Stephen Sartarelli Explained

Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American poet and translator.

Life

Sartarelli graduated from Antioch College and New York University.^[1] Specializing in translations from French and Italian into English, among other things he has translated the popular Inspector Montalbano series of detective novels written by the Italian writer Andrea Camilleri.^[2]

Sartarelli lives in France with his wife.

Awards

• 1984 Poggioli Translation Award for Horrcynus Orca by Stefano D'Arrigo^[3]
• 2001 Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award from The Academy of American Poets for Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba.

Works

Poetry

• Seasons of Mars. New Arcadia Review.
• Lament for the Bamiyan Buddhas. Titanic Operas. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100715044251/http://www.emilydickinson.org/titanic/material/sartarelli2.html. 2010-07-15.
• Openings, Endings. Titanic Operas. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100715044220/http://www.emilydickinson.org/titanic/material/sartarelli5.html. 2010-07-15.
• Book: The Open Vault. Spuyten Duyvil. 2001. 978-1-881471-52-3 .
• Book: The Runaway Woods. 2000. Spuyten Duyvil. 978-1-881471-45-5 .
• Book: Grievances and Other Poems. Gnosis Press. 1989. 978-0-922792-04-7 .

Essays

• Where Did Our Love Go? . The Nation. December 24, 2003 .

Translations

Poetry

• Nanni Cagnone, The Book of Giving Back (Edgewise Press, 1997),
• Book: Songbook: Selected Poems from the Canzoniere. Umberto Saba. Umberto Saba. Translator Stephen Sartarelli. Sheep Meadow Press. 1998. 978-1-878818-52-2 .
• Book: Pasolini. Pier Paolo. The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini. 2014. The University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-64844-6. 494.

Prose

• Death in Florence, by Marco Vichi (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013)
• Prince of the Clouds, by Gianni Riotta (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000).
• The Plague-Sower, by Gesualdo Bufalino (1988).
• The House on Moon Lake, by Francesca Duranti (1985).
• Book: The Patience of the Spider. Andrea Camilleri. Andrea Camilleri. Translator Stephen Sartarelli. Penguin. 2007. 978-0-14-311203-7 .
• Book: The Shape of Water. Andrea Camilleri. Andrea Camilleri. Translator Stephen Sartarelli. Viking. 2002. 978-0-670-03092-7.
• Book: The Ruin of Kasch. registration. Stephen Sartarelli.. Roberto Calasso. Roberto Calasso. Translator William Weaver, Stephen Sartarelli. Harvard University Press. 1994. 978-0-674-78026-2 .
• Book: The House of Scorta. Laurent Gaudé. Translator Stephen Sartarelli, Sophie Hawkes. Random House, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-385-66357-1 .
• Book: The Story of My Life. Giacomo Casanova. Giacomo Casanova. Translator Stephen Sartarelli, Sophie Hawkes. Penguin Classics. 2001. 978-0-14-043915-1 .

External links

• "Poissonally in poisson" - Interview with Stephen Sartarelli on the Anglo-Italian blog Detective Beyond Borders
• Interview with Stephen Sartarelli on the program "Best Medicine" of Australian radio network 88.3 Southern FM

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephen Sartarelli - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More . www.poets.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080928053536/http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/928 . 2008-09-28.
2. Web site: Andrea Camilleri Author Page (Italian-mysteries.com). italian-mysteries.com. Mar 21, 2021.
3. Book: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1985 . 1984 . Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc. . New York . 0-911818-71-5 . 415.