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Died 27 October 2016, Rome, Italy |
Jolanda insana
Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator.
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Born in Messina, in 1968 Insana moved to Rome where she graduated in Ancient Literature with a thesis on Erinna's The Distaff. Active as translator of classical and contemporary authors, she debuted as a poet in 1977, with the collection Sciarra amara ("Bitter Harvest"). In 2002 she won the Viareggio Prize for poetry for La stortura.

Giovanni Raboni described Insana's poetic style as "visionary concreteness".
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