Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator.
Jolanda Insana | |
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| Born | 18 May 1937 Messina, Italy |
| Died | 27 October 2016 (aged 79) Rome, Italy |
Born in Messina, in 1968 Insana moved to Rome where she graduated in Ancient Literature with a thesis on Erinna's The Distaff. Active as a translator of classical and contemporary authors, she debuted as a poet in 1977, with the collection Sciarra amara ("Bitter Harvest"). In 2002 she won the Viareggio Prize for poetry for La stortura.[1][2]
Giovanni Raboni described Insana's poetic style as "visionary concreteness".[1]
The first full-length collection of Insana’s poetry in English was translated by Catherine Theis and published by the University of Chicago Press in October 2024 as Slashing Sounds (Fendenti fonici; Società di poesia, Milan, 1982).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Renato Minore (28 October 2016). "Addio a Jolanda Insana, poetessa ribelle". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Franco Manzoni (28 October 2016). "Morta Jolanda Insana, poetessa inquieta e visionaria". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ The Chicago Blog (9 July 2024). "Meet Catherine Theis, Translator of Italian Poet Jolanda Insana's Slashing Sounds". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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