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THE AURA OF PLAY:
POETRY ON AN OPEN FIELD

16th Edition International Poetry Festival
Artistic direction of Laura Garavaglia

May 8, 9 and 10, 2026

VILLA GALLIA
UNIVERSITÀ DELL’UNIVERSITÀ DELL’INSUBRIA
LICEO TERESA CICERI
LICEO ORSOLINE SAN CARLO

The theme of Sport and Poetry chosen for this year’s festival is far more than a stylistic exercise; it is an ideal bridge toward the founding values of the Schuman Declaration. In 1950, Robert Schuman envisioned a Europe where resources like coal and steel were no longer causes for war, but tools for sharing. Today, sport and poetry operate on that same universal plane:
In Sport: Rules are universal, transcending nationality.
In Poetry: The language of emotion bypasses linguistic frontiers.
Together, they embody the EU motto "United in Diversity," turning competition and poetic exchange into instruments of dialogue rather than conflict.
The construction of the European Union has always been a marathon, not a sprint. It requires endurance, a commitment to compromise, and a long-term vision.

Poetry is the training of the word; sport is the poetry of the body in motion.

Both disciplines require a metron (a measure) and extreme rigor. If Schuman laid the foundations for a "de facto solidarity," this festival celebrates that solidarity through the beauty of the athletic gesture narrated through verse. The European Anthem, based on Schiller’s Ode to Joy, celebrates universal brotherhood. In this edition of Europa in Versi, sport is interpreted as a modern epic.
This year, Europa in Versi establishes a special bond with Fondo Verri in Lecce: a cultural twinning born to let the words of poetry flow across the entire Peninsula, ideally uniting North and South in one great, shared song. A weekend dedicated to the encounter between the rhythm of the word and the energy of athletic movement, set against the enchanting backdrop of Lake Como and the city of Lecce—a city that seems sculpted directly by the sun and the winds of Salento."

PROGRAM 2026

Friday, May 8 2026

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Liceo Teresa Ciceri e Orsoline San Carlo
(students only)

The athletic gesture as a poetic and life metaphor.
Students present works inspired by the poets’ writings, created during the school year. Poetry readings by the poets and dialogue with students.

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Aula Magna Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
via Sant’Abbondio 12, Como
Incontro tra poeti e studenti

When I Was Cassius
Encounter with SKY TV sports journalist Fabio Tavelli.
Tavelli combines sports journalism with artistic storytelling, retracing the life of the boxer from Prince Cassius to the myth of Muhammad Ali.
Presented by Stefano Donno, Publisher of I Quaderni del Bardo
Round table and discussion between poets and university students, in collaboration with Prof. Elena Valentina Maiolini.
Guest speakers include literary critic Roberto Galaverni (Corriere della Sera) and Prof. Gianmarco Gaspari.

Saturday, May 9 2026

2:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Park and halls of Villa Gallia, Passeggiata Lino Gelpi, Como

Poetic Flash Mob
A poetic flash mob featuring readings of sports-themed poems by renowned poets of the past, performed by students of the Orsoline San Carlo High School. Coordinated by Prof. Edoardo Convertino.

International Poetry Reading by guest poets
Poetry readings by guest poets from different countries, exploring the theme Poetry and Sport.
Introduced by Roberto Galaverni, literary critic and cultural journalist for La Lettura (Corriere della Sera).

Awards Ceremony for winners and finalists of the Europa in Versi e in Prosa Prize Awards ceremony for the winners of the Europa in Versi e in Prosa Prize, with prizes presented by the Jury.
Presidents of the Jury: Poet Milo De Angelis and Prof. Gianmarco Gaspari.

Sunday, May 10 2026

10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Departure: 10.00 from Hangar Aeroclub, Como, Viale Puecher

Magnanimo Champion – A Walk Between Poetry and Sport
In collaboration with the Sentiero dei Sogni Association
Poetry readings by invited poets on the theme of sport during a walking itinerary.
Coordinated by Pietro Berra President of Sentiero dei Sogni Association.

