We are very pleased to invite you to an upcoming Italian poetry event organised in collaboration with the Faculty of English and supported by the Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio Fund:
'The Body is a Page'. An Encounter with Italian Poet Elisa Biagini, Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio (Basement of the Faculty of English, West Road)
Poet, artist and translator, Elisa Biagini, will give a poetry reading and craft talk at the Faculty of English (Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio) on Saturday March 22nd at 10 a.m.
Biagini has published several poetry collections: L’ospite (Einaudi, 2004), Fiato. parole per musica (D’If, 2006), Nel bosco (Einaudi, 2007), The Guest in the Wood (Chelsea editions, 2013; 2014 Best Translated Book Award), Da una crepa (Einaudi, 2014), The Plant of Dreaming (Xenos books, 2017), Depuis une fissure (Cadastre8zero, 2018; Prix Nunc 2018), Filamenti (Einaudi, 2020), Filaments (Le Taillis Pré, 2022), TRÅDAR (Bökforlaget Edda 2023), Filaments (Saldonar, 2024) and L’intravisto (Einaudi, 2024). Her poems have been translated into fifteen languages and she has translated several contemporary American poets for reviews, anthologies and complete collections, including Nuovi Poeti Americani (Einaudi, 2006.) In addition, Biagini has collaborated with artists from various disciplines, including the musician Filippo Gatti, the composer Marta Gentilucci, the choreographer Virgilio Sieni, and visual artists Dejan Atanackovic, Francesca Ghermandi, Marina Gasparini, Renata Boero, Sabrina Mezzaqui and Claudia Losi. She teaches Writing at NYU Florence and is the artistic director of the international poetry festival, Voci Lontane, Voci Sorelle.
