Gabriele Tinti (poet)
Gabriele Tinti (born December 18, 1979 in Jesi ) is an Italian poet and writer .
Act
Gabriele Tinti worked with the J. Paul Getty Museum , the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the British Museum , the Los Angeles County Museum of Art , the Museo Nazionale Romano and the Glyptothek Munich and wrote poems inspired by ancient works of art - including the pugilist from Quirinal , the Discobolos , the head of Sophocles , the Gaul group Ludovisi , the Victorious Youth (Getty Bronze), the Farnese Hercules , the Hercules of Skopas , the Parthenon frieze and the Barberine Faun .
In 2014 he was invited to the special Poetry Library events at the South Bank Cultural Center in London .
In 2016 he published a collection of poems under the title “Last Words” in collaboration with the photo artist Andres Serrano .
From 2016 to 2018 he wrote some poems inspired by Giorgio de Chirico's masterpieces with mythological themes. His texts have been read in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Museum of Modern Art New Yourk and the Museo del Novecento in Milan.
In 2018 his project of ecphrastic poetry "Rovine" (Eng. Ruins) was awarded the Premio Montale in a ceremony in the Palazzo Altemps of the Museo Nazionale Romano. In the same year, he expanded his poetic oeuvre, inspired by masterpieces, to include Renaissance painting and, in collaboration with the actor Alessandro Haber, held readings at the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Galleria di Palazzo Spinola .
His poems have been performed by actors such as Joe Mantegna , Michael Imperioli , Burt Young , Robert Davi , and Franco Nero . In 2019 he worked with actor Kevin Spacey , who recited one of his poems at the Museo Nazionale Romano next to the pugilist from the Quirinal .
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His work focuses on the theme of death and suffering and is mainly written in the form of ecphrastic and epigrammatic poetry. The human race that is celebrated in his poems is that of boxers, suicides , beaten heroes and the disabled.
Publications
Poetry
- The way of the cross , Umberto Allemandi & C., Turin, Venice, New York, London, 2011, ISBN 978-88-422-2092-3
- All over , Mimesis Publishing, Milan, 2013 ISBN 978-88-575-1935-7
- Last words , Skira, Milano, New York, 2016 ISBN 978-88-572-2424-4
Essays
- New York Shots , Umberto Allemandi & C., 2011, ISBN 978-88-422-1999-6
- Ring the means of illusion , Revolver Publishing , Berlin, 2014 ISBN 978-3-86895-236-0
- Io sono Arthur Cravan , Nicola Pesce Editore, Milan, 2016 ISBN 978-88-97141-95-2
Films (selection)
Short films and documentaries were made through Tinti's readings.
- 2015: The boxer - Parts I and II, J. Paul Getty Museum, reading: Robert Davi
- 2016: Hercules , Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Reading: Joe Mantegna
- 2016: The nostalgia of the poet , Rai , reading: Alessandro Haber
- 2016: Idols, masks , Glyptothek (Munich) Reading: Hans Kremer
- 2017: The poet , Rai, reading: Alessandro Haber
- 2017: Ruins , Rai, reading: Alessandro Haber
- 2018: Apollo , Rai, reading: Alessandro Haber
- 2019: Il Cantore , Rai, reading: Alessandro Haber
- 2019: Doryphorus , Treccani-Channel , reading: Robert Davi
- 2019: Hesiod , Treccani-Channel, reading: Robert Davi
- 2019: Hermes , Treccani-Channel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Reading: Robert Davi
- 2019: Tyrannicides , Treccani-Channel, reading: Robert Davi
- 2019: The Battle of Alexander , Treccani-Chanllel, reading: Robert Davi
- 2019: Runners , Treccani-Channel, reading: Robert Davi
- 2019: The boxer , Museo Nazionale Romano, reading: Kevin Spacey
Web links
- Gabriele Tinti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kevin Spacey reads The Boxer. In: YouTube.com. Museo Nazionale Romano, August 3, 2019, accessed on September 7, 2019 .
- ^ Gabriele Tinti: Poem for a Victorious Athlete. In: J. Paul Getty Museum. April 6, 2016, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Lucy Redoglia: Giving Life to Hercules: Q&A with Gabriele Tinti and Joe Mantegna. In: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. March 2, 2016, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ^ State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek Munich | Part 6 - Gabriele Tinti: Idols. Masks. In: YouTube.com. Glyptothek Munich, November 13, 2017, accessed on September 7, 2019 .
- ^ Eraclito e Democrito - L'incertezza del poeta di Gabriele Tinti e Alessandro Haber. In: YouTube.com. Pinacoteca di Brera, February 20, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ Hercules: Dramatic Reading of Gabriele Tinti's poem by Joe Mantegna. In: YouTube.com. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 2, 2016, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ^ Sandra Terranova: Franco Nero legge 'Il Pugile' di Gabriele Tinti - Museo Nazionale Romano in Palazzo Massimo. In: Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali. April 13, 2014, accessed September 7, 2019 (Italian).
- ↑ David Steinitz: Kevin Spacey in Rome: Bizarre appearance. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. August 4, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Sheena McKenzie: Kevin Spacey breaks cover to give pointed poem about wounded boxer. In: CNN. August 3, 2019, accessed on September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Kevin Spacey returns to public eye with Rome poetry reading. In: BBC. August 5, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
- ^ "Plus vous êtes blessé, plus vous devenez fort": à Rome, Kevin Spacey se défend en poésie. In: Le Figaro. August 5, 2019, accessed on September 7, 2019 (French).
- ^ Tobias Carroll: Poetry, Translation, and “Spectacles of Suffering”: An Interview with Gabriele Tinti. In: Vol. 1 Brooklyn. March 31, 2014, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ^ Nicholas Benson: Poetry by Gabriele Tinti. In: BrooklynRail.org. November 2014, accessed on September 7, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tinti, Gabriele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jesi |