The appointment is scheduled in Turin from 19 to 23 May. Mayor Lorusso and Governor Cirio: “Let’s work so that Ukraine is a guest country”
“There will be no official delegations, entities or institutions linked to the Russian government at the show, but no Russian books or authors, discussions or lessons on Russian culture and literature will be boycotted, within a program inspired by the themes of peace, dialogue, friendship between peoples, arts, cultures “. This was communicated in a note by the organizers of the Turin Book Fair scheduled from 19 to 23 May next.
A position that, unlike that operated by other entities, clearly separates politics from culture. Which means that Russian writers will be hosted without any censorship.
“Ukraine is a guest country”
“We will ask all the institutional and organizational partners of the Turin Book Fair that the host country this year is Ukraine”. Thus the president of Piedmont, Alberto Cirio, and the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, together with the regional and municipality councilors for culture, Vittoria Poggio and Rosanna Purchia. The request will be formalized during the first organizational control room of the event, with the other public and private partners of the event. “The Salone has always been a place for meeting and dialogue and, never as in this historical moment, we believe it is important to give a signal also through one of our most important international events”.
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