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“In cammino con Dante”: Istituto italiano di cultura di Istanbul

October 27, 2021 By Hannah Raisner, FSU '25

“L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Istanbul ha organizzato il ciclo di incontri online ‘In cammino con Dante,’ una serie di 8 di letture drammatizzate e critiche di canti scelti dalla Divina Commedia, con il patrocinio dell’Ambasciata d’Italia in Turchia e la collaborazione del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letteratura Italiana dell’Università di Ankara.

“L’iniziativa realizzata nel corso dell’anno, con cadenza mensile da aprile a dicembre 2021, fa parte del ricco programma di eventi per il 700 anniversario della morte di Dante Alighieri.”   –Institute of Italian Culture, Istanbul

Categories: Performing Arts, Places
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Ankara, Istanbul, Readings, Turkey, Universities

“Dante in Jazz” (Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Istanbul)

August 12, 2021 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“Nel 700° anniversario della morte di Dante Alighieri, siamo qui sul palco del teatro dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Istanbul, con una lettura drammatica della Divina Commedia.

“L’attore Nuri Karadeniz declama in turco (sottotitoli in italiano) il Primo Canto dell’Inferno mentre il musicista Yiğit Özatalay eseguirà al piano sue composizioni jazz originali scritte per l’occasione.”

The performance is preceded by a short lecture (in Italian with Turkish subtitles) by Salvatore Schirmo, Director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Istanbul, who highlights the influence of Dante and his works on contemporary Turkish literature and culture. The video premiered on YouTube on Dantedì (March 25) 2021.

Categories: Digital Media, Music, Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Canto 1, Dantedì, Istanbul, Jazz, Live Performances, Nel Mezzo del Cammin, Recitation, Translations, Turkey, YouTube

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, “Otuz Beş Yaş” (1946)

February 21, 2020 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı’s poem entitled ’35 years old,’ when translated from Turkish to English, references coming to the middle of your life, 35 years old, like Dante did when he took his journey to hell (referenced in Canto 1). The line reads, ‘35 years old, that is half way through life, we are in the middle of our lives like Dante.'” –Su Ertekin-Taner

The collection Otuz Beş Yaş was published in 1946. Here is the opening of the poem, in the original Turkish:

“Yaş otuz beş! yolun yarısı eder.
Dante gibi ortasındayız ömrün.
Delikanlı çağımızdaki cevher,
Yalvarmak, yakarmak nafile bugün,
Gözünün yaşına bakmadan gider.”

Read the full poem here.

Contributed by Su Ertekin-Taner, The Bolles School ’22

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 1946, Nel Mezzo del Cammin, Poetry, Turkey

Magnificent Century, Season 1 (2011)

March 24, 2017 By Professor Arielle Saiber

In Season 1, Episode 14 of  Magnificent Century, Concierge Ibrahim is seen to be reading the Divine Comedy in his office.

Contributed by David Francis

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2011, Ottoman, Television, Turkey

“Pluto’s Gate”: Is the Real Gate to Hell in Turkey?

April 4, 2013 By Professor Arielle Saiber

scientists-reportedly-discover-gate-to-hell-turkey

“It sounds like something out of a horror movie. But Italian scientists say that the ‘Gate to Hell’ is the real deal—poisonous vapors and all.  The announcement of the finding of the ruins of Pluto’s Gate (Plutonium in Latin) at an archeology conference in Turkey last month, was recently reported by Discovery News. Francesco D’Andria, professor of classic archaeology at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy, who has been excavating the ancient Greco-Roman World Heritage Site of Hierapolis for years, led the research team.” [. . .]    –Claudine Zap, Yahoo! News, April 2, 2013

Contributed by David Israel

Categories: Places
Tagged with: 2013, Archeology, Gates of Hell, Hell, Turkey

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