was presented in Venice by Francesco Chiamulera, responsible for the Ampezzo event. Speakers included, among others, the Deputy Mayor of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Councilor for Culture of the Veneto Region. “A Mountain of Books is much more than a literary event, it is a moment of study, discovery and emotions that enriches the cultural fabric of our community. We are proud to host this event in our splendid Cortina”, says the Mayor of Cortina d’Ampezzo. “A Mountain of Books represents an important cultural event in the heart of the Dolomites which welcomes national and international guests, with an ever-increasing influx of reading lovers from everywhere”, declares the Councilor for Culture of the Veneto Region. “Important names, deep content, attention to mountain themes: what A Mountain of Books gives us is a lens to better understand the world. The Municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo gives full support to this event”, declares the Deputy Mayor of Cortina.
The contents
But here are all the contents of the Summer 2024 edition. A Mountain of Books will browse through the pages of Italian and world-class narrators by Katja Petrowskaja, Eshkol Nevo, Francesca Melandri, Alessandro Piperno, Emanuele Trevi, Antonio Franchini, Federica Manzon, Michele Mari, Michele Masneri, Vanni Santoni, Mauro Corona, Marta Aidala, Giovanni Montanaro, Gianluca Nativo, Patrizia Laquidara, Matteo Righetto, Gian Arturo Ferrari, Gianni Dubbini Venier, Giovanni Fantoni Modena.
He will listen to them voices of culture, science, the mountains, art as Simon Sebag Montefiore, Maurizio Corbetta, Antonio Cerasa, Tamara Lunger, Alex Txikon, Kristin Harila, Marco Mondini, Rachele Ferrario, Andrea di Robilant, Giuseppe Mendicino, Alessandro Marzo Magno, Camilla Baresani, Marina Valensise, Anna Sustersic, Tomaso Biancardi, Alessandro Caked.
He will interview absolute protagonists of information and journalism, in particular regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such as Francesco Costa, Paolo Mieli, Francesca Fagnani, Bruno Vespa, Enrico Mentana, Eliana Liotta, Anna Prandoni, Salvatore Giannella, Luciano Ferraro, Giovanni Viafora, Alessandro Russello, Marisa Fumagalli, Venanzio Postiglione, Massimo Mamoli, Alessandra Tedesco, Paolo Cagnan, Alessandro Zangrando, Claudio Arrigoni, Marco Dibona. It will bring entertainment, cinema, music, sport to the stage, with Antonio Monda, Anton Giulio Onofri, Erica Giopp, Marco Ballestracci, Annina Pedrini, Paolo Valerio, Paolo Corsini. And again, Marco Berti, Cristiano Corazzari, Gianluca Lorenzi, Roberta Alverà, Leopoldo Destro, Alessandro Mezzena Lona, Michela Fregona, Giustina Mistrello Destro, Emanuela de Zanna, Vera Slepoj, Monica De Mattia, Paolo Maria Noseda, Sarah Cuminetti, Carla Toffolo, Gabriella Vanzan, Michele Uliana, Giovanna Melloni, Silvia Benazzi, and many others.
The Campiello, Strega, Cortina and Corporate Values awards. The previews: By Robilant, Aidala, The Passenger Alpi. Spotlight on Ukraine, the war, totalitarianism
For the XXX Edition, A Mountain of Books has absolutely new features in store. As the Russian invasion continues, the festival will turn the spotlight on Ukraine, war, dissidence and resistance to totalitarianism, with a series of meetings.
In addition to the aforementioned Petrowskaja, Una Montagna di Libri will dedicate historical insights into Russian aggression and the Israel – Hamas conflict through the vision of Paolo Mieli, Marco Mondini; will give the Cortina public a long series of special events, only in Cortina: in addition to Montefiore, the new novel by Michele Masneri, the Italian premiere of The Passenger Alpi, an issue entirely dedicated to the mountains; the Italian preview of the book just released in English “This Earthly Globe”, which Andrea di Robilant dedicated to the Venetian geographer Ramusio; the debut of the very young Marta Aidala with her debut novel, with a mountain theme, “La strangera” (Guanda); the brand new, ironic survival guide in Südtirol by Erica Giopp. And then the points of view of Francesca Fagnani, Anna Prandoni, Enrico Mentana, Bruno Vespa. A Mountain of Books will welcome the overall winner of the Strega Prize, the finalists of the Campiello Prize, the winners of the Cortina 2024 Prize, and will ask Salvatore Giannella for a portrait of Michele Ferrero, inaugurating a special collaboration with the Corporate Values Prize. And then the homage to Italo Calvino, to whom the great reading marathon will be dedicated which will see one hundred readers take turns around the masterpiece “The halved viscount”; to Joseph Conrad, with the essay dedicated to him by Giuseppe Mendicino. At Una Montagna di Libri Giovanni Montanaro will talk about Marco Polo, Alessandro Marzo Magno about Casanova, Anton Giulio Onofri about Beethoven.
The institutions: Municipality of Cortina, Veneto Region
Una Montagna di Libri is organized with the patronage and support of the Veneto Region – which supports the Veneto di Libri program, which highlights the excellence of Venetian culture and fiction.
Una Montagna di Libri is co-organised with the Municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo, with which a multi-year agreement exists. The Municipality supports the festival of the city of Cortina.
Where: the Festival locations
A Mountain of Books will take place in the public spaces of the Post Office Building and the Alexander Girardi Hall. And then at the historic Cortina hotel Grand Hotel Savoia, and at the Rinaldo Zardini Paleontological Museum. But A Mountain of Books is also #live, combining Twitter and Instagram with the interactive live broadcast of the meetings, via Facebook and YouTube.
The Sponsors
Audi Italia is the Main Sponsor of Una Montagna di Libri. A solid relationship, which lasts over time, to give continuity to the projects of the event that is the protagonist of the Cortina d’Ampezzo season.
The event confirms the strategic support of Alemagna Motori Gruppo Scarabel, La Cooperativa di Cortina, Cortinabanca. The sponsors of the event are: Confindustria Veneto Est, Castello del Terriccio, Tenuta Amadio, Fondazione Silla Ghedina, Bibanesi, Archeda, Lacedelli Cortina, Chamber of Arbitration of Venice, Valsoia. Festival partners are Sì Streetalian Food, La Ruotina, Franco Bernardi, Liborio, Rotary Cadore Cortina, Tivoli restaurants, SanBrite, Villa Oretta, El Brite de Larieto, Baita Fraina, Al Camin, Lago Scin, Leone e Anna, Da Beppe Sello, Peziè de Parù. Guests are welcomed by Grand Hotel Savoia, Hotel De Len, Faloria Mountain Spa Resort, Rosapetra Spa Resort, Hotel Menardi, Hotel Ambra Cortina, Getur Hotels.
The distribution of books is entrusted to the historic Sovilla bookshop
Main media partners of the event are Corriere Tv, Corriere del Veneto and TeleBelluno Dolomiti. Media partners are Radio Cortina, Il Notiziario di Cortina, Voci di Cortina, Corriere del Trentino. A Mountain of Books is created in collaboration with Cortina For Us, Cortina Marketing Se.Am., Regole d’Ampezzo, Local Police of Cortina. Photographer is Giacomo Pompanin. PR-A graphic design. Web Lorenzo Gambato. Illustrations Andrea Bozzo. FC Comunicazione press office.
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