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Ars Interpres
presents a collection of video clips from
John Kinsella’s
introductory comments and reading
recorded
in Australia for the 2nd Ars Interpres Festival.
The full-length
version is distributed together with the
new Ars
Interpres trilingual edition of John Kinsella’s
America
or Glow. These DVDs are available now.
The biennial Ars Interpres Poetry Festival brings poets
from around
the world to Stockholm, Sweden for a program of public
literary
readings and talks that take place over the course
of several days in
autumn. The events celebrate the publication of Ars
Interpres, the
international journal of poetry in English translation
and English
language poetry, as well the launching of new books
in the bilingual,
trilingual and English language series of Ars Interpres
Publications.
Audiences have the opportunity to hear poems read
in the poet’s
own voice.
Among the internationally acclaimed poets who have
participated
in past Ars Interpres festivals are Aris Frioretos,
Les Murray,
Gunnar Harding, Aleksandr Kushner, Ewa Lipska, Tomas
Venclova,
Daniel Weissbort and Per Wästberg. The festival,
sponsored by the
Swedish Academy, the Swedish Institute, Ports of Stockholm,
Kulturrådet, Polska Institutet among other organizations
and
companies, was first held in 2004.