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Literature
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - Friday, July 24, 2009
Presentation of the volume "CORNO INGLESE" - An atlas of translations, an alphabet of translators
Due to limited seating, places for this event must be reserved - RSVP (01) 662 1507 - 662 0509
Wednesday 24 June 2009 at 6.30p.m.
Dr. Marco Sonzogni has assembled a team of illustrious translators to increase the awareness of the works of Eugenio Montale in English speaking countries. Their efforts have culminated in the volume Il Corno Inglese, published by the Joker Edizioni in Novi Ligure.
This elegant and precious collection (15x21 - 270 pages) is destined, thanks to the value of the translations, to become an important travelling companion for the many students of Montale.
We are proud to have contributed to the realization of this worthy and considerable enterprise which collects the best of Montale's poetry translated in English.
It is an exceptionally comprehensive, original and relevant collection, covering Montale's entire oeuvre, from his early poems to the postumous collections. As well as a printed edition, Corno Inglese will be published as an e-book.
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The collection of the translations included in this volume began in 1996, the centenary of Montale’s birth. The number of translators has expanded from a small constellation of stars (from Samuel Beckett to Paul Muldoon; from Robert Lowell to John Updike) to a galaxy of interpreters and interpretations from all over the world. This new anthology gathers a diverse band of translators who reveal the essence of Montale's poetry.
The poems appear alphabetically by translator rather than in chronological order; challenge to convention is intended to engage the reader in a freer and fresher reading of each translation independently of the canon of the originals.
If there is "a Montale for everybody", as fellow poet Giorgio Caproni has claimed, then Corno Inglese confirms this.
Marco Sonzogni
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Due to limited seating, places for this event must be reserved -
RSVP (01) 662 1507 - 662 0509.
Information
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - Friday, July 24, 2009
Time: 6.30p.m.
Venue: Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Organized by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura
In collaboration with: Edizioni Joker
Free Admission
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