Sujata Bhatt has chosen to write poems in English, rather than Gujarati, but a number of her poems  are written in both languages. Her mother tongue is for her an important link to her family, and to her childhood and she reckons it is the deepest layer of her identity
"I have always thought of myself as an Indian who is outside India" (S. Bhatt)
The poetry of Antonella Anedda, one of the most authoritative and significant voices in contemporary Italian poetry, is marked by a return to the strong and essential themes of contemporary man: human suffering, the sense of the tragic, war, the meditation on time, the destiny of our world
"This is my understanding of writing: to write in order to disappear, so that life is revealed to me, without me, my face at last more blurred than the whiteness of the paper, bereft of reflection. A world where one can forget oneself. Not a mirror, but a stone" (A. Anedda).
At the British Council they will read from and discuss their work.

Date:

18 May 2006 (h. 18:30)

Venue:    Rome

British Council, Via Quattro Fontane 20

Information:

tel. 06 47814206