Dr. Francesca Valente

The Director of Italian Institute of Culture L.A. ; Dr. Francesca Valente , and the president of the Comites Sig.

Francesca Valente, president of the Chicago Italian Cultural Institute: "Frye in Italy"
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Francesca Valente

21. Francesca Valente (Rome, Italy and Chicago, IL)
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21. Francesca Valente (Rome, Italy and Chicago, IL)Francesca Valente has worked in the area of Frye studies for over 20 years.She translated Fearful Symmetry into Italian in 1979, followed by Myth, Metaphor, Symbol in 1989 and The Double Vision in 1993.She organized Frye's first official trip to Italy in 1978, a lecture tour of seven universities.In addition, Valente has been instrumental in bringing Canadian literature and Canadian writers to the attention of the Italian reading public.She has translated more than twenty Canadian authors into Italian, including Marshall McLuhan, Margaret Atwood, Irving Layton, Leon Rooke, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Michael Ondaatje and Elizabeth Hay.In 1999 she received an honorary degree from York University, in recognition of her contribution to the cultural scene of Toronto, where she directed the Italian Cultural Institute for more than ten years.In 2001 Valente left Rome, after three years at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO, for a new posting as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago.

21. Francesca Valente (Rome, Italy and Chicago, IL)
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21. Francesca Valente (Rome, Italy and Chicago, IL)Francesca Valente has worked in the area of Frye studies for over 20 years.She translated Fearful Symmetry into Italian in 1979, followed by Myth, Metaphor, Symbol in 1989 and The Double Vision in 1993.She organized Frye's first official trip to Italy in 1978, a lecture tour of seven universities.In addition, Valente has been instrumental in bringing Canadian literature and Canadian writers to the attention of the Italian reading public.She has translated more than twenty Canadian authors into Italian, including Marshall McLuhan, Margaret Atwood, Irving Layton, Leon Rooke, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Michael Ondaatje and Elizabeth Hay.In 1999 she received an honorary degree from York University, in recognition of her contribution to the cultural scene of Toronto, where she directed the Italian Cultural Institute for more than ten years.In 2001 Valente left Rome, after three years at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO, for a new posting as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago.

21. Francesca Valente (Rome, Italy and Chicago, IL)
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21. Francesca Valente (Rome, Italy and Chicago, IL)Francesca Valente has worked in the area of Frye studies for over 20 years.She translated Fearful Symmetry into Italian in 1979, followed by Myth, Metaphor, Symbol in 1989 and The Double Vision in 1993.She organized Frye's first official trip to Italy in 1978, a lecture tour of seven universities.In addition, Valente has been instrumental in bringing Canadian literature and Canadian writers to the attention of the Italian reading public.She has translated more than twenty Canadian authors into Italian, including Marshall McLuhan, Margaret Atwood, Irving Layton, Leon Rooke, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Michael Ondaatje and Elizabeth Hay.In 1999 she received an honorary degree from York University, in recognition of her contribution to the cultural scene of Toronto, where she directed the Italian Cultural Institute for more than ten years.In 2001 Valente left Rome, after three years at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO, for a new posting as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago.

Dr. Francesca Valente - DirectorPhone: (310) 443-3250Fax: (310) 443-3254E-mail: info@iicusa.org
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Dr. Francesca Valente

Francesca Valente began her career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978 as assistant director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto, Canada.She directed from 1980 to 1985 the IIC of San Francisco.During her term, she received a proclamation from Dianne Feinstein, Mayor of San Francisco, for promoting Italian culture in the Western United States.She founded the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles in 1984.

From 1986 to 1991, she served as Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto.From 1993 to 1998, she was responsible for anglophone Canada, including the Institute of Vancouver.While in Canada, she received a proclamation from Art Eggleton, Mayor of Toronto, and from Isabel Bassett, Minister of Culture, Ontario, for organizing Italy on Stage and Italy in Canada, two nationwide multi-media cultural festivals.During this term, she also served as the project director of The Fountain of Italy (1, 2) by Enzo Cucchi, a gift to Toronto's York University from the artist and Olivetti Canada in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute.

In 1988, Dr. Valente was named by Toronto Life magazine one of Toronto's fifty most influential people.She has also been included in The International Who's Who of Canadian Women.

From 1999 to 2001, while posted in Rome, she was responsible for Culture and Heritage at Commissione Nazionale Italiana, UNESCO, and was appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the cultural liaison between the Ministry and the City of Venice, which resulted in a formal agreement between the City of Venice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed by Paolo Costa, Mayor of Venice, and Ambassador Francesco Aloisi de Larderel.During this time, she also co-curated the collection of contemporary art of La Farnesina.From November 2001 to March 2005, Dr. Valente served as Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Chicago, and Consul for Cultural Affairs.The jurisdiction for which she was responsible included 24 states.

Francesca Valente graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature in 1968 from Cà Foscari University, Venice.In 1977, she received a Master of Arts in Canadian Literature from the University of Toronto, where she worked with Northrop Frye and Marshall McLuhan.In 1999, she was granted an honorary degree by York University for promoting Italian culture in Canada and Canadian culture in Italy.

She has edited nearly 15 publications and translated over 35 works by renowned authors such as Margaret Atwood, Giorgio Bassani, Leonard Cohen, Northrop Frye, Marshall McLuhan, Michael Ondaatje, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.She has also written numerous articles, participated in many international festivals and conferences, and lectured at several universities, including the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and La Sapienza in Rome.She was awarded the Elsa Morante Prize in Naples in 2002 for promoting Italian culture in the United States.

Ms. Francesca Valente - Italian Institute of Culture (L.A.) Director

His participation in Sound Field 2003 was first suggested by Francesca Valente, director of the Chicago office of the Italian Cultural Institute.For Sound Field 2003, he will perform in a multi-media work at the ICI, play an improvisation concert at the performance space called "3030" and give a solo concert at the Renaissance Society.

Boscoso Restaurant owners Alford Harrison and Joel Herzer welcomed Alex Melelian, representing Francesca Valente, director of the Italian Cultural Institute; Paola Bellusci, director of the Italian Film Institute; French filmmaker Jean-Marc Barr ("One to Another'); producer Sergej Stanojkovski and wife Natasa (Macedonian film "Kontact"); and co-producers David and Edie Ichioka("Murch").