INFORMATION

Free admission subject to availability

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INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL EUROPA IN VERSI

GUESTS OF THE 2026 EDITION

FROM FRANCE

Malhappe

Emmanuelle Malhappe is a passionate researcher on the language side. She began by teaching eighteenth-century literature and what makes a text literary, at the University of the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. Later and now, she is practicing psychoanalysis. Emmanuelle Malhappe has always written, whether it be drama or short stories, essays, radio columns or poetry.  Her poetry and short stories have been translated into several languages in numerous magazines. Her poetic collection Entre est le pays s published by Éditions L'harmattan (2025). Her collection mixing poetry and philosophy (Éclats de femme, silence du féminin ) was published by Ubik-Art Moresa (2025). In 2025, she published with the same editions, in collaboration with Antonio Rodriguez Yuste,J’ai posé ma main, a collection of poetry.  From her past as a researcher in literature, she reported the publication by Flammarion (1999) of an edition of  Marivaux's Jeu de l'amour et du hasard, for which she constituted the entire scientific apparatus. She received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle Gaston Baissette for her collection of short stories. La Solitude des cygnes. She participates in many festivals in France and around the world. Flayed gently, curious to learn, convinced that sharing and creation are a necessary resistance, she conducts her artistic and intellectual work as so many attempts to rediscover the essence of what makes us human.

FROM HUNGARY

Paldaniel

Pál Dániel Levente has authored eight books in Hungarian, and works of his have been translated into more than 20 languages. He cofounded and served as deputy editor-in-chief of the art magazine and publishing house PRAE. He was also the editor-in-chief of ELTE University Press, and served as a managing director of the Hungarian Petőfi Cultural Agency & Literary Fund, where he was executive director of the English-language Continental Literary Magazine. He spent a decade as a performer and director at various independent theater and performing arts groups. He is currently the dramaturg & show writer & librettist at the Capital Circus of Budapest – where he has contributed to more than 60 productions, including work for the Budapest International Circus Festival –, and dramaturg for theatrical concerts of the Gödöllő Symphony Orchestra. He is a frequent guest at international literary and poetry festivals, as well as academic conferences. He has received numerous literary, artistic, and professional awards in Hungary, Brazil, France, Romania, Serbia, Azerbaijan, and the United States.

FROM MEXICO

Hernandez

Laura Hernández Muñoz is a poet, storyteller, essayist, historian, and playwright. Master's degree in History from the Nueva Galicia Higher Normal School. Recipient of a scholarship from the Institute of Hispanic Culture to pursue doctoral studies in Economic Theories of History at the Complutense University of Madrid. Diploma in Literature of the Third Millennium (SOGEM). Diploma in Workshops for Promoting Reading, Creation, and Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult Literature (ANILIJ Spain). Founder of the Mexican Association of Children's and Young Adult Literature (ALIJME A.C., 2009). Member of the Mexican Cultural Seminar. Literary Ambassador of the Observatory of Diplomacy of the Kingdom of Spain. Member of PEN and Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Jalisco Philharmonic. Honorable Mention in the VII Dama de Baza International Poetry Prize, Granada, Spain 2024. Escridunde Prize, Sial Pigmalión Madrid, Spain 2015. Named “Illustrious Daughter” of Tamazula de Gordiano for her international career. 2015. The Peruvian Children's Literature Association named the V International Congress held in Arequipa, Peru in November 2011, “Laura Hernández Muñoz.” Gold Medal in the Mahatma Gandhi Poetry Competition of the WWCP, Chennai, India 2007. Special Mention in the Rosario International Short Story Competition 2000. Miguel Marón Theater Prize, Jalisco Fine Arts 1975. She has participated in more than 60 anthologies and 50 collective works.

FROM ITALY

Corsi

Marco Corsi was born in Tuscany in 1985 and lives in Milan, where he works in the publishing industry. He has curated several exhibitions and published various contributions dedicated to contemporary Italian poetry. His texts have appeared in major literary journals and blogs. His first collection, Da un uomo a un altro uomo (From One Man to Another), was included in the Dodicesimo quaderno italiano (Twelfth Italian Notebook; Marcos y Marcos, 2015); in the same year, he won the Premio Cetonaverde Poesia (Youth Section). Following this debut, he published: Pronomi personali (Personal Pronouns; Interlinea, 2017), La materia dei giorni (The Matter of Days; Manni Editori, 2021). Both volumes received significant critical acclaim and several awards.His most recent collection, Nel dopo (In the Aftermath; Guanda, 2025), has been selected for the longlist (the "dozzina") of the Premio Strega Poesia and the Premio Giuseppe Dessì.

