Caustic Soda' is a bilingual syllogue (Italian/English). The setting is often a supermarket, as a space which mirrors everyday life and social conditions. Some compositions are polaroid-pictures, others have a technical-linguistic focus. Self-translation is a very interesting process. I am interested in measuring expressive intensity.
The project is part of the subtheme Cultural Resilience - Literature as a force for social justice.
Author
Cinzia Colazzo
Cinzia Colazzo, born in February ‘76, is a poet, mother of three, teacher and pianist. She graduated with honors in Philosophy and Music. She has lived in Salento, Liguria and Tuscany, France and Germany. She has worked as pianist, translator, Italian teacher abroad, Bechstein piano saleswoman and pedagogue. Her poems in Italian and German have appeared in minima&moralia; some poems have won prizes in international competitions; numerous articles, interviews and commentaries have appeared in Italy and Germany. She published her first prose and verse texts in the collection Risplendi forte (Raum Italic, Berlin, 2015). In 2023 Italic Pequod published her syllogue Il mare brucia, presented in Berlin, Paris, Lecce and Rome. In 2024 she won the Rainer Maria Rilke international prize and Vita Activa Nuova published her third book, Luce al neon.
