There is a substantial programmatic document prepared by the new Scientific Committee of the Corrado Alvaro Foundation which will become fully operational in the next few days, with the appointment of the President by the founding bodies, to design the new course of this body after the commissionership last March. The Commissioner of the Foundation, Luciano Gerardis, in presenting the organizational chart of the new Scientific Committee, «composed – he said – of people of the highest cultural level who have greatly enriched me on a professional, as well as cultural and human level».
«Corrado Alvaro – recalled Commissioner Gerardis – was one of the most modern writers of the Italian 20th century, for his writing and his thoughts. The program that the scientific committee of the Foundation has drawn up, the result of the meeting and comparison between the various proposals that emerged during the meetings held between the scholars involved in the creation of a renewed path for the Foundation itself, intends to follow the path of Alvaro himself, in an international perspective based on a well-defined cultural and anthropological identity”.
The long list of members who are part of the Scientific Committee of the “Corrado Alvaro” Foundation is therefore authoritative and prestigious.
They include: Vito Teti, former full professor of cultural anthropology at Unical;
Daniele Cananzi, full professor of Philosophy of Law at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, former director of the Department of Law, Economics and Human Sciences, vice-rector, assigned to the cultural activities of the university;
Fulvio Librandi, associate professor of the SSD MDEA/01 (demoanthropological disciplines), based in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, author of various articles on the anthropology of literature, including some specific ones on Corrado Alvaro;
Alberto Scerbo, full professor of Philosophy of Law at the Magna Grecia University of Catanzaro where he also teaches Law and Literature, speaker at various national and international conferences;
Novella Primo, professor of contemporary Italian literature and literary journalism at the University of Messina, member of the teaching body of the doctorate in humanities;
Antonio Fanelli, Professor of Cultural Anthropology of the Saras Department of La Sapienza University of Rome;
Lucilla Lijoi, research fellow at the Federico II University of Naples, with studies on 20th century journalism and the southern question;
Giuseppe Caridi, former full professor of Modern History at the University of Messina, president of the Deputation of Homeland History of Calabria;
Annarosa Macrì, journalist for various newspapers, starting with Rai, as a member of the Calabrian editorial team. She has been a correspondent and curator of various successful programs;
Anna Mallamo, journalist, head of the cultural pages of Gazzetta del Sud, owner of a blog on the Huffington Post, writer;
Ermenegilda Tripodi, teacher, poet and journalist at the Reggio TV broadcaster, where she writes her own successful column, national councilor of Figec. Author of poems translated into various languages;
Francesca Tuscano, teacher, graduate in Russian language and literature, scholar of the relationships between Russian and Italian writers, including Corrado Alvaro, of whose works she has a profound knowledge;
Laura Curtale, author of several essays on Corrado Alvaro, for one of which she also received the culture award. Winner, in 2023, of the “Reggio Calabria Day” award for literature. He published a work on Corrado Alvaro with the publisher Laruffa. Poet and writer;
Domenico Paolin, writer, finalist of the Strega prize, collaborator of various newspapers, including Corriere della Sera, expert of Italian and foreign literature;
Alberto Gangemi, PhD in semiotic organizational design, with specific expertise in AI and digitalization projects;
Anna Saccà, teacher of Latin and Greek, great-granddaughter of Corrado Alvaro, on whom she published two works, in addition to the letters that her father Antonio wrote to his son Corrado;
Giovanni Profazio, cassation lawyer, great-nephew of Corrado Alvaro, scholar of his great-uncle’s works;
Annalisa Insardà, writer, actress and director, who attended the Academy of Dramatic Art of Calabria and the Academy of Warsaw. He has worked for cinema and theatre, winning numerous awards. Active as an acting teacher.