Michael Palma
Encyclopedia
Life
He lives with his wife in Bellows Falls, VermontBellows Falls, Vermont
Bellows Falls is an incorporated village located in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,165 at the 2000 census...
. He is on the board of the Italian Poetry Society of America. He read at the Italian Cultural Institute.
Awards
- 1997 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize from the Academy of American PoetsAcademy of American PoetsThe Academy of American Poets is a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of poetry. The Academy was incorporated as a "membership corporation" in New York State in 1934...
- Italo Calvino Award from the Translation Center of Columbia University
- Premio Speciale of the Associazione Culturale Campana of Latina, Italy.
- 2005, 2006, 2007 National Endowment of the Arts grants
Review
Michael Palma has furnished us with a good, sensitive English translation, adhering to the basic form of the original verses. We may conclude that Fontanella realizes he will never understand life completely, but simply wishes to depict it in a clear language. He is interested in the human. This cheerful volume of poetry is the product of an "eterno incerto sognatore."