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Nuvole Pierluigi Cappello (Non sono solo nuvole le nuvole che nuvola più nuvola più nuvola fanno disfanno nel cielo figure di maghi di draghi o serpi o sirene ma sillaba più sillaba con cura staccano voci musiche serene queste che fra parentesi ho posate sulla prora di nuvole d’estate) |
Clouds Pierluigi Cappello (They are not only clouds the clouds which cloud plus cloud plus cloud ravel unravel in the sky imagery of wizards of lizards or serpents or Sirens but syllable plus syllable carefully subtract voices music serene these which I set between brackets here on the prow of clouds in summer) . Translation ©Matilda Colarossi |
Pierluigi Cappello,
Born in Gemona del Friuli 1967, he was one of the major Italian poets, winner of the Montale Europa Prize (2004), Bagutta Opera Prima (2007) and Viareggio-Rèpaci (2010). In 2012 he received the Vittorio De Sica Prize and in 2013 the Accademia dei Lincei Prize . The poem ‘Nuvole’ can be found in the colection of poems Azzurro Elementare, Poesie 1992-2010, BUR contemporanea: http://www.bur.eu/libri/azzurro-elementare/
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