Giovanna Frene
Giovanna Frene (the pen name of Sandra Bortolazzo) is the author of Spostamento (Displacement; Lietocolle, 2000); Datità (Actuality; Manni, 2001); Sara Laughs (D’If, 2007); and Il noto, il nuovo (the noted, the new; Transeuropa, 2011), with a facing-page English translation by Joel Calahan. A resident of Pieve del Grappa, Treviso, Italy, she teaches poetry writing at the Bottega di narrazione (Narrative Workshop) and codirects the lit blog Inverso. Giornale di poesia. (updated 4/2026)
AGNI has published the following work:
Frisian Horse
Poetry by Giovanna Frene • Translated from the Italian by Joel Calahan
Crimean Sestina
Poetry by Giovanna Frene • Translated from the Italian by Joel Calahan
On an Ancient Vase
Poetry by Giovanna Frene • Translated from the Italian by Joel Calahan