séamus heaney - Università di Pisa

Seamus Heaney (born
in Castledawson, Co. Derry,
Northern Ireland, in 1939) is a distinguished playwright,
essayist, translator, lecturer and, in Robert Lowell’s words,
"the most important Irish poet since Yeats", or simply one of
the greatest poets of our time. Recipient of the 1995 Nobel
Prize in Literature, Heaney was also honored with the T.S.
Eliot Prize (2006), and the Griffin Trust For Excellence in
Poetry Lifetime Recognition Award (2012). He has been both
the Harvard and the Oxford Professor of Poetry and was
made a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1996. In
Italy he has received the Premio Mondello, the Premio
LericiPea, the Premio Cetona, an honorary degree from the
University of Urbino, and the honorary citizenship of Mantua.
A selection of Heaney’s poetical work until 1996 is in Opened
Ground: Poems 1966-1996. Since then he has published three
poetry collections, most recently Human Chain (2010). His
versions from Dante are included in his own volumes and in
Dante’s Inferno: Translations by Twenty Contemporary Poets,
ed. by D. Halpern (1993). His interest in the classics is
testified by the recently published Virgilio nella Bann Valley,
a lecture Heaney delivered in Montua in 2011 upon receiving
the Premio Internazionale Virgilio.
The most recent Italian translations of Heaney’s poetry, by L.
Guerneri, are District and Circle (2009) and Catena umana.
An ample selection of his poems is due in 2014 in
Mondadori’s Meridiani series. Heaney’s three critical volumes
have been translated by M. Bacigalupo, who also prepared an
Italian version of his rendering of Beowulf (2002). The
Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney appeared in 2009
ENROLLMENT:
Seminar enrollment is limited to 35 participants on a firstcome, first-served basis, plus invited scholars and
representatives of the sponsoring institutions. Registration fee:
€ 150, to be paid by 6 September. For the enrollment
procedure, please write to: [email protected].
Information about cost and reservations for the dinner with
Séamus Heaney at Teatro del Sale on October 2 will be given
during the seminars.
SEMICERCHIO is the first Italian journal of comparative
poetry, founded in Florence in 1985. Its School of Creative
Writing has organized courses and seminars since 1989 and
hosted many distinguished authors and scholars. The Fall 2013
issue of Semicerchio is dedicated to Poetry on Work. For
more details on its publications and activities go to
www.unisi.it/semicerchio.
La bella scola programme
Wednesday, October 2 – Altana di Palazzo Strozzi
Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
Heaney and Dante. The Canon and Its Rewriting.
10am -12pm Introductory seminar led by Massimo
Bacigalupo
3 -5pm Seminar with Séamus Heaney
Discussants: Massimo Bacigalupo, Mario Domenichelli,
Gregory Dowling, Antonella Francini, Nadia Fusini, Gabriella
Morisco, Lino Pertile.
(Simultaneous translation from and into Italian available)
8pm - Teatro del Sale, via de’ Macci 111 r
Dinner with Séamus Heaney and a reading by Italian poets in
his honour
Thursday, October 3, Altana di Palazzo Strozzi
Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
The Classics and the Contemporary Poet.
10am -12pm Introductory Seminar led by Emanuela Zirzotti
3 -5pm Seminar with Séamus Heaney
Discussants: Massimo Bacigalupo, Alessandro Barchiesi,
Gabriella Morisco, Biancamaria Rizzardi, Mark Roberts,
Francesco Stella, Emanuela Zirzotti.
(Simultaneous translation from and into Italian available).
Friday, October 4
Robert F. Kennedy Center - via Ghibellina 12a
11pm - Press Conference and visit of the Center
4:30 -7:30pm
Salone dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio
The Key to Florence and Heaney’s Poetry on Work
Opening address by a Representative of the City of Florence
“The Keys to the City” presented to Seamus Heaney by the
Mayor of Florence
Introduction of the prize by Antonella Francini
Work Poetry: Reading by Seamus Heaney
Introduction and presentation of the Fall 2013 issue of
Semicerchio on Poetry about Work by Francesco Stella
Reading of Italian translations by students of Tuscan schools
and universities (live stream).
celebrates the 25th anniversary of its
School of Creative Writing with
SÉAMUS HEANEY
The Nobel Prize-Winning Poet
La bella scola
Seminars and Readings
Florence, 2-4 October 2013
Palazzo Strozzi / Palazzo Vecchio
sponsored by
COMUNE DI FIRENZE
REGIONE TOSCANA
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI SCIENZE UMANE-FIRENZE
FONDAZIONE IL FIORE
ROBERT F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
UNIVERSITÀ DI SIENA-CENTRO DI STUDI COMPARATI I DEUG-SU
UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA-MASTER IN TRADUZIONE POST-COLONIALE
and
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FLORENCE
ISI FLORENCE – INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INSTITUTE
in collaboration with
CircoloTeatro del Sale, Firenze
Liceo Ginnasio Dante, Firenze
Liceo Ginnasio Michelangelo, Firenze
Liceo Classico Galileo, Firenze
Liceo Scientifico E. Balducci, Pontassieve (FI)
Project Coordinators
Sponsored by
Francesco Stella
Antonella Francini
With the patronage of
…Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I’ll dig with it.
Consulate General
of the United States of America
Florence, Italy
Si ringrazia per la collaborazione Anna D’Amico
and