Guarracino

Vincenzo Guarracino is a poet, literary and art critic, and translator. Born in Ceraso (Salerno) in 1948, he currently resides in Como. He is the author of several poetry collections, including Dieci inverni (Ten Winters, 1989) and L'Angelo e il Tempo e altri poemetti (The Angel and Time and Other Short Poems, 2022). His scholarly work includes influential guides to Italian classics, such as Guida alla lettura di Verga (1986) and Guida alla lettura di Leopardi (1987 and 1998), as well as critical editions of works by both authors. An accomplished translator, he has curated editions of: Catullus: Carmi (1986 and 2005); Greek Lyric Poets (1991); Latin Poets (1993); Pythagoras: Golden Verses (1988 and 2005); Hildegard of Bingen: Symphonia / Spiritual Songs (1996); Parmenides: Poem on Nature (2006): Early Christian Latin Poets (2017). He has also authored significant monographs, notably Bernardo Malacrida: Theater between Passion and Mission (2008) and Antonio Spallino: Man, Administrator, Athlete, Intellectual (2013). He is a regular contributor to national newspapers, such as Avvenire and L'Osservatore Romano, as well as various print and online journals.

Santagostini

Mario Santagostini was born in Milan, where he has lived his entire life. He is a prolific author whose published works include: Uscire di Città (Leaving the City; Ghisoni, 1972; Stampa 2009, 2012); Come rosata linea (Like a Rosy Line; Società di poesia, 1981); L’Olimpiade del ’40 (The '40 Olympics; Mondadori, 1994); Nuove Poesie (New Poems; NEM, 1998); L’idea del bene (The Idea of Good; Guanda, 2001); Versi del malanimo (Verses of Ill Will; Mondadori, 2007); A. (Lietocolle, 2010);Felicità senza soggetto (Happiness Without a Subject; Mondadori, 2014); Kafka in Palestina, nel 1931 (Kafka in Palestine, in 1931; Stampa 2009, 2016); Il libro della lettera arrivata, e mai partita (The Book of the Letter that Arrived, and Never Left; Garzanti, 2022); Nome di paese: Ascensione (Village Name: Ascension; Fallone, 2024). He is the author of the essay Il Manuale del poeta (The Poet’s Manual), published by Oscar Mondadori. An accomplished translator from Latin and German, he has also been a frequent contributor to the literary sections of various national newspapers.

Kamil-Sanders

Kamil Sanders Born in Venice in 1998, after obtaining his classical high school diploma, he moved to Milan where he studied painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. In 2023, he published his first essay for Prospero Editore's Calibano series: Tradizione e Trasgressione. Note dall’India per un’arte indipendente (Tradition and Transgression. Notes from India for an independent art). In 2024, he won the Europa in Versi Giovani prize, followed in 2025 by his first poetry publication, Sillabario del terribile incanto (Syllabary of Terrible Enchantment). He is currently attending a two-year course in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies at Naba in Milan and works as an independent curator and journalist for art publications.

SPECIAL GUESTS FROM THE CULTURAL WORLD

21.-Milo-De-Angelis

Milo De Angelis lives in Milan. He taught for years in the maximum security prison in Opera. An internationally renowned poet and translator from French and classical languages, he is the author of the poetry books: Somiglianze (Guanda, 1976); Millimetri (Einaudi, 1983 and Il Saggiatore 2013); Terra del viso (Mondadori, 1985); Distante un padre (Mondadori, 1989); Biografia sommaria (Mondadori, 1999); Tema dell’addio (Mondadori, 2005); Quell'andarsene nel buio dei cortili (Mondadori, 2010); Incontri e agguati (Mondadori, 2015); Linea intera, linea spezzata (Mondadori, 2020), Tutte le poesie 1969-2015 (Mondadori); in prose he published La corsa dei mantelli (Guanda 1979 and Marcos y Marcos, 2011) and in 2017 La parola data, a collection of interviews with a DVD by Viviana Nicodemo.

