Divining Dante

2021 is the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, author of the long narrative poetic trilogy, The Divine Comedy. In a time of global pandemic, Dante’s exploration of the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds and humankind’s responsibilities to each other seems particularly relevant, and to commemorate Dante’s anniversary we invited 70 poets from around the world to respond to Dante’s famous work, assisted by a team of seven contributing editors: Paul Munden (UK), Nessa O’Mahony (Ireland), Paul Hetherington (Australia), Alvin Pang (Singapore), Priya Sarukkai Chabria (India), Moira Egan (Italy) and David Fenza (US).

Including poetry from:

Australia: Adam Aitken, Cassandra Atherton, Merlinda Bobis, Adrian Caesar, Judith Crispin, Paul Hetherington, Judy Johnson, Miriam Wei Wei Lo, Felicity Plunkett, Alex Skovron

UK:  Amina Alyah, Matthew Caley, Vahni Capildeo,  Maura Dooley, Philip Gross, Oz Hardwick, Glyn Maxwell, Craig Raine, Fiona Sampson, Jean Sprackland.

Italy: Antonella Anedda, Rossano Astremo, Geoffrey Brock,  Franco Buffoni, Moira Egan, Paulo Febbraro, Massimo Gezzi, Marco Giovenale, Franca Grisoni, Will Schutt

India: Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Mamang Dai, Ranjit Hoskote, Suhit Kelkar, Tabish Khair, Vivek Narayanan, Mani Rao, Smita Sahay,   Irwin Allan Sealy, Medha Singh

Ireland: Siobhan Campbell , Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Jane Clarke, Eleanor Hooker, Catherine Phil McCarthy, Thomas McCarthy, Maria McManus, Mary O’Donnell, William Wall, Joseph Woods

Singapore: Christine Chia, Bryan Cheong, Joshua Ip, Theophilus Kwek, Jerome Lim, Toh Hsien Min, Marc Nair, Alvin Pang, Anurak Saelaow, Marylyn Tan, Ruth Tang

USA: Brian Brodeur, Scott Cairns, Katharine Coles, D.W. Fenza, Cindy Frenkel, Mark Jarman, Jacqueline Osherow, Janel Sylvester, Sidney Wade, Kimberly K Williams,

General editors: Paul Munden and Nessa O’Mahony

Guest editors: Paul Hetherington (Aus), Paul Munden (UK), Moira Egan (Italy), David Fenza (USA), India (Priya Sarrukai Chabria), Nessa O’Mahony (Ireland) and Alvin Pang (Singapore).