Jolanda Insana
Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator. Jolanda Insana was born in Messina, in 1968 Insana moved to Rome where she graduated in Ancient Literature with a thesis on Erinna's The Distaff. Jolanda Insana was active as a translator of classical and contemporary authors, she debuted as a poet in 1977, with the collection Sciarra amara ("Bitter Harvest").
Jolanda Insana
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- Name
- Jolanda Insana
- Birthplace
- Messina, Italy
- Died
- 27 October 2016
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Born
- 1937 · Messina.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- poet · translator · writer · hellenist · teacher
- Fields
- ancient Greek literature
- Education
- University of Messina
- Languages
- Italian
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Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator. Jolanda Insana was born in Messina, in 1968 Insana moved to Rome where she graduated in Ancient Literature with a thesis on Erinna's The Distaff. Jolanda Insana was active as a translator of classical and contemporary authors, she debuted as a poet in 1977, with the collection Sciarra amara ("Bitter Harvest").
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In 2002 she won the Viareggio Prize for poetry for La stortura. Giovanni Raboni described Insana's poetic style as "visionary concreteness". 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).
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• Name — Jolanda Insana • Birthplace — Messina, Italy • Died — 27 October 2016 • Place of death — Rome, Italy
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1937
Jolanda Insana was born on 18 May 1937.
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Jolanda Insana died on 27 October 2016.
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Jolanda Insana is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as poet, translator, writer, hellenist and teacher.
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