Roberto-Galaverni

Roberto Galaverni is a literary critic who writes about contemporary literature in magazines and newspapers (Nuovi Argomenti, Alias-il manifesto) and contributes to RadioTre Rai programmes. He is a cultural journalist for the Sunday supplement La Lettura del Corriere della Sera. He has written numerous essays on contemporary poetry. His latest publications are P.P.P. Poesie per Pasolini (Mondadori, 2022) and Carte Correnti (Fazi Editore, 2024). He is a member of the jury for the International Poetry Prize Europa in Verse and Prose.

Gianmarco-Gaspari

Gianmarco Gaspari He taught Italian Literature at the University of Insubria, where he directed the International Research Centre for Local Histories and Cultural Diversities and the Master's Degree for Intercultural Trainers in Italian Language. He deals with the literary history of the modern age, from the 18th to the 20th century. He is a member of the Committees for the National Edition of Alessandro Manzoni and Pietro Verri. He is a full member of the Lombard Institute Academy of Sciences and Letters and the University of Bergamo, a member of the Ambrosian Academy of Italian Studies and the National Centre for Muratorian Studies. His books include Letteratura delle riforme. Da Beccaria a Manzoni (Sellerio, 1990), Il mito della Scuola di Milano. Studi sulla tradizione letteraria lombarda (Cesati, 2018), and, with Barbara Pozzo, the edited volume Tradire come nei romanzi. L'adulterio tra diritto e letteratura nell'Ottocento europeo (Il Mulino, 2026).

Fabio-Tavelli

Fabio Taveli is a Sky Sport TV Host and veteran correspondent for the World Cup and Olympics. Beyond the scoreboards, he is a sports storytelling enthusiast who finds beauty in every journey, not just the winning ones. He bridges the gap between epic history and business strategy, using the Odyssey as a masterclass in team dynamics or the Amundsen-Scott Antarctic expedition as a case study in competitive leadership.

THE POETS OF FONDO VERRI

The poets of Fondo Verri will join us virtually, hosting a reading  in Lecce (Via S. Maria del Paradiso 8) on May 10th starting at 6:00 p.m..

The event, titled 'L’AURA DEL GIOCO: POESIE IN CAMPO APERTO' (The Aura of the Game: Poetry in the Open Field), features the poets of GioveDilla—the movement of 'Poesia Detta' or Spoken Poetry:

Dario Goffredo
Ritanna Attanasi
Mario Badino
Rita Greco
Gianni Minerva
Cristina Carlà
Andrea Siano
Francesco Aprile
Claudia Di Palma
Gionata Atzori
Vanni Schiavoni

The International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi, in collaboration with La Casa della Poesia di Como launches the 11th edition of the

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF POETRY AND FICTION
EUROPE IN VERSE AND PROSE

For information write an e-mail to info@europainversi.org
or call +39 371 1092926
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday

As usual, the Prize aims to scout new talents or talents who deserve greater visibility on our social channels and on the websites www.europainversi.org and www.lacasadellapoesiadicomo.com

Absolute winners of both published Poetry and published Fiction will receive a prize of 500.00 Euros.

For all sections dedicated to unpublished texts, the winner of each section will have the opportunity to publish it free of charge with I Quaderni del Bardo editions by Stefano Donno.

The Prize falls into 4 sections:

  • Unpublished poetry
  • Published poetry
  • Unpublished fiction
  • Published fiction

The jury is composed as follows:

President of the Jury for Poetry
Milo De Angelis, poet

President of the Jury for Fiction
prof. Gianmarco Gaspari, Former Professor of Italian Literature University of Insubria DiSUIT - Department of Human Sciences and Innovation for the Territory - Director of the International Research Center for Local Histories and Cultural Diversities University of Insubria

Elisabetta Broli, journalist and writer
Stefano Donno, publisher
Bruno Galluccio, poet
Roberto Galaverni, literary critic and culture editor with Corriere della Sera
Laura Garavaglia, poet and journalist, director of the International Poetry Festival
Europa in versi

The decision of the jury cannot be questioned. The jury has a right not to attribute one or more prizes indicated in these rules, providing a reason for the decision.

