My Poems Won't Change the World

Patrizia Cavalli

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Penguin
19 November 2018

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Poems of the self, the body, pasta and love from one of the truly singular poets of 20th and 21st-century Italy

Two hours ago I fell in love and trembled, and tremble still, and haven't a clue whom I should tell.

Any hall she reads her poetry in is invariably filled to the gills. In Italy, Patrizia Cavalli is as beloved as Wislawa Szymborska is in Poland, and if Italy were Japan she'd be designated a national treasure. The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben said of Cavalli that she has written 'the most intensely ethical poetry in Italian literature of the 20th century'. One could add that it is, easily, also the most sensual and comical. Though Cavalli has been widely translated into German, French, and Spanish, she remains little known in Britain; My Poems Won't Change the World is the first substantial gathering of translations of her work into the English language.

The book is made up of poems from Cavalli's collections published by Einaudi from 1974 to 2006, here translated by an illustrious group of poets including Mark Strand, Jorie Graham, Jonathan Galassi and Gini Alhadeff. Thoughtful, sly and full of life, these are poems of the self, the body, pasta, cats, the city traversed on foot or by car, and - always, and above all - love.

By: Patrizia Cavalli
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 134g
ISBN: 9780141987880
ISBN 10: 014198788X
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 19 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrizia Cavalli was born in Todi, Umbria, and now lives in Rome. She has published seven collections of poetry, including Poesie 1974-1992, L'io singolare proprio mio, Sempre aperto teatro, Pigre divinita e pigra sorte and, most recently, Datura. She has also published popular and well-regarded translations of Shakespeare and Moliere.