F’dan l-episodju mis-sensielaย Taฤงt il-Qoxraย Rachelle Deguara tkellmet ma’ Matthew Borg dwar il-Festival tal-Ktieb fuq il-Kampus 2021 – edizzjoni virtwali.

Isma’ l-intervista sฤงiฤงa hawnhekk.

Hawnhekk issib il-programm kollu.

Il-Festival jibda nhar l-Erbgฤงa u jibqa’ sejjer sal-ฤ imgฤงa. Il-programm tal-attivitajiet jinkludi 17-il attivitร  fosthom tnedijiet u preลผentazzjonijiet ta’ kotba, taฤงditiet tematiฤ‹i, u anki Palk ฤฆieles. Dis-sena qed jipparteฤ‹ipaw 8 eลผebituri li kollha qed joffru kotba bi skontijiet speฤ‹jali gฤงal dawn it-tlitt ijiem. Magฤงhom jingฤงaqdu dipartimenti universitarji u xejn inqas minn 5 gฤงaqdiet studenteski, li lkoll gฤงenew biex din l-ewwel edizzjoni virtwali tal-Festival ma tagฤงmilx gฤงajb lil ta’ qabilha.

Il-mistieden speฤ‹jali huwa l-poeta, kittieb taโ€™ tifkiriet awtobijografiฤ‹i u proลผa Mark Doty. Doty kien l-ewwel Amerikan li rebaฤง il-Premju T.S. Eliot fir-Renju Unit fl-1995, u fl-2008 rebaฤง il-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb fl-Istati Uniti bil-ktiebย Fire to Fire: new and selected poemsย (HarperCollins, 2008). Huwa l-awtur taโ€™ diversi ฤกabriet taโ€™ poeลผija, fosthomย Bethlehem in Broad Daylightย (D.R. Godine, 1991),ย A Swarm, A Flock, A Host: A Compendium of Creaturesย (Prestel, 2013), uย Deep Laneย (W.W. Norton, 2015) u anki ฤกabriet taโ€™ memoirs bฤงalย Firebirdย (HarperCollins, 1999),ย Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacyย (Beacon Press, 2000) uย Dog Yearsย (HarperCollins, 2007). Doty kemm-il darba tqabbel maโ€™ poeti bฤงal James Merrill, Walt Whitman u C.P. Cavafy minฤงabba l-eleganza u l-intelliฤกenza fil-versi tiegฤงu. L-aktar ktieb riฤ‹enti tiegฤงu huwaย What Is the Grass โ€“ Walt Whitman in My Lifeย (W.W. Norton, 2020). Bฤงalissa Doty huwa Professur Distint u Direttur taโ€™ Writers House fl-Universitร  taโ€™ Rutgers.


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