The Prize is open to Italian and foreign authors who have turned 18 when enrolling in the competition.

Works must be sent in by 15th March 2026.

AWARD CERIMONY
The overall winning authors and finalists of the various sections will be awarded in Como in May, on a date to be announced, at an event open to the public.

SELECTION OF WINNERS AND FINALISTS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL POETRY AND NARRATIVE AWARD EUROPA IN VERSI 2025

OFFICIAL RELEASE RESULTS OF THE TENTH EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR POETRY AND NARRATIVE "EUROPA IN VERSI E IN PROSA"

The jury examined the many works received and came to the definition of the selection of the finalists and absolute winners for the sections PUBLISHED POETRY, UNPUBLISHED POETRY, PUBLISHED NARRATIVE, UNPUBLISHED NARRATIVE.

Among the works received for the PUBLISHED POETRY section, the jury decided to proclaim

OVERALL WINNER
Claudio Damiani Rinascita, Fazi editore

TIED FINALISTS
Luigi Cannillo, Dal Lazzaretto, La Vita Felice
Marco Pelliccioli, Nel concerto del tempo, Mondadori
Daniela Pericone, Corpo contro, Passigli

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:
Stefano Boldorini, Lettere dal fronte, PeQuod
Angela Caccia, Di lentissimo azzurro, Campanotto
Clery Celeste, Salvare il necessario, ICentoLillo
Danila Di Croce , Dove ancora non siamo nati, Puntoacapo
Paola Di Gennaro, Basi, Industria & Letteratura
Bruno Di Pietro, Ἐλέα. Quando verrà il passato, Les Flaneurs
Flavio Ferraro, Il silenzio degli oracoli, L’arcolaio
Claudia Fofi, Le ossa cantano, AnimaMundi
Luca Lanfredi, Il coraggio necessario, Lamantica Edizioni
Stefano Lorefice, Naiver, Edizioni La Gru
Dario Marelli, Le meccaniche dei fiori, Puntoacaco
Massimo Monteduro, ESSE. Libro del fuoco, RP libri
Marco Onofrio, Luce del tempo, Passigli
Alfredo Rienzi, Custodi e invasori, Arcipelago Itaca
Antonella Sica, Corpi estranei, Arcipelago Itaca
Mariagiorgia Ulbar, Lighea, Elliot


Among the works received for the UNPUBLISHED POETRY section, the jury decided to proclaim

OVERALL WINNER
Filippo Ticozzi, Manovra di disostruzione

TIED FINALISTS
Alfredo Rienzi, VII.Septima
Eleonora Rimolo, Due volte l’anno visita il paese, Vorrei stendermi nuda sul pavimento, Ancora poche settimane e l’inverno sarà un ricordo

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:
María Elena Blanco, La dama all’unicorno
Antonella Caggiano, Anima credi
Davide Castiglione, Dove muoiono i motori
Lorenzo Foltran, Ogni cinquanta metri, alla virata, Alla deriva, naufrago in piscina,
Chilometri passati in acqua, in vasca.
Giovanna Miceli, Le forme del Bianco
Mario Mottolese, D’altro canto
Massimo Parolini, Tre poesie inedite in dialogo con le opere dell’artista Romano Perusini
Matilde Tortora, Lei sola avanza, La numerosa, A Itaca


Among the works received for the PUBLISHED NARRATIVE section, the jury decided to proclaim

VINCITORI A PARIMERITO
Dino Azzalin, Acqua e zucchero, NEM
Roberta Castoldi L’aria che passa. Conversazioni con Franco Loi, AnimaMundi Edizioni

TIED FINALISTS
Isabella Bignozzi, Cantami o diva degli eroi le ombre, La Lepre Edizioni
Francesco Scaramozzino, Il significato della luna, Macchine Editore

