Thursday, March 5, 6:30pm
The Italian Library #23
Ornella Tarantola presents Annalisa Cuzzocrea in conversation with Paola De Carolis
In ITALIAN
Annalisa Cuzzocrea, author of the recent book E non scappare mai (“And Never Run Away”) published by Rizzoli, tells the adventurous and eventful life of Miriam Mafai. A figure who moved from politics to journalism, writing for the pages of Repubblica starting in 1976.
An evening that will be a journey through history: the book is more than a biography; it is the portrait of a woman who lived through the Italian 20th century. Annalisa Cuzzocrea reconstructs Mafai’s life through letters and documents that give us a picture of a woman who never backed down. Racial laws, the Resistance, feminism. And she never stopped. She never ran away from anything. Our way of celebrating March 8 in a world where women must no longer run away.
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Annalisa Cuzzocrea is a columnist and special correspondent for Repubblica. She served as deputy editor of La Stampa for three years and, before that, as a political correspondent — again for Repubblica. Born in Reggio Calabria in 1974, she graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures in Rome and later studied journalism in Urbino. She has worked in radio and television. She hosted the press review programme Prima pagina on Radio 3. She taught “Politics in the Age of Social Media” as part of the journalism course at LUISS University in Rome. She created two podcasts, Daytime and Controvento, produced by OnePodcast and available on all platforms. She writes a regular column in la Repubblica’s Venerdì supplement called “A casa tutti bene”. In 2021 she published the essay Che fine hanno fatto i bambini. Cronache di un Paese che non guarda al futuro with Piemme. On May 13, 2025, her first novel E non scappare mai, based on the life of Miriam Mafai, was released by Rizzoli.
Paola De Carolis has been writing for Corriere della Sera for several years. From London she covers a wide range of topics but has a particular interest in literature and music.