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D38

Altrove / Woanders / Ailleurs

Curated by Collectif Liesette

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Altrove / Woanders / Ailleurs

Intro

Par Ailleurs

Written in French by Ruth Hazel Diaper

Also in: Italian

les canards

Written in French by Hephaï

Also in: Italian

Yesterday

Written in English by Alice Kübler

Also in: Italian

Wishlist

Written in German by Pul Müller

Also in: Italian

La solidité est un verbe lent

Written in French by Ella Stürzenhofecker

Also in: Italian

D37

Poethreesome 2024

Curated by Babel Festival

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Poethreesome 2024: Introduction

Written in English by Babel Festival

7 Poesie scritte con lo scotch

Written in Italian by Daniele Bernardi

Also in: French, German

Poems From La ruée vers l’ombre

Written in French by Arthur Billerey

Also in: Italian, German

Poems From Längst Fällige Verwilderung – Gedichte und Gespinste

Written in German by Simone Lappert

Also in: French, Italian

D36

Weiter Schreiben Schweiz / Écrire Encore Suisse / Scrivere Ancora Svizzera

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Weiter Schreiben Schweiz / Écrire Encore Suisse / Scrivere Ancora Svizzera

Die Blätter und der Stacheldraht, Das Meer und die Augen and Der Vogel

Written in German by Hussein Mohammadi

بديلُ علاج نفسي

Written in Arabic by Lubna Abou Kheir

Also in: German

! این اندوه و این کرانهها چه بیکرانه اند

Written in Persian by Azizullah Ima

Also in: German

Hûn di nêzîk de bibînin hûn dizanin – Nameya çaremîn

Written in Kurdish by Susan Samanci

Also in: French

صيّاد صُدفٍ ماهر

Written in Arabic by Shukri Al Rayyan

Also in: German

D35

l’altralingua | Bern

Edited by Babel Festival

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From Das Labyrinth, der Weg eines Asylsuchenden in der Schweiz

Written in German by Yves Pascal Honla

Also in: French, Italian

Der Erste Flug

Written in German by Ružica Bajušić-Ilić

Also in: French, Italian

«Die Sprache, die meine Mutter nicht spricht»

Written in German by Karolina Duszka

Also in: French, Italian

Die Grossmutter und die spanische Grippe! and Die Vielen Seiten der Sprache

Written in German by Silvana Favalli

Also in: French, Italian

D34

l’altralingua | Bellinzona

Edited by Babel Festival

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Il progetto l’altralingua

Written in Italian by Babel Festival

Intro

Written in Italian by Ubah Cristina Ali Farah

Also in: English

Nel silenzio della casa

Written in Italian by Ali

Also in: German, French

Chi manca?

Written in Italian by Hilmi Aydın

Also in: German, French

Da Thanksgiving a Friendsgiving

Written in Italian by Flávia Vieira de Freitas Gonçalves

Also in: German, French

Sette frutti nei giorni piacevoli con una grande famiglia e grande felicità

Written in Italian by Esmat Ebrahimi

Also in: German, French

Nuovo anno

Written in Italian by Fatima Kazimi

Also in: German, French

Una lenta scoperta

Written in Italian by Sonia Paredes

Also in: German, French

Una ricetta della mia giornata splendida

Written in Italian by Olga Volotovska

Also in: German, French

Una ricetta unica

Written in Italian by Halyna K.

Also in: German, French

Mirika

Written in Italian by Ruta Asmelash

Also in: German, French

Merhaba

Written in Italian by Ksanet Alazar

Also in: German, French

Luna – Mehtap

Written in Italian by Neslihan Canatan

Also in: German, French

“Mi chiamo Tahera”

Written in Italian by Tahera Hassanzadah

Also in: German, French

Torta normale – I falafel – Mshebbek

Written in Italian by Jouliette Archinak

Also in: German, French

D33

M’illumino d’immenso

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M’illumino d’immenso Poetry Translation Prize 2024

Gli abiti e i corpi From Il male dei creditori

Written in Italian by Giovanni Giudici

Also in: Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic

Cuatro vilanelas From Medio de construcción

Written in Spanish by Luis Miguel Aguilar

Also in: Italian

Las Salinas From Comentarios reales

Written in Spanish by Antonio Cisneros

Also in: Italian

Cnidaria (Frammento) From Il prima e il dopo dell’acqua

Written in Italian by Laura Accerboni

Also in: Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic

D32

Debarcadero

Curated by Vanni Bianconi

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Poeti all’attracco con ballate di lago per voce, trombone e percussioni

