Jolanda Insana

Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator.

Jolanda Insana
Born	18 May 1937 Messina, Italy
Died	27 October 2016 (aged 79) Rome, Italy

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.[1][2]

Giovanni Raboni described Insana's poetic style as "visionary concreteness".[1]

References

1. Renato Minore (28 October 2016). "Addio a Jolanda Insana, poetessa ribelle". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
2. Franco Manzoni (28 October 2016). "Morta Jolanda Insana, poetessa inquieta e visionaria". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

External links

• Jolanda Insana at Treccani