Blackbird ArchiveFabio Pusterla
Fabio Pusterla is the award-winning author of nine collections of poetry, most recently Tremalume (Marcos y Marcos, 2022). He has received the Premio Schiller (1986, 2000, 2011), Premio Dessì (2009) and the Premio Napoli (2013), among other awards. An active translator and essayist, he lives and works between Lombardy and Lugano, where he teaches Italian language and literature.
A contributor bio for Italian poet Fabio Pusterla, introducing his translated poem 'Ambulando Solvitur.'
NonfictionWill SchuttA contributor bio for translator Will Schutt, introducing his English translation of Fabio Pusterla's work.
NonfictionAmbulando SolviturThe original Italian text of Fabio Pusterla's essay-poem in which a pigeon's collision with a window triggers unbidden memories of past violence.
NonfictionAmbulando SolviturAn English translation of Fabio Pusterla's piece in which a pigeon striking a window sets off a chain of unsettling wartime memories.