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Gabriele Tinti
Chants, Boxers, Wounds is an evening where Gabriele Tinti, the Italian writer, will read his poetry on boxing and will present, Poetry Films, based on his text.Immediately following, there will be a discussion with Edoardo Ballerini (an actor of Italian origin and lead actor The Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, I Shot Andy Warhol and reader of the poem “Forgive Me” for Gabriele Tinti), the directors Michele Civetta and Robert Conticelli (that filmed some of the movies mentioned), the translator Nicholas Benson (translator of Italian classics such as, Palazzeschi, Foscolo, Bertolucci, Mario Luzi, Caproni Antonia Pozzi. For his work of translation on L’Incendario of Palazzeschi, Benson received the prestigious NEA Translation Fellowship). Also present at the event will be Paulie Malignaggi (former Welterweight World Champion and commentator on the Showtime Network), Vito Antuofermo (former Middleweight World Champion and actor) and Vinny Maddalone (Italian American boxer).
Milo de Angelis says: ‘Finally a poet with athletic gestures….it feels like being in the middle of a boxing ring”
Gabriele Tinti, an Italian poet and writer, has published New York Shots (Allemandi&C., 2011), The Way of the Cross (Allemandi&C., 2012), both collaborations with the actor Michael Imperioli, and All Over (Mimesis Edizioni, 2013). His books have been presented in many museums, including the Queens Museum of Art and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in NYC, the Triennale in Milan, the MACRO in Rome, and the Boston Center for the Arts, and have been acquired for the collections of major international poetry centers, such as Poets House of NYC, the Poetry Center of Tucson, The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, The Poetry Collection, Buffalo, and the Poetry Library of the South Bank Centre in London. His poems have been performed by actors like Michael Imperioli, Burt Young, Alessandro Haber, and Franco Nero