Elisa Biagini
POET
Elisa Biagini lives in Florence, Italy after having taught and studied in the U.S. for several years (Ph.D. Rutgers University). Her poems have been published in several Italian and American reviews and anthologies. She has published 7 poetry collections- some biligual- such as “L’Ospite”, (Einaudi, 2004), “Fiato. parole per musica” (D’If, 2006), “Nel Bosco” (Einaudi, 2007), “The guest in the wood” (Chelsea editions, 2013 – “2014 Best Translated Book Award” ), “Da una crepa” (Einaudi, 2014), “The Plant of Dreaming” ( Xenos books, 2017) and “Depuis une fissure” (Cadastre8zero, 2018). Her poems have been translated into English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Portoguese, French, Croatian, Japanese, Slovak, Arabic, Serbian and Russian and she has been invited to important poetry festivals such as: “Stanza-Scotland’s International Poetry Festival”, St.Andrews, Scotland; “Dubai International Poetry Festival”, UAE; “poesiefestivalberlin”, Berlin; International Writers Workshop, Hong Kong, “Struga Poetry evenings”, Struga, Macedonia, “Poetry Parnassus”, London, England; “Queensland poetry festival”, Brisbane, Australia; XIII International Poetry Festival of Granada, Nicaragua; Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival, King’s College, Cambridge, England. She has translated several contemporary American poets for reviews, anthologies and complete collections (“Nuovi Poeti Americani” Einaudi, 2006) and teaches Writing at NYU-Florence. Along with her work as a poet, Elisa has presented several installation projects in relevant art spaces and has collaborated with musicians, artists and choreographers www.elisabiagini.it
