Theme of farewell and after-poems by Milo De Angelis and translated by Susan Stewart

This is poetry from Italy.

Theme of farewell and after-poems by Milo De Angelis translated by Susan Stewart is published by The University of Chicago Press. This is a Book originally written in Italian. This was published in 2013.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780226020808E12.

Theme of farewell and after-poems, by Milo De Angelis and translated by Susan Stewart, is a book marked by departure before the first poem begins. De Angelis is one of Italy’s major contemporary poets, known for intensity, mortality, athletic and urban imagery, and a lyric pressure that can feel both philosophical and immediate. Stewart’s translation brings that severe music into English. The title suggests farewell not as a single goodbye but as a theme, something repeated, varied, and lived through. The “after-poems” matter too: what language remains after loss, after parting, after the decisive moment has passed? I would read this book for its grave velocity. De Angelis makes the poem feel like a threshold crossed at speed.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.