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International conference | 06 May 2026

Children's literature on a journey through past, present and future

Milan

Greetings: Domenico SIMEONE, Dean of the Faculty of Education

Introduced by: Sabrina FAVA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

  • Maria TRUGLIO, Pennsylvania State University,
    Beats of the heart: journeys in and of the book Heart

I Session

Chair: Anna ASCENZI, University of Macerata

  • Leonardo ACONE, University of Naples "L'Orientale",
    The Little Prince between planets and countries. Cultural journey, language journey and pedagogical horizons
  • Simone DI BIASIO, Roma Tre University,
    A kiss for a thimble: The translations of Barrie's Peter Pan novels between literature and media
  • Ilaria MATTIONI, University of Turin,
    When Scrooge speaks Italian: the most significant translations of A Christmas Carol

II Session

Chair: Ilaria FILOGRASSO, University "G. D'Annunzio"- Chieti and Pescara

  • Martino BLACKS, University of Milan Bicocca,
    Merry hunters, dried apples and queens of hearts. Notes on the reception of Randolph Calsocott's work in Italy
  • Noemi FIORITO, Roma Tre University,
    Robinson Crusoe between translations, adaptations and rewrites in Italy
  • Claudia ALBORGHETTI, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart,
    Gianni Rodari in the United States with the publishing house Enchanted Lion Books

Introduced by Elisabetta LIPPOLIS, President of IBBY Italia

  • Silvia VECCHINI, writer and translator,
    Transparency and complexity. A challenge to simplification

III Session

Chair: Leonardo ACONE, University of Naples "L'Orientale"

  • Ilaria FILOGRASSO, University "G. D'Annunzio" - Chieti and Pescara,
    Realism, censorship, emancipation in children's literature: Leila Berg and the Italian translation of Reading and Loving (1977)
  • Alessandra MAZZINI, University of Bergamo,
    Mafalda 'on the road'. Translation, international circulation and socio-cultural negotiation of an icon
  • Cristina GUMIRATO, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart,
    Rigour and enchantment: the literary legacy of Laura Draghi writer, translator and editor

IV Session

Chair: William GRANDI, University of Bologna

  • Letterio TODARO, University of Catania,
    Travelling icons of contemporary children's literature: Manolito Gafotas in the Italian mirror by Manolito Quattrocchi.
  • Elena GUERZONI, University of Bologna,
    Translating Young Adult Literature: Two Case Studies

Conclusions

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