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:
Sara Asllani, Ellie Havel. Il Golem di Praga, Astro edizioni
Marcella Boccia, Il treno della memoria, Editrice 33 Pagine
Mauro Di Castro, La vita invisibile, Albatros
Paola Ferrario, Cosa ne sarà di noi, Edizioni Clandestine
Luigi Lazzaro, Adelchi, Leone Editore
Cristina Nagliati, L’appuntamento, Albatros
Stefano Palmisano, Cronache da Meridiana, Giazira Scritture Edizioni
Lidia Popolano, Il meeting, Affiori. Giulio Perrone Editore


Among the works received for the UNPUBLISHED NARRATIVE section, the jury decided to proclaim

OVERALL WINNER
Angelo Valoppi, Scritture morte

TIED FINALISTS
Sabrina Tonin, Rosso Carminio
Giovanni Zeverino, Ciao bella

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:
Isabella Garanzini, L’ossatura iniziale e una tazza di tè
Elisabetta Biondi della Sdriscia, Operazione Shingle

MOTIVAZIONI DELLA GIURIA

Claudio Damiani Rinascita, Fazi editore
Rinascita di Claudio Damiani, pubblicato da Fazi Editore, si può considerare un prosimetro in cui le poesie in versi e il racconto non solo s'alternano ma si sostengono vicendevolmente con necessità e, insieme, con una grazia davvero inusuale. In questo libro Damiani, come se si trattasse del viaggio a ritroso del salmone, è risalito alle origini della propria poesia, ovvero a quei «paradisi di fecondazione», detto con le parole di Eugenio Montale, a tutti gli effetti decisivi per la sua vita di uomo e insieme per il suo immaginario di poeta. Ecco allora che la rievocazione del villaggio minerario ai piedi del Gargano, dove ha trascorso la propria infanzia e che da allora ha continuato, come un autentico e inesauribile miraggio paradisiaco, a nutrire in profondità la sua poesia, si dispiega via via davanti agli occhi del lettore, tanto da assurgere – senza per questo venire in alcun modo mitizzato – a simbolo di una promessa edenica che può valere, qui e ora, cioè nel tempo della vita, per tutti noi. Versi o prosa poetica che sia (ma come distinguerle, a questo punto?), Damiani si dimostra una volta di più capace di contemplare e interrogare la complessità della nostra esistenza con parole semplici e quiete, sorprendentemente prive di qualsiasi animosità, ma animate invece da una benevolenza e da una gentilezza di cui non gli si può che essere riconoscenti.


Luigi Cannillo, Dal Lazzaretto, La Vita Felice
Dal Lazzaretto di Luigi Cannillo è una prova poetica intensa e matura, capace di intrecciare con eleganza la memoria storica e una riflessione intima sull’isolamento, fisico e spirituale. Il lessico, raffinato ma non artificioso, si piega con sapienza alla forma, creando immagini nette e penetranti. L’autore dimostra una profonda consapevolezza del ritmo e della metrica del silenzio, alternando visioni quasi pittoriche a fenditure di vulnerabilità emotiva. La voce poetica è presente ma mai invadente, testimone partecipe che osserva senza clamore. È poesia che non cerca effetti, ma scava, con discrezione e precisione chirurgica.


Marco Pelliccioli, Nel concerto del tempo, Mondadori
Nel concerto del tempo di Marco Pelliccioli, edito nella prestigiosa collana «Lo Specchio» di Mondadori, è un canzoniere parentale e domestico che si fa apprezzare anzitutto per la nitida concretezza delle sue figure e descrizioni, nonché per la precisione e la pulizia della dizione poetica. Dietro ai versi di Pelliccioli, che è nato nel 1982 in provincia di Bergamo, si avverte la presenza feconda della migliore tradizione poetica lombarda contemporanea, da Vittorio Sereni a Giovanni Raboni e Maurizio Cucchi. Questo perché – si tratti delle poesie in versi, si tratti delle prose poetiche – predilige un linguaggio poetico semplice e diretto, che rifugge lo sfumato e l'ambiguità, per puntare dritto sull'oggetto, le figure, le situazioni memoriali di volta in volta messe a fuoco. Il fulcro della sua poesia, di conseguenza, andrà individuato non nel culto della Parola o nell'azzardo metaforico, ma nello svolgimento del discorso poetico, e dunque in una capacità di racconto e di riflessione che, senza concedere nulla alle divagazioni e alle ridondanze espressive, raggiunge nei casi migliori, il che è tanto più rimarcabile visto il risparmio dei mezzi espressivi messi in campo dal poeta, un'indubbia e sorprendente capacità evocativa.


