A Boy Asleep Under the Sun: Versions of Sandro Penna

by Peter Valente

Peter Valente's first encounter with Sandro Penna's poetry was while translating Pier Paolo Pasolini. At the time, Valente was reading a biography on Pasolini and learned of his close friendship with Penna. Pasolini insisted that among serious readers of poetry, Penna could not be ignored. Born in Perugia on June 12, 1906, Sandro Penna lived most of his life in Rome (he died there on January 21, 1977), except for a brief period in Milan where he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069229693X
• ISBN13: 9780692296936
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Punctum Books
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"