Pound Brunnenburg Program, 10 July—5 August 2017
University of New Orleans
The University of New Orleans is pleased to offer the rare opportunity to take seminars on The Poetry of Ezra Pound, one of the 20th Century’s most influential, innovative and controversial poets, and Poetry Writing at Brunnenburg, the castle in Northern Italy that served as Pound’s residence during his later years and is currently the home of his daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, and her son, Dr. Siegfried de Rachewiltz.
THESE UNIQUE SEMINARS INCLUDE:
An intensive study of Pound’s works under the direction of poet and UNO Research Professor John Gery, Director of the Ezra Pound Center for Literature
Lectures by and meetings with Pound’s daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, eminent poet, translator of Pound into Italian, and one of the world’s most respected Pound critics
Access to the unique Pound archives and Tirolean agricultural museum at Brunnenburg
A fully accredited poetry writing workshop and manuscript conferences
4 days and 3 nights in Venice, including walking tours of Pound’s Venice
A month in a medieval castle compound in the Italian Alps!
