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Originally Posted by paola
How could I not comply  I was so focused on modern authors that forgot the dad of my own language! So yes, let me formally nominate Dante's Inferno - that would be tough going for non Italians, but there is bound to be plenty of good translations. I will look more into that later (after looking at a couple of Montale's poems in Arrowsmith and Galassi's translations, reputed to be the best, my heart sank - we've got to accept that some poets are, sadly, untranslatable...) |
This was nominated and made the vote for poetry month last year (Still strange to say that. ). I don't recall what the rules are regarding that for this literary club. If it's not a problem I will third it.