Nicola Gardini, Professof of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford was in Wellington this week to attend the Wai Te Ata press launch of the Italian translation of Best New Zealand Poems 2015. Himself a distinguished writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, his recent novel Lost Worlds was awarded the prestigious Italian literary prize the Viareggio Prize. He's in the studio to share with us his passion for translation.
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