Louise Glück's 'Vita Nova' Published in Italy by Il Saggiatore

In November 2025, Italian publisher Il Saggiatore released 'Vita Nova', the Italian translation of Louise Glück's 1999 poetry collection, marking the ninth of her books to appear in Italy. The translation is by Massimo Bacigalupo and Anita Romanello. This follows the 2024 publication of 'Una vita di paese' (2009), which received notable press attention due to its more narrative and relaxed style. 'Vita Nova', written when Glück was in her fifties, chronicles a rebirth after the trauma of a marriage ending, a theme introduced in the preceding collection 'Meadowlands', also published in Italy in a translation by Bianca Tarozzi. The title references Dante, but only in its absolute sense, as the collection's mythological allusions are primarily to Orpheus and Eurydice, and Dido and Aeneas, the latter appearing in a politically flavored poem titled 'Studio romano'. The article discusses the translation choices and the reception of the work in Italy.