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  • The winner of the first Mario Fratti Award for Emerging Italian Authors, a program of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, is "Via Dei Capocci" by Carlotta Corradi. The play, a story of prostitution that jumps from present to past, will be staged as a reading on June 23 at 7:00 PM at Theater for the New City (155 First Ave.) as an event of the Festival.
  • Written in 1958, while Fratti was a student at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Diario Proibito is a homage to political commitment, and a first-hand memoir of World War II. The book will be presented by the author on March 4th at 6 pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, in a panel featuring former Director of ICI, journalist and writer Claudio Angelini and Francesco Bonavita, Professor at Kean University.
  • Just a few days after the end of In Scena, Italian Theater Festival NY, i-Italy had a chance to chat with Nicola Iervasi, Artistic Director of Mare Nostrum Elements (MNE). The company was in charge of the festival's tribute to Italian playwright Mario Fratti, which consisted of the representation of three short once act plays: Dina and Alba, Missionaries (starring Nicola himself), and Actors.
  • The Origin Theater Company in association with Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò and Kairos Italy Theater presented a one-act play by the celebrated Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic who is best known for his work with Fellini in honor of the fortieth anniversary of his death.
  • Cav. Joseph Sciame and Cav. Mario Fratti
    Life & People
    Marina Melchionda(March 17, 2010)
    On March 4, the Italian Journalist and Scriptwriter Mario Fratti, author of the world-famous musical "Nine", was awarded by the Italian Culture and Heritage Commission for his outstanding contributions in the spread of the Italian culture in NY and the US. The ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Columbus Citizens Foundation

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