A collaboration is born among the International Festival of Poetry in Genoa "Parole Spalancate” (wide open words) and the Manufacture Aurora Pen.
The historical Turinese brand, that will celebrate the centennial of its foundation in 2019, is a world ambassador of the Made in Italy of excellence thanks to its creations and, due to the strong bond between pen and writing, always chosen as the official partner of all the major cultural events. “Parole spalancate” is the most important poetry event in Italy as well as the oldest. Born in 1995, it has already hosted more than 1300 authors from all over the world and every year it performs over 100 free events, from readings to concerts and shows.
Aurora has started this co-operation by awarding two authors invited to this 24 th edition of the Festival, currently taking place in Genoa up to June 17.
We are referring to the great Chilean poet Raul Zurita, one of the most important living South-American authors and Souleymane Diamanka, a French-Senegalese poet well known in France and in Europe thanks to his live performances and now finally translated in Italian thanks to "Parole Spalancate". Aurora rewards the long artistic career of Raul Zurita, full of important international recognitions and essential contemporary poems, thanks to the originality of his language and style and to the existentialist themes proposed.
With Souleymane Diamanka the recognition comes from the balance in his poetry between his homeland tradition, Senegal, and the contemporary poetry style, with new metric solutions and rhythmics. The awarding ceremony will take place during the exhibitions of the two artists at the 24 th International Festival of Poetry in Genoa "Parole Spalancate" (www.parolespalancate.it), respectively on June 12 and on June 15.
The winners will receive a special pen Aurora Hastil, icon of the ’70 design created by the manufacture Aurora in co-operation with Marco Zanuso and exposed at the MOMA in New York.