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Published to mark the first centenary of Italy’s entry into the Great War, Like Leaves in Autumn features 21 original Italian poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti, with new English translations by Heather Scott. These are set alongside 21 new poems by contemporary Scottish poets writing in response to Ungaretti, and are illustrated with striking black-and-white artworks from the ARTIST ROOMS collection, owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate.
Published to mark the first centenary of Italy’s entry into the Great War, Like Leaves in Autumn features 21 original Italian poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti, with new English translations by Heather Scott. These are set alongside 21 new poems by contemporary Scottish poets writing in response to Ungaretti, and are illustrated with striking black-and-white artworks from the ARTIST ROOMS collection, owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate.
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Jennifer’s first collection Condition of Fire (Shearsman, 2011) was<br />
<strong>in</strong>spired <strong>by</strong> Ovid’s M<strong>et</strong>amorphoses and a journey to the Aeolian<br />
Islands. Her second collection Locust and Marl<strong>in</strong> (Shearsman, 2014)<br />
explores the idea of home and where we come from and was nom<strong>in</strong>ated<br />
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