Désastronautes

Written in French by Thierry Raboud

Also in: Italian

Cnidaria

Written in Italian by Laura Accerboni

Also in: French

D31

Poethreesome 2023

Curated by Babel Festival

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Ritornerà il Dodo

Written in Italian by Matteo Ferretti

Also in: French, German

das lied

Written in German by Ariane von Graffenried

Also in: Italian, French

From Nuit scribe

Written in French by Eva Marzi

Also in: German, Italian

D30

Windrush

Curated by Inua Ellams

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Intro: Persistence of hope / Windrush Poems

Written in English by Inua Ellams

GB Windrush 75

Written in English by Raymond Antrobus

Also in: French, Spanish

Pumpkin Belly (Memories of 1985)

Written in English by Mr Gee

Also in: French, Spanish

Flooded

Written in English by Casey Bailey

Also in: French, Spanish

Origin Story

Written in English by Keith Jarrett

Also in: French, Spanish

Terminals

Written in English by Deanna Rodger

Also in: French, Spanish

Turn and Live

Written in English by Anthony Vahni Capildeo

Also in: French, Spanish

Good Morning

Written in English by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

Also in: French, Spanish

Seasoning

Written in English by Malika Booker

Also in: French, Spanish

A Prayer for Granny

Written in English by Dean Atta

Also in: French, Spanish

Motherland Nuh Wah Wi Again

Written in English by Courtney Conrad

Also in: French, Spanish

D29

Undefeated Despair

Curated by Specimen

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קֹטֶר הַפְּצָצָה

Written in Hebrew by Yehuda Amichai

Also in: English

فكّر بغيرك

Written in Arabic by Mahmoud Darwish

Also in: English

From Undefeated Despair

Written in English by John Berger

Also in: Italian

D28

SLAM World

Curated by Julio Ludemir, Artistic Director of FLUP festival

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SLAM World: Intro

Written in English by Julio Ludemir

Včasih dihaš kot morje and Osmrtnica

Written in Slovenian by Nika Gradišek

Also in: English, Portuguese, Spanish

青い実, あのひと and ぼくのおばあちゃん

Written in Japanese by Michiyama Rain

Also in: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Alfa, Flegmatikas and Sustok, akimirka žavinga

Written in Lithuanian by Juozas

Also in: English, Portuguese, Spanish

A Carcrush, Joe and Modern Rivalry

Translated into English by FLUP

Also in: Portuguese, Spanish

D27

Poems from the “litafrika” exhibition

Curated by Strauhof Zurich, the Litar Foundation, Specimen

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litafrika

Written in English by Christa Baumberger

Ours to Plough, Not to Plunder

Written in English by Niyi Osundare

Also in: German, Portuguese

Flowers

Written in English by James Matthews

Also in: German, Portuguese

Is Shallow Pan-Africanism Good Enough?

Written in English by Taban Lo Liyong

Also in: German, Arabic

Speaking of Hurricanes

Written in English by Ama Ata Aidoo

Also in: German, Arabic

كلامُ البطّة

Written in Arabic by Moncef Mezghanni

Also in: German, French

النساء الجديدات

Written in Arabic by Kholoud Elfallah

Also in: German, French

O núcleo tenaz

Written in Portuguese by Jorge Viegas

Also in: German, English

Poesia necessária

Written in Portuguese by Manuel Rui

Also in: German, English

Communion

Written in French by Tchicaya U Tam’si

Also in: German, Portuguese

La pluie a son mot à dire

Written in French by Tanella Boni

Also in: German, Portuguese

Un jour, tu apprenderas

Written in French by Francis Bebey

Also in: German, English

Souffles

Written in French by Birago Diop

Also in: German, English

D26

Poethreesome 2022

Curated by Babel Festival

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Poems from Il tempo di una cometa

Written in Italian by Stella N’Djoku

Also in: German, French

Poems from Einen Knochen tauschen wir and Die Frau mit dem violetten Herzen

Written in German by Meret Gut

Also in: Italian, French

Poems from Sucres

Written in French by Matthieu Corpataux

Also in: Italian, German

D25

Homage to Laurence Boissier

Edited by Yari Bernasconi and Luciana Cisbani

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L’elegante escursionista di mondi esilaranti

