Erminia Passannanti

"La capsula"   Voglio essere da sola, restare da sola, respirare da sola, in questa capsula, nella penombra beata.   La capsula che non hai saputo intendere, la capsula che è troppo complicata per essere apprezzata.   Crescono edere, gli uccelli cantano armonie di miele ed argento in questa capsula solitaria ed estraniata, dove tutto si versa nel firmamento.   La capsula da dove guardi le stelle, e le stelle spingono innanzi le lucciole. La capsula delle costellazioni universali, la capsula dell'amore eterno che non aveva intendimento.   La capsula che gira senza fine nel buio del profondo.     (Erminia Passannanti, 18, december, 2020)   ----------------------------------   "The capsule" I want to be alone remain alone, breathe alone, in this capsule in the blissful half-light.   The capsule you didn't know how to understand, the capsule that is ...

BIOGRAPHY Erminia Passannanti was educated in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Italian, English, and French) at the University of Salerno (Italy). In 1988, she obtained a First-Class Honours Degree (Cum Magna Laude:100/110 e Lode) from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy. In 2004, she obtained her first Ph.D. in Italian literature at University College London with a doctoral thesis on the work of Italian poet, literary translator and essayist, Franco Fortini, involving   XXth Century Cultural History, History of Ideas, Poetry and Literary Criticism and Translation Theory.   In 2014 she was granted a second Ph.D. in Social Sciences and Media Communication (Brunel University, England) with a thesis on Italian cinema and religious censorship. In 2000. she won the Italian state competition ("Concorso a cattedra") to become a full school professor. Her research ranges from philosophy of literature, history of ideas, translation studies and film criticism. He ac...