MARIANGELA GUALTIERI

MARIANGELA GUALTIERI was born in Cesena, Italy, in 1951. Trained as an architect, in 1983 she founded, together with Cesare Ronconi, the famed Teatro Valdoca, for which she serves as dramaturge. Long committed to cultivating the oral dimension of poetry and its communal, collective roots, she routinely – via her Valdoca projects – bridges the realms of poetry and theatre, as best evidenced by the collection Fuoco centrale e altre poesie per il teatro (Einaudi, 2003) and the theatrical texts in verse Caino (Einaudi, 2011), Voci di tenebra azzurra (Stampa2009, 2016), Paesaggio con fratello rotto (Einaudi 2021). Regarded as one of Italy’s most compelling and innovative voices, her books include: Antenata (Crocetti, 1992 and 2020); Senza polvere senza peso (Einaudi, 2006); Bestia di gioia (Einaudi, 2010); Sermone ai cuccioli della mia specie (book and CD, Teatro Valdoca, 2012); Le giovani parole (Einaudi, 2015), Beast of Joy. Selected poems (Chelsea Editions, New York 2018); Album e Tavole dei Giuramenti (Quodlibet, 2019); Quando non morivo (Einaudi, 2019); L’incanto fonico. L’arte di dire la poesia (Einaudi 2022), Bello mondo (Einaudi 2024) e Ruvido umano (Einaudi 2024).