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Apr
28
Poetics, History, Theory at UCI
April 28, 2023 - 4:30pm
HIB 135, UC Irvine
Add to Calendar 2023-04-28 16:30:00 2024-05-18 06:42:10 A Poetry Reading by Ghayath Almadhoun "THROW AWAY THE RENAISSANCE AND BRING ON THE INQUISITION" - from "The Celebration" KWALL D8 Template info@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public

Palestinian-Syrian poet Ghayath Almadhoun moved to Sweden in 2008. He has published four books of poetry on war, exploitation, and exile, including Adrenalin (2017). His extraordinary video poems include "The Celebration" (2014) and "Évian" (2020). Almadhoun's poetry has been translated from Arabic into 21 languages, including Chinese, English, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Persian, and Spanish.

The reading is followed by a conversation with Professor Liron Mor, UCI Comparative Literature.

Friday, April 28, 2023 | 4:30 p.m
HIB 135, UC Irvine

Sponsored by UCI poetics|history|theory and the Department of Comparative Literature

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HIB 135, UC Irvine
Comparative Literature
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