Miu Miu Second Literary Club to Take Place During Milan's Salone del Mobile
The brand's initiative promoting literature this time will explore the subjects of girlhood, love and sex education through the work of French existentialist philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir, and Fumiko Enchi, one of the most prominent female authors of the Shöwa era in Japan.
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The 2025 Miu Miu Literary Club — 'A Woman's Education' — will take place at the Circolo Filologico Milanese, the city's oldest cultural association, on April 9 and 10.
While the complete program will be unveiled soon, the brand said it is planning conversations and live performances of interdisciplinary female talent.
Last year, Miu Miu introduced its inaugural Literary Club 'Writing Life,' a two-day event spotlighting the work of the late Italian writers and poets Sibilla Aleramo and Alba de Céspedes. A schedule of talks, readings and live music performances aimed to evoke the spirit of literary salons and artist collectives of yore at the city's Circolo Filologico Milanese. Conversations explored women's position in society, from motherhood to work.
Wrapped in special Miu Miu packaging, the titles selected and available at the event were Aleramo's 1906 book 'A Woman' (considered Italy's first feminist novel) and de Céspedes' 'Forbidden Notebook,' published in 1952. Panelists included 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri; Strega prize finalist Claudia Durastanti; critically acclaimed writer Sheila Heti; 2011 Campiello Opera Prima winner Viola Di Grado; Booker Prize long-listed author Selby Wynn Schwartz, and novelist, memoirist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo.
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