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San Patrizio Livorno Festival very distinct in its style and approach

maxorover 5 Agosto 2024 164 Views

I found San Patrizio Livorno Festival very distinct in its style and approach, making it all the more fascinating. I had a wonderful time engaging with the Italian audience who had a keen curiosity about Irishness and Gaeilge (Irish language). It was great and important to be a part of the festival in showing a new perspective to a new, diverse Ireland through poetry and discussion.

About maxorover

Max O’Rover is the pen name of Massimiliano ‘Max’ Roveri. He started writing about Ireland in 2008, after nearly a decade of fascination with the country. He now lives in Dublin, not far from Cooldrinagh — Samuel Beckett’s birthplace — and within reach of Barrytown, real or imagined. Max has worked with Irish author Catherine Dunne since 2016 and co-directs the San Patrizio Livorno Festival. After a long Italian-language phase, he now writes primarily in English, in fiction, theatre, and essays. He is the author of The Butterfly Saviour, praised by John Banville; Three Lives, currently in progress; and She-Wolf Blood, which he hopes will make him rich. For the stage, he has written multilingual plays including Not-Beckett, which will premiere at SPLF25 and has earned praise from both Patrick Bixby and Federico Platania. When not writing, planting seeds, or cooking, Max plays Skyrim or Fallout 4 with his wife Maria Grazia, who is also his life support system.