1st April 2020, 6pm
‘It’s a strange thing to be a poet’
Co-hosted by Byre World
Miguel d’Ors is one of Spain’s foremost contemporary poets. He has published 13 books of poetry, which have recently been collected in the volume Poesías completas 2019. Varied and diverse in terms of its themes, tones, influences and approaches (albeit, at the same time, profoundly unitary and coherent), his poetry is always distinctive, precise and memorable. In a rare visit to Scotland, the author will read a selection of his poems and will discuss his work with Javier Letrán (School of Modern Languages), who teaches and researches on Contemporary Spanish Literature. Max Gilligan, a student of Spanish, will provide English translations.