Daniela Pericone, Corpo contro, Passigli
Una molteplicità di temi e di fuochi caratterizza e dà energia dinamica alla raccolta Corpo contro di Daniela Pericone. Siamo di fronte ad un’opera di marcato atteggiamento meditativo nei confronti dell’esistenza umana, che si va sviluppando in pagine di calibrata e coerente impostazione stilistica; pagine che offrono riflessioni, pongono interrogativi, danno luogo a contrappesi nei punti dove più lacerante è il dubbio o più ambivalente il ricordo. Il centro verso cui in maniera più o meno esplicita convergono queste riflessioni è l’interrogarsi sul senso dell’esistenza umana attraverso una introspezione che non fa sconti e si accompagna all’inevitabile domanda: chi sono io? e cosa diventerò? Ne risulta un quadro variegato che non a caso inizia con una serie di testi sul tema dell’inutilità dell’essere al mondo, che può cedere alla tentazione di un atteggiamento di resa e non medicabile malinconia, e tuttavia è composto in maniera fluida e con equilibrio di toni. I ricordi dell’infanzia, degli ambienti e degli esseri viventi legati al passato irrompono all’improvviso e si alternano con istanze contrapposte: la tentazione di cambiare luoghi e compagni di viaggio e di trovare riferimenti diversi. La Pericone non ama i toni alti ed enfatici, questa lunga meditazione si svolge con misura ben studiata, con equilibri efficaci di tono e di metrica. Nel far questo l’autrice coraggiosamente apre sé stessa in laghi di consapevolezza e si apre verso il lettore con altrettanto coraggio, stabilendo una complicità nel porre la propria esperienza e invitando a percorrere la strada che a ciascuno è data di vivere. Lo stile è essenziale, la composizione perfettamente armonizzata anche quando tratta temi in apparenza distanti ma dalla evidente valenza metaforica. Si crea in tal modo un’atmosfera particolarmente densa, che riesce a tenere viva l’appartenenza ad un inquietante destino comune ma si mantiene in una dimensione che evita abissi o disperazione.


Filippo Ticozzi, Manovra di disostruzione
Per brevi e incisivi frammenti si svolge la meditazione di Filippo Ticozzi, il continuo dialogo con le ombre, il senso di un’inquietudine senza tregua che colloca le sue scene e le sue apparizioni in presenza del mare: un mare anch’esso inquieto e minaccioso dove possiamo sentire il grido del dolore umano, la voce della vita che fugge e non ritorna: “All’angolo il blu del mare irrompe, / un odore acre e un orlo di terra a riva. / Per te le pale scavano la fossa che usavi / riempire di segreti; per te non cammino più.”


Alfredo Rienzi, VII.Septima
Alfredo Rienzi esplora l’altro lato delle cose, il lato nascosto, l’altra faccia della medaglia, quella che rimane in ombra e sfugge al nostro sguardo. Con i suoi versi impregnati di silenzio il poeta si avventura nei territori dell’incompiuto, dove tutto sembra vano e rimane solo la potenza amorosa: “non ti stancare mai, cuore mio / d’amare: amare anche le pietre e / le ortiche, e d’avvertire in petto il peso / nudo e soffocante dell’abbandono / e l’ombra stanca e vizza della mano.”


