Description: Translated here for the first time into English by Nicholas Benson, the poems of Attilio Bertolucci's "Winter Journey (Viaggio d'inverno)" direct the reader's gaze on communal life and health in moments of deceptive calm.
Brief description: Attilio Bertolucci (Parma 1911 - Rome 2000), one of Italy's greatest twentieth-century poets, was also an influential editor, essayist, and translator. Among Bertolucci's many honors was the 1991 Eugenio Montale prize, considered the highest award in Italian poetry.