Literary Park / Parco Letterario

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984, OliverÌýspent the last years of her life in Hobe Sound accompanied by the affection of the American public of readers and even non-readers (her verses appear framed on walls or embroidered on pillows). The first translation of her collection has been published byÌýÌýright after the launch of the Literary Park.

This cutting-edge digital project, available both in English and in Italian, uses Googlearth to explore HobeÌýSoundÌýand at the same time to map itsÌý. Inspired byÌýÌýitÌýis an outcome of her graduate class "Poetic Geography of Italy."

The project is unique and interactive: Googlearth features help the visitors move through roads and beaches, creating the feeling of being there.

The project's most striking feature is the digital artÌýby Dr. Topher Maraffi, Professor of Media Arts, Design and Technology in the College of Design at North Carolina State University. In the slides titled "Poetic Geography,"ÌýOliver's verses are digitally superimposed on elements of the territory. In this way, the real landscape opens glimpses on the poetic landscape visible through the "double gaze" which, according to Giacomo Leopardi, belongs to the poets.Ìý

Visitors can find these slides in the map's context (with Slideshow) or take a shortcut: slides 4 (), slide 5 (), slide 7 (); slide 12 (); slide 14 (), slide 16 () and slide 26 ().

Since March 21, 2023, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Italian Program of ÌÇÐÄVlog has participated in the activities of the Italian Network of Literary Parks with aÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý.ÌýÌý

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