biography
He
was born in Bassano del Grappa (
At the
young age of sixteen he joined the armed forces in the Italian Navy as
a
telecommunications specialist.
His
literary activity began very soon with writing poems, and started
increasing
over the years with novels and fairy tales too.
He
has
participated in many national and international literary contests, like:
- Antologia, Brussels (Belgium);
- Poesia Religiosa Francescana, Mestre (Italy);
- San Valentino, Terni (Italy);
- Eugenio Montale, Rome (Italy);
- Il Golfo, La Spezia (Italy);
- Ossi di Seppia, Taggia (Italy);
- Grinzane-Cavour, Turin (Italy);
- Giuseppe Malattia Della Vallata, Barcis (Italy);
- Tirinnanzi, Cittā di Legnano (Italy);
- C’era una volta, Rome (Italy);
- Cittā di San Bonifacio (Italy);
- La
Cittā dei Poeti, Genoa
(Italy).
He
won
several awards in poetry and literary contests, and the most important
are:
- third
prize at the “Antologia 1988” in
- mention of honour at the 3rd edition of “Poesia Religiosa Francescana” in Venice-Marghera in 1998;
- mention
of honour at the 30th
edition
of love poetry “San
Valentino” in
- first prize at the 13th edition of “Giuseppe Malattia della Vallata” in the section poems-on-video in Barcis in 2000, with the director Rita Rango;
- second prize at the 14th edition of “Giuseppe Malattia della Vallata” in the section poems-on-video in Barcis in 2001, with the director Rita Rango;
- finalist
and mention of honour at the 34th edition of love poetry “San
Valentino” in
- mention
of
honour at the 21st edition of “Premio per la Pace”,
in the short novel section,
in
He
loves
books, music, travelling and art.
Some
of his
poems are published in the following anthologies:
- La vita č … (Cittā della Speranza Foundation of Padova);
- Poesie ... in compagnia di Francesco (St. Francis Cultural Centre of Marghera);
- Immagini e Maschere, antologia italiana contemporanea (Cultural Italian Institute of Bruxelles);
- Sportiamoci in
versi – editions
from II to V (Bradipolibri Torino).
