Unpublished Energy

On the occasion of the Festivaletteratura di Mantova , Eni presents the publication of ten previously unpublished short stories taken from the company magazine, "Il Gatto Selvatico", together with an interview of the magazine's founder and editor, Attilio Bertolucci.

The event will take place on 6 September at Casa del Mantegna at 11.15 and guests will include Neri Marcorè, Corrado Augias, Gabriella Palli Baroni, literature critic, and Mario Pirani, feature writer for the Repubblica and Eni manager at the time of Mattei.

Once again Eni is a sponsor of the event and in particular it is sponsoring the section "Il Giallo" that includes four talks.

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In 1955 Enrico Mattei entrusted the poet Attilio Bertolucci with the task of setting up an Eni company magazine, Il Gatto Selvatico. The result of this project is an elegant, refined monthly that at the same time is also accessible to non-expert readers. From the very beginning, the pages of the monthly included stories and work from important writers of the calibre of Anna Banti, Giuseppe Berto, Giovanni Comisso, Giuseppe Dessì, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Natalia Ginzburg, Raffaele La Capria, Gianna Manzini, Goffredo Parise and Leonardo Sciascia who wrote original short stories that in most cases had never been published anywhere else and which were often illustrated by the talent of Mino Maccari. These stories represent an important cultural heritage, an unknown deposit that Eni has decided to explore and present to the public.

Nowadays, the Festivaletteratura di Mantova is one of the most popular cultural events in the country, a festival of cultural entertainment encapsulated in five days of talks given by authors, readings, shows and concerts. For many years now it has represented an unmissable appointment both for those who love literature and for those who are simply curious and know that it is an opportunity to meet writers, musicians and actors in the town's streets and squares.

The 2008 edition
The authors
The venues

Stefano Lucchini, Eni's Head of Public Affairs and Communication Department: welcome and introduction.

Neri Marcorè reads extracts from an interview with Attilio Bertolucci on the history of "Il Gatto Selvatico" and introduces guests and coordinates questions and answers.

The review "Il Gatto Selvatico" at Enrico Mattei's Enii:
Characteristics, outlook, contributors and curiosities
- Gabriella Palli Baroni, literary critic (Attilio Bertolucci and the creation of "Il Gatto Selvatico").
- Mario Pirani, columnist of la Repubblica and an executive at Eni under Mattei (Eni in the Mattei years, people, ideas).
- Corrado Augias, journalist and author (Who were the writers involved in "Il Gatto selvatico", apart from those selected for the cover, and the cultural context created by Bertolucci around "Il Gatto Selvatico").

Neri Marcorè reads a story.

The relationship between industry and culture
Freedom and artistic quality, when the commissioner is a big company.
- Gabriella Palli Baroni, literary critic (the relationship between Attilio Bertolucci and Enrico Mattei, editorial choices in the selection of articles).
- Mario Pirani, columnist of la Repubblica and an executive at Eni under Mattei (External relations at Mattei's Eni, the construction of the Group's culture, Mattei's team).

- Corrado Augias, journalist and author (The corporate review as a vehicle for culture, literature as a training tool and commissioning as a means for the creation of culture).

Neri Marcorè reads a story, introduces guests and coordinates questions and answers.

Stefano Lucchini thanks and closing remarks

Downloadable documents

Presentazione del Gatto Selvatico (Only Italian version)
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Le donne guidano, Anna Banti (Only Italian version)
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Attilio Bertolucci racconta "Il Gatto Selvatico" all'Archivio storico Eni - 28 gennaio 1989(Only Italian version)
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Avventura in Provincia, Giuseppe Berto (Only Italian version)
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La città nuova, Giovanni Comisso (Only Italian version)
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La mia Sardegna Giuseppe Dessì (Only Italian version)
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Risotto alla milanese, Carlo Emilio Gadda (Only Italian version)
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I rapporti umani, Natalia Ginzburg (Only Italian version)
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Grandi spazi d'America, Raffaele La Capria (Only Italian version)
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La zingara del cielo, Gianna Manzini (Only Italian version)
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Era nato per il cinema, Goffredo Parise (Only Italian version)
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Gela: realtà e condizione umana, Leonardo Sciascia (Only Italian version)
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Thursday 4, 21.30, Piazza Castello: Scott Turow with Irene Bignardi

“A lawyer’s job is similar to that of a writer: listen to many people and gather everything together into something coherent and universal. After all, a lawyer who thinks that it isn’t important to speak to everyone is sure to lose the case‘. Scott Thurow continues to practice being a lawyer even after the worldwide success of his books. Many people see him as the inventor of the legal thriller, and all of his books (including  “Presumed Innocent‘ and “The Burden of Proof‘) are based in the American legal world. He will be interviewed by the journalist Irene Bignardi.

Saturday 6, 15.00, Teatro Bibiena: Margherita Oggero and Raffaella Romagnolo with Massimo Cirri

In Italy thrillers are also tinged with pink, not because they are particularly concerned with romance but because the cases are solved (and written) by more women than we might at first think. An example of this is the “prof‘, the hero of Margherita Oggero’s novels (including “La Collega Tatuata‘ and “L’amica Americana), a literature teacher who can’t keep away from mystery cases, while on the other hand Raffaella Romagnolo chose a man (the police captain De Luigi) as the main character in her “L’amante di Città‘. The two authors talk with Massimo Cirri.

Saturday 6, 21.00, Cortile della Cavallerizza: Carlo Lucarelli with Piero Dorfles

“Writers often base their work on the work done by historians, although what we generally do differently is to reveal the mechanisms‘. In his books Carlo Lucarelli has always shown his great passion for history, especially for our country’s recent history, and in his latest book, “L’ottava Vibrazione‘, this passion finally takes the form of an historical novel. He will be interviewed by the journalist Piero Dorfles.

Sunday 7, 10.30, Palazzo D’Arco: Maj Sjöwall with Paolo Zaccagnini

Between 1965 and 1975 Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö wrote a series of thrillers collected together under the sub-title of “Romance of a Crime‘ and featuring Martin Beck, a policeman who is tortured by an ulcer that is aggravated by the unease he feels at living in modern Sweden. Looked at from the perspective of Henning Mankell and even Andrea Camilleri, Sjöwall’s books are written in a classic vein that shows a broad understanding of literature without indulging in sensationalism or gratuitous dramatic twists. Sjöwall  will be interviewed by the journalist Paolo Zaccagnini.

Cover July 1955	Cover July August 1956	Cover February 1958	Berto August 1958	Cover April 1958	Banti January 1959
Sciascia February 1959	Cover Banti September 1959	Cover April 1960	Cover May 1960	Cover November 1961	Cover September 1962
Cover May 1963	Cover June 1964	Nave Bassa	Comisso	Parise August 1955	Gadda February 1956
Manzini February 1956	Ginzburg October 1957	Dessi' August 1961	La Capria January 1964	Sciascia March 1964	Maccari Banti August 1955
Maccari January 1956	Maccari February 1957	Maccari November 1957	Maccari August 1958	Maccari May 1959	Maccari August 1959
Maccari December 1960	Maccari December 1961	Maccari February 1973