Michael Palma Explained

Michael Palma (born 1945 Bronx, New York) is an American poet and translator.

Life

He lives with his wife in Bellows Falls, Vermont.^{[1] [2]} He is on the board of the Italian Poetry Society of America.^[3] He has read at the Italian Cultural Institute.^[4]

Awards

• 1997 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize from the Academy of American Poets.
• 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.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Works

Poetry

• Book: A Fortune in Gold . Gradiva Publications. 2000 . 978-1-892021-07-6 .
• Book: Antibodies . Somers Rocks Press. 1997. 978-0-9657045-5-7 . (chapbook)
• Book: The Egg Shape . Archival Press. 1972. 0-315-87113-X . (chapbook)

Translations

• Book: Inferno: A New Verse Translation. Dante Alighieri. Dante Alighieri. Translator Michael Palma. W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated. 2003. 978-0-393-32387-0 .
• Franco Buffoni (2002). The Shadow of Mount Rosa. Translator Michael Palma.
• Book: Paolo Valesio . Every Afternoon Can Make the World Stand Still. Translator John Hollander, Michael Palma. Gradiva. 2002. 978-1-892021-16-8 .
• Book: Maura Del Serra . Infinite Present. Translator Emanuel Di Pasquale, Michael Palma. Bordighera. 2002. 978-1-884419-52-2 .
• Book: Ljuba Merlina Bortolani . The Siege. Translator Michael Palma. BOA Editions, Ltd.. 2002. 978-1-929918-28-7 .
• Book: Luigi Fontanella. Luigi Fontanella. The Transparent Life and Other Poems. Translator Michael Palma. Gradiva Publications. 2000. 978-1-892021-03-8 .
• Book: Addictive Aversions. Alfredo de Palchi. Alfredo de Palchi. Translator Michael Palma. Xenos Books. 1999. 978-1-879378-38-4. registration.
• Book: The Eye Inside the Wind: Selected Poems of Armando Patti. Armando Patti. Translator Michael Palma. Gradiva Publications. 1999. 978-1-892021-02-1 .
• Book: The Metaphysical Streetcar Conductor: Sixty Poems of Luciano Erba. Luciano Erba. Translator Alfredo De Palchi, Michael Palma. Gradiva Publications. 1998. 978-1-892021-00-7 .
• Book: Sunday Evening: Selected Poems of Sergio Corazzini. Sergio Corazzini. Sergio Corazzini. Translator Michael Palma. Gradiva Publications. 1997 .
• Book: My Name on the Wind: Selected Poems of Diego Valeri. Diego Valeri. Translator Michael Palma. Princeton University Press. 1989. 978-0-691-06776-6 .
• Book: The Man I Pretend to Be: The Colloquies and Selected Poems of Guido Gozzano. Guido Gozzano. Guido Gozzano. Translator Michael Palma. Princeton University Press. 1981. 978-0-691-01378-7 .

Editor

• Book: New Italian Poets. Dana Gioia, Michael Palma. Story Line Press. 1991. 978-0-934257-42-8 .

Memoir

• Book: Pushcart Prize XXVII: Best of the Small Presses. And Back Again. Bill Henderson. 27. Pushcart Press. 2003. 978-1-888889-35-2 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Palma - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More . www.poets.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100804001525/http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/884 . 2010-08-04.
2. Web site: ItalianAmericanWriters.com: Contemporary Italian American Writing . www.italianamericanwriters.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021101165816/http://italianamericanwriters.com/palma.html . 2002-11-01.
3. Web site: 換金ボブ. 21 April 2021.
4. Web site: Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC . 2009-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722032940/http://www.iicwashington.esteri.it/IIC_Washington/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=77 . 2011-07-22 .
5. Web site: NEA: FY 2005 Literature Grants Panelists . 2009-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005121434/http://www.arts.gov///grants/recent/disciplines/Lit/05panelists.html . 2008-10-05 .
6. Web site: NEA: FY 2006 Literature Grants Panelists . 2009-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081004134829/http://arts.endow.gov///grants/recent/disciplines/Lit/06panelists.html . 2008-10-04 .
7. Web site: NEA: FY 2007 Literature Grants Panelists . 2009-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090705070247/http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/disciplines/Lit/07panelists.html . 2009-07-05 .