Antonello Borra

Antonello Borra teaches Italian at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Guittone d’Arezzo. Selected Poetry and Prose (University of Toronto Press, 2017). His books of poetry include Fabbrica delle idee / Factory of Ideas (Fomite, 2019) Alfabestiario (Fomite, 2013 and Lietocolle, 2009), Alphabetabestiario (Fomite, 2011), Frammenti di tormenti (seconda parte) (Lietocolle, 2006), and Frammenti di tormenti (prima parte) (Longo, 2000). A selection from his bestiaries appeared in German translation with the title AlphabeTiere (Kern, 2015). He has published Italian translations of poetry from English (W.S. Merwin, Greg Delanty, Djuna Barnes), German (Michael Krüger, Johannes Hösle), Spanish (José Watanabe, Roberto Sosa) and Catalan (Ramon Farrés, Cinta Massip). He has also written extensively on contemporary Italian poetry and is now translating works from his mother tongue, Piedmontese. His poems have appeared in many journals and magazines including “05401”, “Crocevia”, “Ecozon@”, “Gradiva”, “In forma di parole”, “Italian Poetry Review”, “L’immaginazione”, “Nuovi argomenti”, “Poesia”, and “Steve”.

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