Ceppi incerti
Ceppi incerti (Uncertain Stumps) is the first book of poetry by Menotti Lerro. It was published in 2003 by the Caffè Giubbe Rosse, when Lerro was still a student at the University of Salerno.
As Andrew Mangham, from the University of Reading, pointed out in the critical volume The Poetry of Menotti Lerro[2], in the journal Poesia,[3] Roberto Carifi recognized, soon afterwards, that "Lerro redeems in the brightness of his verses, of course flourished and characterized by shadows of solitude, the dramatic nature of events hanging over memory and time. The history of his events is narrated through words which are able to translate and communicate hells otherwise inexpressible. The book by Lerro is similar to the stumps evoked in the title, it is a patchwork of embers and ashes, of fires and glares that catch fire in the “dark house” as the last meaning of life lights up itself in the certain and indelible truth of the pain."[4]
Newspapers and Radio
- 2002, Roberto Carifi, Review of Ceppi incerti before the book was published
- 2003, Roberto Carifi, Review on the magazine "Poesia"
- 2004, Review of the Magazine "Albatros"
- Interview at "Radio Alfa"[5]
- Interview with M.P. Ciancio in which the poet talks about Ceppi incerti
Poems from Ceppi incerti translated into other languages
- 2011 The poetry of Menotti Lerro; (Tr. into English), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011;[6]
- 2011 Poesías Elegidas\Poesie Scelte, Zona.[7] Tr. Ana María Pinedo López, Preface by Carla Perugini, Alessandro Serpieri and Gabriela Fantato. [Selected poems trans. into Spanish]
- 2011 Selected Poems, Genesi. Trans. Maria Rosaria La Marca and Andrew Mangham. Preface by Andrew Mangham. [Selected poems trans. into English][8]
- 2013 Poeme alese, Genesi. Trans. Simona Sămulescu and Andrew Mangham; Project director Lidia Vianu from the University of Bucharest, [Selected poems (Parallel text) trans. into Romanian and English].[9]
External links
- A biography (in italian language)
- OPAC SBN: (Italian Libraries)
- COPAC: (English Libraries)
- Video of the Poetry Reading at the Caffè Giubbe Rosse, with Alessandro Serpieri and Maria Rosaria La Marca
- Video with the poem "Ceppi incerti" the first poem Lerro wrote when he was 16 years old
- Giubbe Rosse's poets list
References
- ↑ http://www.oxfordreference.com/search?siteToSearch=aup&q=giubbe+rosse&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true
- ↑ http://www.cambridgescholars.com/search?Q=menotti+lerro&As=true&As=false&Cid=0&Sid=true&Sid=false/
- ↑ http://www.poesia.it/
- ↑ Roberto Carifi, in: Andrew Mangham, The poetry of Menotti Lerro, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011
- ↑ http://www.radioalfanet.it/
- ↑ http://www.cambridgescholars.com/search?Q=menotti+lerro&As=true&As=false&Cid=0&Sid=true&Sid=false
- ↑ "ZONAcontemporanea.it". ZONAcontemporanea.it. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ↑ "Selected poems - Menotti Lerro - Libro - Genesi Editrice - Le Scommesse". Genesi.org. 2003-06-30. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ http://www.genesi.org/scheda-libro/menotti-lerro/poeme-alese-9788874143764-124279.html