“Remembering, re-writing, re-telling… The poetry of Irit Amiel”

November 7, at 5 pm, SSEES

A discussion covering contemporary Jewish poetry and the notion of displacement, celebrating the publication of Dark Flashes, the latest collection of Irit Amiel’s poetry to be published in English translation (OFF_PRESS, UK).

Programme:

Introduction ‘Mapping Childhood: The Generation of Irit Amiel ‘ by a specialist in Polish-Jewish relations.

Short reviews/opinion by the editor of the book and the poet and the literary scholar and translator dr Ursula Phillips. 

Venue:
4th floor Masaryk Senior common Room
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW