This collection of poetry, published biligually in Italian and English, brings to the English reading public a major work of one of the greatest living poets of Italy, and several tims a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Luzi wrote Erthly and Heavenly Journey of Simone Martini in 1994, when he was eighty years old. In the work the poet imagines the last voyage of the great painter from Avignon to his native Sienna in the company of his fmaily, servants and a theology student. Their pilgrimage is a journey of discovery and purification that leads to a new, vibrant perception of reality.
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This collection of poetry, published biligually in Italian and English, brings to the English reading public a major work of one of the greatest living poets of Italy, and several tims a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Luzi wrote Erthly and Heavenly Journey of Simone Martini in 1994, when he was eighty years old. In the work the poet imagines the last voyage of the great painter from Avignon to his native Sienna in the company of his fmaily, servants and a theology student. Their pilgrimage is a journey of discovery and purification that leads to a new, vibrant perception of reality.