Category Archives: marco sonzogni

“Entrenchments 2015” – Live Drawing Performance Video

Posted on March 13, 2017 by julian peters comics

In the spring of 2015, I was Artist in Residence at Wait-te-Ata Press of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (with funding from the Canadian High Commission in New Zealand). While there I participated in “Entrenchments 2015”, an initiative of … Continue reading →

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“Dora Markus” by Eugenio Montale (English translation)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by julian peters comics

A couple of months ago, I created a comics adaptation of an extract from the poem “Dora Markus” by Eugenio Montale (1896-1981). The comic was commissioned by Atelier, Italy’s leading online poetry magazine. I subsequently asked my old collaborators Dr. … Continue reading →

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“Sono una creatura” di Giuseppe Ungaretti (versione originale)

Posted on July 29, 2015 by julian peters comics

Last year, I created a comics adaptation of a translation of “Sono una creatura,” an Italian WWI poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970). The translation, titled “I Am a Creature” was done by Dr. Marco Sonzogni and Dr. Ross Woods of … Continue reading →

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“All Right There, Soldier?” by Vincent O’Sullivan

Posted on May 20, 2015 by julian peters comics

Last April, on the invitation of Dr. Marco Sonzogni, Director of the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation http://www.victoria.ac.nz/slc/nzclt, and of Dr. Sydney Shep, Director of Wai-te-Ata Press http://www.victoria.ac.nz/wtapress/, I took part in a month-long “cartoonist’s residency” at the University … Continue reading →

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“Entrenchments 2015” – Daily Drawings and an Interview with Radio New Zealand

Posted on April 26, 2015 by julian peters comics

For the past four weeks I have been in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand, where I have the extraordinary privilege of participating in “Entrenchments 2015”, a commemorative project at Victoria University of Wellington. “Entrenchments” is an initiative of Dr. Marco Sonzogni, … Continue reading →

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“Veglia” by Giuseppe Ungaretti in Atelier Magazine

Posted on September 1, 2014 by julian peters comics

The online edition of the Italian poetry magazine Atelier has just published my comics adaptation of Giuseppe Ungaretti’s haunting WWI poem “Veglia” (“Vigil”). More collaborazioni to come! The comic is the product of an ongoing collaboration with translators and literary … Continue reading →

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