Wednesday, February 23

7:00pm to 10:00pm

an encounter with

Elisa’s talk will be given in english and she will read her poetry both in english and italian. 

Elisa Biagini lives in Florence, Italy after having taught and studied in the U.S. for several years. Her poems have been published in several Italian and American reviews and anthologies. She has published 6 poetry collections- some biligual- such as “L’Ospite”, (Einaudi, 2004) and “Fiato. parole per musica” (2006). Her new collection came out in 2007 (“Nel Bosco”, Einaudi). Her poems have been translated into English, German, Spanish, Portoguese, French, Croatian, Japanese, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Arabic and Chinese. She has translated several contemporary American poets for reviews, anthologies and complete collections (“Nuovi Poeti Americani” Einaudi, 2006). Finally, she teaches Creative Writing-Poetry, Travel Writing, Literature and Art History in American Universities in Italy and abroad. for more information: www.elisabiagini.it