Poems from the Diaspora: An Armenian Odyssey| Poesie dalla Diaspora: un’odissea armena

A bilingual collection of Italian translated poems on Armenian-themed topics penned by Armenian-Canadian Diaspora author and emeritus professor Alan Whitehorn. The poems deal with the 1915 Armenian Genocide, travels though Armenia, Armenian soci- ety and politics, the Nagorno Karabakh wars of the 1990s and 2020s, Diaspora identity issues, the continued vexing problem of genocide along with its denial, and the ongo- ing existential challenges facing Armenians, both in Armenia itself and in the Diaspora. Poems selected for the Italian volume are primarily drawn from Whitehorn’s previously published books: Ancestral Voices, Just Poems, Return to Armenia and Karabakh Diary. The poetry translations were led by Sona Haroutyunian, associate professor of Armenian and Translation Studies at Ca’ Foscari University Venice.