Written in Italian by Luciana Cisbani

Also in: English, French

Per Laurence Boissier

Written in Italian by Yari Bernasconi

Also in: English, French

La chaise de Calvin from Safari

Written in French by Laurence Boissier

Also in: German, Italian

Wonderwoman from Safari

Written in French by Laurence Boissier

Also in: German, Italian

Safari urbain from Safari

Written in French by Laurence Boissier

Also in: German, Italian

Le trou noir, Le pré and Le cabinet du docteur from Inventaire des lieux

Written in French by Laurence Boissier

Also in: German, Italian

Le livre que personne ne lisait jamais

Written in French by Laurence Boissier

Also in: English, German, Italian

D24

Omaggio all’Ulisse

Edited by Eventi Letterari Monte Verità

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Le nostre odissee

Written by Paolo Di Stefano

Also in: English

Altopiano dei fuggiaschi

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: English, German

Il mio viaggio tra le lingue

Written in Italian by Prisca Agustoni

Also in: Portuguese, German

Perché

Written in Italian by Laura Accerboni

Also in: English, German

Fiori selvatici

Written in Italian by Alberto Nessi

Also in: Spanish, German

Le voci di Ulisse

Written in Italian by Anna Ruchat

Also in: French, German

D22

Україна/Ukraine/უკრაინა/Ucraina: Ukrainian poets on war

Edited by Elena Botchorichvili

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An Open Bleeding Wound of the World

Intro by Elena Botchorichvili

Она говорит: у нас в доме нет правильного подвала

Written in Russian by Anastasia Afanasieva

Also in: English, Georgian

Bід старості

Written in Ukrainian by Lyuba Yakimchuk

Also in: English, Georgian

Ось така в них тепер родина

Written in Ukrainian by Serhiy Zhadan

Also in: English, Georgian

From Жужуна Цвима (Мелкий дождь)

Written in Russian by Elena Botchorichvili

Also in: French, Italian

D21

Poethreesome 2020/21

Curated by Babel Festival

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6 poesie from In tutte le direzioni

Written in Italian by Laura Di Corcia

Also in: French, German

7 Poèmes from La Saison

Written in French by Rebecca Gisler

Also in: German, Italian

6 Gedichte from Eingesperrte Vögel singen mehr

Written in German by Michelle Steinbeck

Also in: French, Italian

D20

Lvov Is Everywhere: Adam Zagajewski (1945-2021)

Edited by Specimen

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A Few Personal Memories

Written in English by Matteo Campagnoli

Also in: Italian

Spróbuj opiewać okaleczony świat

Written in Polish by Adam Zagajewski

Also in: English, Italian

Jechać do Lwowa

Written in Polish by Adam Zagajewski

Also in: English, Italian

Senza flash

Written in Polish by Adam Zagajewski

Also in: English, Italian

D19

To Speak Europe in Different Languages

Edited by Specimen

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To Speak Europe in Different Languages: Winner and Shortlist

Hybrid and Collective Writing Competition

York to Teheran

Written in English by Desta Haile

Also in: Tigrinya, Italian

መጀመሪያ ቃል ነበረ…

Written in Amharic by Yohanes Molla

Also in: English, German

Prendre Langue

Written in French by Souhail Chichah

Also in: Amazigh, Arabic

Africa is the Land of Wide Empty Spaces

Written in English by Asmaa Jama

Also in: Somali, Swahili

Кога заминав од „Карл Либкнехт“

Written in Macedonian by Lidija Dimkovska

Also in: Croatian, Italian

D18

Premio Babel-Laboratorio Formentini 2020

Edited by Babel Festival

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Motivazioni della giuria

Written by Franca Cavagnoli, Yasmina Mélaouah, Ilide Carmignani

Discorso di accettazione

Written in Italian by Silvia Manzio

Oreo’s tutors from Oreo

Written in English by Fran Ross

Also in: Italian

From طائر أزرق نادر يحلق معي

Written in Arabic by Youssef Fadel

Also in: Italian

From La parte inventada

Written in Spanish by Rodrigo Fresán

Also in: Italian

D17

Voices From a World on Pause

Edited by Eventi letterari Monte Verità

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Intro: Voci dal tempo sospeso

