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Epic Voices: Harry Martinson’s Aniara with Fia Backström & Kira Josefsson
Apr 9, 2019 | 7:00 pm
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Swedish artist and writer Fia Backström gives a performative talk on Nobel laureate Harry Martinson’s 1956 epic science-fiction poem Aniara, which chronicles a flight from a decimated Earth into deep space. The inspiration for film, opera, and theater works, Aniara is one of Sweden’s most influential literary treasures. Backström will be joined by translator and writer Kira Josefsson.
Admission $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House members
Details
- Date:
- Apr 9, 2019
- Time:
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7:00 pm
- Event Category:
- Readings and Conversations
- Event Tags:
- Epic Voices
Venue
- Elizabeth Kray Hall, Poets House
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10 River Terrace
New York, NY 10282 United States + Google Map - Phone
- 212-431-7920
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2019: Epic Voices: Harry Martinson’s Aniara with Fia Backström & Kira Josefsson
Recorded At: Poets House Recorded On: Tuesday, April 9, 2019