Paolo Giordano presents his latest novel 'Tasmania' in Australia

(ANSA) - ROMA, 01 NOV - The Italian writer Paolo Giordano, famous for being the youngest winner of the Strega Prize at only 26 years of age, recently concluded his Australian tour, on the occasion of the English translation of his latest semi-autobiographical novel 'Tasmania'. The tour was organised in synergy between the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, the Italian Embassy, the consular network, the Dante Alighieri Society of Brisbane and the University of Melbourne.
    As the first stop on the tour, Brisbane hosted Giordano at the Co.As.It headquarters in front of an audience of about one hundred people; enthusiasm was also aroused in Sydney, on the occasion of a meeting-interview held at the Institute of Culture. In Melbourne, Giordano addressed an audience of students, academics and representatives of the Department of Italian Studies at the School of Languages and Linguistics of the University of the same name. In Canberra, after a visit to the Italian Residence, hosted by Ambassador Paolo Crudele, the author went to the Australian National University and then met the public at the Harry Hartog bookstore. The latter event, which saw a large attendance and a double session of autographed copies, was also attended by Nobel Prize winner for Physics, Brian Schmidt.
    "It is a great pleasure for us to welcome the writer Paolo Giordano to Australia, on the occasion of the English translation of his 'Tasmania' and to coincide with the Italian Language Week around the world," said Ambassador Crudele. "It was an opportunity for discussion that allowed us to explore the relationships between science and fiction, the challenges and opportunities of our times, and which received great interest from the audience," he added.