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On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:15 PM, the Giovanni Canna Civic Library in Casale Monferrato will host the second edition of the four-part series of meetings, hosted by Barbara Marini, entitled "I Write to You About the World, I Speak to You About Me. Reading Recommendations: How to Explore Great Authors Through Their Autobiographies." This initiative focuses on great contemporary authors as seen through their autobiographies. The first meeting, "Eternal Beauty and the Prison of Living," will be dedicated to Oscar Wilde, opening a series entirely dedicated to Beauty, understood as a persuasive path to understanding the world. "What is the meaning of existence?" While the first series addressed this question through the absurd, nostalgia, and fragility, it will now be addressed through the aesthetic dimension, beauty as an attraction to truth and goodness. "While there have been hours when I rejoiced at the thought that my sufferings must be infinite, I could not bear it if they were meaningless. Now I find hidden deep within me something that tells me that in the whole world nothing is meaningless, least of all suffering." From "De Profundis," the lesser-known voice of Oscar Wilde, beyond the paradoxes and aphorisms, a letter that delves into the heart of the imprisoned author, searching for definitive freedom. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Dublin, October 16, 1854 – Paris, November 30, 1900) Irish writer, playwright, journalist, essayist, and literary critic of the Victorian era, an exponent of British Decadentism and Aestheticism. Known for his frequent use of aphorisms and paradoxes and for being tried and sentenced to two years of hard labor for "gross public indecency," as homosexuality was defined by the penal law that codified the rules, including moral ones, regarding sexuality. Wilde, already married, also lost the right to see his two children. He was forced to leave Great Britain for continental Europe; he died in France of meningoencephalitis, after converting on his deathbed to the Catholic religion, to which he had long felt closest. Through Giorgio Milani's readings of the notebooks, letters, notes, and diaries of great authors, "I Write About the World, I Speak to You of Myself. Reading Recommendations: How to Access Great Authors Through Their Autobiographical Pages" will allow us to grasp the thoughts, questions, and experiences that inspired their works. The approach will not be that of an academic lecture, but rather a meeting of reflections and suggestions, aimed at establishing a dialogue between the author, his work, and the reader, demonstrating how literary themes still question humanity today and offer insights into authentic knowledge. The next events will be on May 6th with Ranier Maria Rilke, "Beauty in Small Things," on June 3rd with Eugène Ionesco, "Beauty in the Paradox of the Absurd," and on June 10th with Hetty Hillesum, "Beauty in Pain." Barbara Marini, originally from Perugia, after graduating in Aesthetics, lives in Florence, where she collaborates with publishing houses and manages a contemporary art space, where she organizes cultural events and books. She later moved to Mugello to live and write completely immersed in nature, organizing numerous cultural events and hosting book presentations. She also collaborates with the newspaper Vita.it and combines these activities with teaching and copyediting. She holds a Master's degree in Autobiographical Writing and recently moved to Monferrato. The initiative will be open to all. For further information, please contact the Civic Library at 0142.444246 and 0142.444297, or by email at bibliote@comune.casale-monferrato.al.it