Milo De Angelis (born 1951) is an Italian language poet. He is the author of several books of poetry, as well as a volume of stories and one of essays. He has also published translations of several modern
French authors and
Greek
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classics.
He was born in
Milan
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in 1951.
[De Angelis, Milo. ''Between the Blast Furnaces and the Dizziness: A Selection of Poems: 1970-1999.'' Trans. Emanuel di Pasquale. New York: Chelsea, 2003.]
His first collection of poetry was entitled ''Somiglianze'' (1976).
Works
Poetry
* ''Somiglianze'' (Resemblances), Guanda, Parma, 1975 (new ed. 1990)
* ''Millimetri'' (Millimetres), Einaudi, Torino, 1983
* ''Terra del viso'' (Face's Land),
Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...
, Milano, 1985
* ''Distante un padre'' (An Aloof Father),
Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...
, Milano, 1989
* ''Biografia sommaria'' (Concise Biography),
Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...
, Milano, 1998
* ''Dove eravamo già stati. Poesie 1970-2001'' (Where We Had Already Been. Poems 1970-2001), Donzelli, Rome, 2001
* ''Tema dell’addio'' (Farewell Theme),
Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...
, Milano, 2005 (Viareggio Prize, San Pellegrino Prize, Cattafi Prize)
Prose
* ''La corsa dei mantelli'' (The Cloaks Race), Guanda, Parma, 1979
* ''Poesia e destino'' (Poetry and Fate), Cappelli, Bologna, 1982
Translations
* Milo De Angelis, ''Terre du visage'', trans. I. N. Para, Chopard, Paris, 1988.
* Milo De Angelis, ''Ce que je raconte aux chaises'', trans. A. Pilia and J. Demarcq, Luzarches, Les Cahiers de Royaumont, 1989.
* Milo De Angelis, ''Finite Intuition. Selected Poetry and Prose'', trans.
Lawrence Venuti
Lawrence Venuti (born 1953) is an American translation theorist, translation historian, and a translator from Italian, French, and Catalan.
Career
Born in Philadelphia, Venuti graduated from Temple University. In 1980 he completed a Ph.D. ...
, Sun and Moon, New York, 1995.
* Milo De Angelis, ''Between the Blast Furnaces and the Dizziness: A Selection of Poems: 1970-1999'', trans.
Emanuel di Pasquale, Chelsea, New York, 2003.
* Milo De Angelis, ''Theme of Farewell and After-Poems: A Bilingual Edition'', ed. and trans. by Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2013.
References
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1951 births
Living people
Italian poets
Italian male poets
Translators to Italian
Translators from French
Greek–Italian translators
Writers from Milan
Viareggio Prize winners