The Meeting of Two Poets: Jack Hirschman and Pier Paolo Pasolini

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The Meeting of Two Poets: Jack Hirschman and Pier Paolo Pasolini

The following text is composed of a brief introduction to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s reception in the American West Coast, San Francisco in particular – where two among the most prestigious American poets, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Hirschman, were so significantly attracted by his writings to translate some of them into English. There follows an interview with Jack Hirschman, who also dedicated some important original texts to the memory of the Italian poet.

L’incontro di due poeti: Jack Hirschman e Pier Paolo Pasolini

Il testo consiste di una breve introduzione alla recezione di Pier Paolo Pasolini nella West Coast americana, in particolare a San Francisco, dove la sua opera interessò due fra i più prestigiosi poeti contemporanei, ed entrambi traduttori di significativi scritti pasoliniani: Lawrence Ferlinghetti e Jack Hirschmann. Segue un’intervista-dibattito con Jack Hirschman, autore fra l’altro di importanti testi dedicati al poeta italiano.

DOI: 10.1400/238528