Jolanda Insana
Born18 May 1937 (1937-05-18)
Messina, Italy
Died27 October 2016 (2016-10-28) (aged 79)
Rome, Italy

Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator.

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 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Renato Minore (28 October 2016). "Addio a Jolanda Insana, poetessa ribelle". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Franco Manzoni (28 October 2016). "Morta Jolanda Insana, poetessa inquieta e visionaria". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 October 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.