Saturday, February 2, 2008

Giuseppe Ungaretti Recites Giuseppe Ungaretti

In this video, Giuseppe Ungaretti recites one poem of his and talks about his earliest literary influences, he cites Giacomo Leopardi and Stephane Mallarme. On Mallarme's poetry, Ungaretti says that, even though the lines of the French poet were "obscure," they carried a secret. It is that secret that Giuseppe Ungaretti wanted to discover...


1 comment:

Patrick Norris said...

Thanks so much for posting this. I read some of his stuff in Todd's Blog and really liked it. The book just came in today and I am really enjoying it.