Karima Karppinen: Pitkä huuto on loppunut - Poetry Collection Launch

Poet Karima Karppinen presents her poetry collection Pitkä huuto on loppunut, published in Finnish, Latin, and Italian (publisher Isolario Edizioni, ISBN 979-1282439428). The event features discussion with poet Karima Karppinen, emeritus professor of Latin Tuomo Pekkanen, and professor and philosopher Tarmo Kunnas. The programme is hosted by poet and doctoral researcher Kiira Parikka and includes poetry recitations.

The Latin translation was made by Tuomo Pekkanen, who has translated the Kalevala and Eino Leino's Helkavirret into Latin and edited Latin-language news for Yleisradio for thirty years. The Italian translation was made by poet, essayist, and literary scholar Angelo Manitta, who serves as editor-in-chief of the journals Il Convivio and Letteratura e Pensiero. The Italian poems are recited by Latin and Greek teacher Virpi Seppälä-Pekkanen.

Karima Karppinen is a poet, priest, soldier, brief therapist, and doctoral researcher in theology and religious studies. She published her debut work Aina täällä jossain in 2013 (Prometheus).

More information about the book: https://www.amazon.it/-/en/loppunut-Longus-finitus-finito-multilingue/dp/B0H1T63SR3