Please join us in welcoming to the bookshop Brian Robert Moore, award-winning translator of Italian literature, in celebration of his newest English translation: Verdigris by Michele Mari! Moore will be joined in craft conversation by local literary translator—of Portuguese, Catalan, and Spanish to English—Julia Sanches.
ABOUT BRIAN ROBERT MOORE
Brian Robert Moore is a literary translator from New York. His translations from the Italian include the novels A Silence Shared by Lalla Romano, Meeting in Positano by Goliarda Sapienza, and Verdigris by Michele Mari, as well as Mari’s short story collection You, Bleeding Childhood. He has received awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN America, English PEN, the Santa Maddalena Foundation, and other institutions. He began studying Italian at Brown University, where he completed a BA in Italian Studies and Comparative Literature, before moving to Milan to work in the Italian publishing industry. His translations of Michele Mari have received multiple awards, including two PEN Translates Awards, and have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker and Literary Hub.
ABOUT MICHELE MARI
Michele Mari is one of Italy’s most renowned contemporary writers. He has published ten novels, in addition to several short story and poetry collections, and has received prestigious awards including the Bagutta Prize, the Mondello Prize, and the Selezione Campiello Prize. A former professor of Italian literature at the University of Milan, he has translated classic novels by Herman Melville, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, and H. G. Wells, among others. In a survey published by the magazine Orlando Esplorazioni in 2015, Mari was ranked the contemporary Italian author most likely to be read by generations to come. His short story collection You, Bleeding Childhood, published by And Other Stories in 2023, was his first book to appear in English, followed by his novel Verdigris in 2024.
ABOUT JULIA SANCHES
Julia Sanches translates literature from Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish into English. Her most recent translations are Pedro and Marques Take Stock by José Falero and Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener. Born in Brazil, she lives in Providence, RI.