Written in Italian by Paolo Di Stefano

Also in: English

Il sonno del fuoco

Written in Italian by Emanuele Trevi

Also in: English, German

Requiem per casa di riposo lombarda

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: English, German

Das Haus der vielen Länder

Written in German by Nino Haratischwili

Also in: Italian, Georgian, English

D16

M’illumino d’immenso Poetry Translation Prize 2020

Spanish and Arabic Edition

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About the Prize

Written in English

Gli ireos gialli from Il male minore

Written in Italian by Luciano Erba

Also in: Spanish, Arabic

La carta delle arance from La carta delle arance

Written in Italian by Pietro De Marchi

Also in: Spanish, Arabic

D15

The Return of Imagination

Edited by Adania Shibli and Mika Buljevič

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The Return of Imagination

Written in English by Adania Shibli and Mika Buljevič

Ja, anarhista

Written in Bosnian by Damir Avdič

Also in: English, Italian

خرافات حقيقية

Written in Arabic by Haytham el-Wardany

Also in: English

As They Drew the Lines of Nation States

Written in English by Priya Basil and Sinan Antoon

Also in: Italian

في المنزل and الغابة التي حدثت في غيابك

Written in Arabic by Jalal al-Ahmadi

Also in: Croatian, English, French, Italian

From “Illegal” Traveller

Written in English by Shahram Khosravi

Also in: Finnish, Italian

D14

It Is My Way of Going Around These Days

Edited by Specimen

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Preface

Written in English by Specimen

Also in: Italian

From Drinks With Dead Poets

Written in English by Glyn Maxwell

Sogno

Written in Italian by Vanni Bianconi

Also in: English, Arabic, Russian

Отец вошел в круглое здание цирка…

Written in Russian by Elena Botchorichvili

Also in: French, English, Czech, Georgian

ich bin zu gast bei einer frau…

Written in German by Michael Fehr

Dreams

Written in English by Stephanos Papadopoulos

Also in: Italian, Spanish

Dormo poco e male from Ora pro bonobis. Amen

Written in Italian by Luigi Serafini

Also in: Russian, Spanish

La notte si avvicina

Written in Italian by Matteo Campagnoli

Also in: Polish

D13

What Were You Doing in My Dream Last Night?

Edited by Specimen

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Preface

Written in English by Specimen

Also in: Italian

From Horae Canonicae: Prime

Written in English by W.H. Auden

Also in: Italian

A Dream

Written in English by Edward Thomas

Also in: Italian

Ein Traum

Written in German by Franz Kafka

Also in: English, Italian

The Season of Phantasmal Peace

Written in English by Derek Walcott

Also in: Italian

From Il deserto dei Tartari

Written in Italian by Dino Buzzati

Also in: English, French, Portuguese

Kubla Khan: Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment

Written in English by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Also in: Italian

El sueño de Coleridge

Written in Spanish by Jorge Luis Borges

Also in: English, Italian

Любовь

Written in Russian by Joseph Brodsky

Also in: English

Zu nahe

Written in German by Walter Benjamin

Also in: English

Had I Not Been Awake

Written in English by Seamus Heaney

Also in: Italian

D12

Babel 2019 | You Will Not Speak My Language

Edited by Babel Festival

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You Will Not Speak My Language

Compiled by Babel Festival in: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and invented languages

L’inizio della civiltà

Written in Italian by Luigi Serafini

The Gift

Written in English by Saleh Addonia

Also in: Italian

Traductores esclavos

Written in Spanish by Valeria Luiselli

Also in: Italian

La stanza infinita from La straniera

Written in Italian by Claudia Durastanti

Also in: English, Dutch, French

D11

Oca Babel at Flip 2019

Curated by Babel Festival

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5 poemas

Written in Portuguese by Ricardo Aleixo

Also in: German

5 poesie

Written in Italian by Vanni Bianconi

Also in: English, French, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish

Antes do céu cair

Written in Portuguese by Jaider Esbell

Also in: Macushi

3 Gedichte

Written in German by Michael Fehr

Also in: English, Portuguese

3 Poems

Written in English by Yumi Ito

Also in: Portuguese

Café

Written in Portuguese by Simone Spoladore

Also in: English

Sou Auritha cordelista

Written in Portuguese by Auritha Tabajara

Also in: English

D9

Sargon Boulus, Poet and Translator

Edited by Mona Kareem

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He Goes to the Place: Sargon Boulus Translates Himself and Others

