Patrizia Valduga
Illustration — Patrizia Valduga with Mario Santagostini Patrizia Valduga (born 20 May 1953 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian poet and translator. She studied medicine at the University of Padua, but after three years transferred to the Ca' Foscari University of Venice where she received a degree in literature. Valduga established the monthly literary magazine Poesia and served as its director for a year.
Also recorded as Patrizia Farinazzo
Patrizia Valduga
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- 1953 · Castelfranco Veneto.
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- Italy
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- poet · translator · writer · editing staff
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- poetry
- Education
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice
- Honours
- Dessì Prize
- Languages
- English · French · Italian
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Illustration — Patrizia Valduga with Mario Santagostini Patrizia Valduga (born 20 May 1953 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian poet and translator. She studied medicine at the University of Padua, but after three years transferred to the Ca' Foscari University of Venice where she received a degree in literature. Valduga established the monthly literary magazine Poesia and served as its director for a year.
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She also contributed to other publications including la Repubblica. Some of her poetry reads like theatrical monologue and several of her works have been adapted for the stage. She has translated works by Donne, Molière, Mallarmé, Shakespeare, Kantor and Beckett into Italian. Valduga lived with the poet Giovanni Raboni in Milan.
Patrizia Valduga studied at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. The recorded working language is English, French and Italian. The field of work recorded is poetry. Francesco Orlando is recorded as an influence. Residence is recorded at Milan. Distinctions recorded are Dessì Prize.
• Medicamenta (Remedies), poetry (1982), received the Viareggio Prize • La tentazione (Temptation), poetry (1985) • Donna di dolori, poetry (1991) • Corsia degli incurabili, play (1996) • Manfred, poetry (2003) • Lezioni d'amore (Love lessons), poetry (2004)
La poetessa Patrizia Valduga, in dialogo con la prof.ssa Elena Lamberti, legge il primo dei Cantos di Ezra Pound, da lei tradotto. Evento organizzato da Lo Spazio Letterario in Sala Borsa a Bologna, il 15 novembre 2022.
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