Samantha Cristoforetti reads Paradiso from the International Space Station (2015)
In celebration of the 750th anniversary of Dante’s birth, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti read from the first canto of Paradiso in a transmission aired from the International Space Station. The reading was aired at the Odeon Cinema in Florence on April 24, 2015.
Watch the transmission on YouTube here.
Read coverage from the Corriere fiorentino here.
Sighting Citation:
“Samantha Cristoforetti reads Paradiso from the International Space Station (2015).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. December 8, 2015. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/dante-nello-spazio-samantha-cristoforetti-reads-paradiso-from-the-international-space-station-2015/.
Posted December 8, 2015