World renowned Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, has inspired writers and artists around the globe. To celebrate his 700th anniversary in September 2021, “Divining Dante”, a new anthology of poetry responding to Dante’s Divine Comedy was published by Recent Work Press.
20 of the contributors, including poets from Ireland and Italy, recorded their poems for inclusion in Quotidian’s Poetry Jukebox, a public art project that allows people to listen to poetry. Some poems are read in English, some in Italian, but all have Dante as their focus.
A poetry jukebox with a selection of the Divining Dante poems will be ‘resident’ at the Italian Institute of Culture for three months from March to May 2023
It will be launched at 6.30 pm on Thursday 2nd March at an event co-organised by the IIC and Irish PEN/ PEN na hÉireann and Quotidian. It will be attended by Dantean scholars from across the island of Ireland, as well as contributors to the Divining Dante anthology.
Igor Candido, Head of Italian at Trinity College Dublin will introduce the evening with a speech on Dante and poetry.
Artist Liam O’Broin will also exhibit some of his lithographs inspired by The Divine Comedy already displayed at the Coach House Dublin Castle in 2021.
Starting form 2nd March until end of May, Poetry Jukebox will be available for the public every working days from 10am to 4.30pm at the Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East. Admission free.
Poetry Jukebox – find out more on this project on the Quotidian website HERE
Free admission. For the launch evening please register here
Poets featured on the Divining Dante Poetry Jukebox:
Italy
- Antonella Anedda
- Moira Egan
- Massimo Gezzi
UK
- Philip Gross
- Anthony Vahni Capildeo
- Maura Dooley
Ireland
- Eleanor Hooker
- Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin
- Joseph Woods
- Mary O’Donnell
US
- Cindy Frenkel
- Jacqueline Osherow
Australia
- Merlinda Bobis
- Felicity Plunkett
- Adrian Caesar
Singapore
- Theophilus Kwek
- Marc Nair
India
- Mamang Dai
- Irwan Alan Sealy
- Vivek Narayanen
Reservation no longer available