A tribute to the poet, 40 years after his death
Giuliana Adamo, Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin, will introduce the evening with an overview of Pasolini’s extraordinary
career and life. From poetry to film making, from literature to
political activism: Pasolini stands out as one of the greatest
intellectual figures of modern Italy.Angela Felice,
director of Centro Studi P.P. Pasolini of Casarsa della Delizia, will
illustrate the first period of Pasolini’s poetry, characterised by the
use of Friulian (minority language spoken in the north-eastern region of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia), a choice determined by fascinating linguistic,
sentimental and political factors.Luciano Martinengo,
translator of Pasolini’s poems in English, will cover the later poetic
style of the author as well as the unusual circumstances that led to the
translation of Pasolini’s anthology. Loris Vescovo,
songwriter from Friuli, winner of the 2014 Tenco award as the best
Italian album in the category “dialect”, will offer a musical
performance with songs taken from his theatrical show on Pasolini’s life
“Pierpauli”, including some of the author’s poems he set to music.