Friends of the Library present Dana Delibovi
The Friends of University City Public Library will welcome author Dana Delibovi for “Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582): A Poet for the Present Day,” a reading and discussion of her book, Sweet Hunter: The Complete Poems of St. Teresa of Ávila. The free program will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 in the UCPL auditorium.
Sweet Hunter is a collection of Delibovi’s translations of Teresa of Ávila’s poetry, the first by a woman translator, rendered in contemporary English free verse with an ear to the saint’s famously conversational tone. Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) was a complex woman: a mystic and monastic reformer; an artist and proto-feminist; a philosopher with a penchant for paradox.
A St. Louis-based poet, essayist, and translator, Delibovi is a 2020 Pushcart Prize nominee, a 2020 Best American Essays notable essayist, and co-winner of the 2023 Hueston Woods Poetry Contest. Delibovi is Consulting Poetry Editor at the literary e-zine Cable Street.
This program is intended for adults, but is free and open to all.
