The fifth episode of Inclusioni, the podcast channel of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in collaboration with Fuori Aula Network, is now available online on major platforms. This all-female episode focuses on Carmen de Burgos, a writer and journalist who tirelessly fought for women’s rights in early 20th-century Spain, to the point of being placed on the list of prohibited authors by the Franco regime.
The hosts are Prof. Antonella Gallo, a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Verona who has been studying Carmen de Burgos for several years, and Prof. Anna Altarriba Cabré, a Linguistic Expert Collaborator at our university and president of the Italo-Spanish Cultural Association of Verona. The conversation and excerpts we will hear focus on the novel “La rampa” or “The Inclined Plane” (Le Lettere Publishing House, Florence), which was released in bookstores on March 1, 2024, and translated into Italian by Prof. Gallo.
“The Inclined Plane” captures the condition of women in early 20th-century Spain and Carmen de Burgos’ long political activism for women’s emancipation. It is also a powerful work of protest against gender inequality and a valuable testament to the author’s tenacious fight for a spiritual renaissance in Spain.
Happy listening!