Written in English by Mona Kareem

Also in: Arabic

الذاهب إلى المكان

Written in Arabic by Sargon Boulus

Also in: English

ملاحظات إلى السندباد من شيخ البحر

Written in Arabic by Sargon Boulus

Also in: English

Look, Stranger

Written in English by W. H. Auden

Also in: Arabic

We Too Had Known Golden Hours

Written in English by W. H. Auden

Also in: Arabic

Love After Love

Written in English by Derek Walcott

Also in: Arabic

D8

Premio Babel-Laboratorio Formentini 2018

Curated by Babel Festival

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Discorso di accettazione

Written in Italian by Elisa Tramontin

From Dejen todo en mis manos

Written in Spanish by Mario Levrero

Also in: Italian

From L’effacement

Written in French by Samir Toumi

Also in: Italian

From Nos richesses

Written in French by Kaouther Adimi

Also in: Italian

D7

Homage to Georgia

Edited by Nausikaa Angelotti and Elena Botchorichvili

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Homage to Georgia

Introduction

სულიკო

Written in Georgian by Akaki Tsereteli

Also in: English, French, German

არკადი from წმინდა წყვდიადი

Written in Georgian by Levan Berdzenishvili

Also in: English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Norwegian

В эмиграцию…

Written in Russian by Elena Botchorichvili

Also in: Danish, English, Georgian, Italian

И пули купить было проще, чем цветы from Опера

Written in Russian by Elena Botchorichvili

Also in: Italian, French, English, Czech, Norwegian, Georgian

The House

Written in Georgian by Mikheil Kakabadze

Also in: English, Russian

D6

Fabio Pusterla

Curated by Babel Festival

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Cinque poesie da Bocksten

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: Portuguese

Paesaggio from Le cose senza storia

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: French, English

Eccomi qua nel buio from Bocksten

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: German, Croatian, French

Sonno di Claudia e di Nina from Le cose senza storia

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: French, Serbian

Madonna dei Campi

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: French, German

Congedo from Argéman

Written in Italian by Fabio Pusterla

Also in: French, German, English, Croatian, Serbian, Portuguese

D5

Poethreesome 2018

Curated by Babel Festival

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A Hall of Poetic Mirrors

Written by Babel Festival

Sept poèmes from Atemnot: IV. Territorien

Written in French by Marina Skalova

Also in: German, Romansh, Italian

Set poesias

Written in Romansh by Gianna Olinda Cadonau

Also in: German, French, Italian

Sei poesie from L’ora zero

Written in Italian by Prisca Agustoni

Also in: Romansh, French

D4

Homage to Philippe Rahmy

Edited by Monica Pavani and Luciana Cisbani

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Ritratto

Written in Italian by Monica Pavani and Luciana Cisbani

Also in: French

Cellules souches

Written in French by Philippe Rahmy

Also in: Italian

Pélican, un roman américain

Written in French by Philippe Rahmy

Also in: English, Italian

Allegra

Written in French by Philippe Rahmy

Also in: Italian, Spanish

D3

Poethreesome 2016

Curated by Babel Festival

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5 poesie

Written in Italian by Laura Accerboni

Also in: French, German

4 poèmes

Written in French by Odile Cornuz

Also in: German, Italian

5 Gedichte

Written in German and English by Ulrike Ulrich

Also in: French, Italian

D2

The Blogosphere’s Protective Edge: Entries from Palestinian Blogs

Edited by Shadi Rohana

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لعبة

Written in Arabic by Majd Kayyal

Also in: English, Spanish

ورقة من غزة — 2054

Written in Arabic by Mahmoud Omar

Also in: English, Spanish

Fragments from Gaza / Manal Miqdal

Writtten in Arabic by Manal Miqdal

Also in: English, Spanish

Fragments from Gaza / Mahmoud Jawda

Written in Arabic by Mahmoud Jawda

Also in: English, Spanish

Running Orders

Written in English by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Also in: Spanish, Arabic

D1

alPestine

Edited by Adania Shibli

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(الفصل ٥ : ١١ . ٢٠١٦ طبعة محدّثة (مقرصنة ومزيّفة