Winter Warmer 2021
Many Tongues of Cork & Cork City Libraries presented ‘An Earth Song’ at Winter Warmer Festival ’21. ‘An Earth Song’ is a multilingual poetry collaboration facilitated by Tina Pisco – the writer -in -residence (2021) at Cork City Libraries.
Poems were presented simultaneously in sign language (ISL), by Cork sign-language interpreter Ray Greene.
It was a hybrid event streamed from Nano Nagle Place. The six (of seven) poets shared their poetry and what followed is a discussion about the quest for words in languages which may not exist. The poets also shared their experience of writing in their native tongues. The audience wanted to know what’s next for this collective, for ‘An Earth Song’.
Watch the full session below.
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30 poets from eight countries take part in Cork festival
An Earth Song is about climate change, written by a collective of seven people and it features nine languages. This multi-lingual writing project was facilitated by Tina Pisco, the writer-in-residence at Cork City Libraries in collaboration with Many Tongues of Cork.
Tina Pisco, writer-in-residence 2021 Cork City Libraries sharing in English, French and Spanish
Cinthya Torrez Quispe sharing in Aymara & Spanish
Claudia Maria Zedda sharing in Italian
Dr. Lekha Menon Margassery sharing in Tamil
Nqobizitha Vella sharing in Ndebele
Cecilia Gamez sharing in Spanish
The six poets with ISL interpreter Ray Greene (standing first from left) with Joanna Dukkipati, creator of Many Tongues of Cork(sitting on the right)
