Some years ago, I translated a collection of poetry called Il Profumo del Pensiero - The Essence of Thought for the Modican poet Antonio Lonardo.
This year, Antonio celebrates 40 years of publishing poetry and I was delighted, in the summer, when he asked me to translate his new collection, Alla Ricerca dell'Oreb - In Search of Horeb. Most of the poems in this new collection are on the theme of migration and the plight of migrants, a cause which, as many of you will know, is close to my heart.
There is no good time to be forced to leave your country but the era we are living in is one of the most dangerous and precarious the world has witnessed so a collection of poems on this theme is, in my opinion, timely.
As you see from the poster above, the book launch takes place in Modica on 4th March 2017 and I shall be proud to be part of it.
Thank you, Antonio, for giving me the opportunity to work on these poems.
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Timely indeed, and congratulations on being part of the project. I will look out for the book on Amazon.
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