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Jennifer Scappettone wins 2012 Raiziss/de Palchi Prize
“New York, May 23—The Academy of American Poets announced today thatJennifer Scappettone has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize for her translations of Amelia Rosselli inLocomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose of Amelia Rosselli (University of Chicago Press, 2012). This $10,000 award is given every other year for the translation into English of a significant work of modern Italian poetry. Scappettone will accept the award and read from her translations at the Academy’s Awards Ceremony on October 19, as part of the sixth annualPoets Forum in New York City.”
