Neither lit nor struck, alight or enlightened, illuminated or illumined, but perhaps any of these things because, as Giuseppe Ungaretti himself stated: “Poetry is poetry when it carries within it a secret.” Mattina M’illumino d’immenso. Giuseppe Ungaretti Santa Maria La Longa il 26 gennaio 1917 Morning I’m…Read more Giuseppe Ungaretti: Mattina / Morning
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Cesare Pavese: The cats will know
Letter to Constance Dowling: April 17, 1950 “Dearest, I no longer have the heart to write poetry. "Poems came with you and they leave with you. "I wrote this a few afternoons ago, during the long hours spent waiting for you in the hotel, uncertain whether to call you or not. Forgive the sadness it…Read more Cesare Pavese: The cats will know
Experiments in translation: Hardy, Montale & me
Experiments in translation: Montale translates Hardy, and I translate Montale's translation of Hardy. I love Montale as a poet; I think I love him a little less as a translator (but isn't that, as Levi* states, a common occurence?). In this section called experiments in translation, I will try to translate Montale’s translation of Hardy’s…Read more Experiments in translation: Hardy, Montale & me
Cesare Pavese: Agonia/ Agony
#Audio English Italian From Lavorare stanca by Cesare Pavese (Torino, Einaudi 1943). Agonia Cesare Pavese Girerò per le strade finché non sarò stanca mortasaprò vivere sola e fissare negli occhiogni volto che passa e restare la stessa.Questo fresco che sale a cercarmi le veneè un risveglio che mai nel mattino ho provatocosì vero:…Read more Cesare Pavese: Agonia/ Agony
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