The Italian Embassy in Brasilia celebrated this Tuesday afternoon (3) the appointment of the Italian-Brazilian poet and novelist Marco Lucchesi as president of the National Library.
In a statement, the diplomatic office “warmly congratulated prof.
Marco Lucchesi for his appointment as president of the National Library Foundation (FBN), considered by UNESCO to be one of the largest libraries in the world and the largest in Latin America”.
“A native of Rio de Janeiro, writer and academic of international renown, the youngest president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Lucchesi has represented over the years one of the greatest interpreters of the deep cultural ties that unite Italy and Europe to Brazil” , adds the text.
According to the Italian Embassy, the replacement of the Bolsonarista Luiz Carlos Ramiro Junior “was curator of the exhibition ‘Dante 700 years: the eyes of Beatriz’, presented in October 2021 at the National Congress, in Brasilia, and inaugurated by the presidents of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, and of the Chamber, Arthur Lira, together with the Italian ambassador in Brazil, Francesco Azzarello”.
Furthermore, Luiz Inácio’s candidate for government Lula da Silva “is also the author of the book that accompanied the exhibition, which contains the most complete bibliography of studies on Dante published in Portuguese in Brazil”.
“Marco Lucchesi reminds me of Roberto Benigni, two Tuscan geniuses who share a moving passion for Dante and for the purest poetry,” said Azzarello.
For the Italian diplomat, “Marco is a source of profound pride for Italy”. “We are enthusiastic about his appointment by the new Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, to whom the formidable quality of the choice must be recognized”. .
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