Eleonora Rimolo, Due volte l’anno visita il paese, Vorrei stendermi nuda sul pavimento, Ancora poche settimane e l’inverno sarà un ricordo
La giovane poetessa campana ambienta i suoi versi in un paese del sud e con immagini rapide e saettanti, cariche di forza simbolica, dipinge un affresco di affetti, desideri e solitudini, dove i personaggi si muovono inquieti e dove regna sovrana l’urgenza di accogliere la voce dell’amore: “Tu sai di respirare e di avere fame e di non avere niente / di tuo, io so di adorarti e di avere / freddo senza vestiti e di non avere / scampo al dolore. Siamo così semplici, / così diversi, così innamorati”.


Dino Azzalin, Acqua e zucchero, NEM
L’opera dal titolo Acqua e zucchero si distingue per una voce narrante autentica, sincera, intima e disarmata. La scrittura è essenziale ma evocativa, capace di accostare il quotidiano all’universale con naturalezza, come nel gesto infantile di “sciogliere”, per l’appunto, emozioni in un bicchiere d’acqua. C’è un equilibrio delicato tra fragilità e resistenza, tra silenzi e parole misurate. L’autore non forza l’immagine, la lascia affiorare, con una leggerezza che nasconde profondità. È narrativa che non cerca il compiacimento, ma la verità dell’esperienza vissuta. Un’opera toccante, che sa farsi ascoltare in silenzio.


Roberta Castoldi L’aria che passa. Conversazioni con Franco Loi, AnimaMundi Edizioni
Il libro di Roberta Castoldi è un'opera di delicata e profonda umanità. L'autrice riesce a tessere un dialogo con Franco Loi che va oltre la semplice intervista, trasformandosi in un incontro di anime. La voce del poeta emerge chiara e potente, grazie alla sensibilità con cui l’autrice la cattura e la restituisce. Il testo è ricco di spunti di riflessione sulla poesia, sulla vita e sull'arte, e offre al lettore un'esperienza coinvolgente e intima.  Si percepisce l'amore e la cura che la Castoldi ha dedicato a questo lavoro, rendendolo un prezioso omaggio a uno dei grandi della poesia italiana.


Isabella Bignozzi, Cantami o diva degli eroi le ombre, La Lepre Edizioni
Il libro di Isabella Bignozzi reinterpreta con originalità il mito classico. L'autrice dà voce a figure femminili spesso marginalizzate, esplorandone la psicologia con finezza. La narrazione procede per quadri poetici, evocativi e ricchi di immagini suggestive. Il linguaggio è curato e musicale, capace di rendere la complessità emotiva dei personaggi. L'opera si distingue per la sua capacità di coniugare tradizione e sensibilità contemporanea, offrendo una rilettura del mito che è al tempo stesso antica e profondamente attuale.


Francesco Scaramozzino, Il significato della luna, Macchine Editore
Il libro di Francesco Scaramozzino cattura l'essenza di un microcosmo esistenziale con rara sensibilità. L'autore dipinge i suoi frammenti di narrazioni, con pennellate precise, soffermandosi sia sui dettagli concreti che sulle sfumature psicologiche dei personaggi. Le loro voci, i loro drammi, le loro piccole gioie emergono nitide in un racconto corale che si fa specchio di umanità varia e pulsante. Il lettore è immerso in un'atmosfera a tratti malinconica, a tratti vivace, dove la Vita si rivela, senza se e senza ma, straordinaria.


Angelo Valoppi, Scritture morte
La prosa di Angelo Valoppi si distingue per la fluidità con la quale le parole sono legate l’una all’altra; questo si riflette in maniera incisiva e concreta sull’incedere della totalità della narrazione. L’utilizzo deliberato della metafora e della sinestesia rende la descrizione, matrice dei suoi racconti, la principale porta d’ingresso nell’intimità dello sguardo dell’autore, procedendo di immagine in immagine; questo processo viene accuratamente trasposto in parola. I netti confini dell’indagine del reale, puntigliosa e compiuta, che si presenta sia agli occhi dell’io narrante – o, meglio, osservante – sia del lettore fanno sì che la vivacità di ogni passaggio giunga immediata e spontanea, e questo permette il cristallino emergere di muta – ma fulgida – emotività. L’insieme di questi tratti ha reso il lavoro di Valoppi meritevole di considerazione oltre all’assegnazione del premio in sé.


Sabrina Tonin, Rosso Carminio
L’avvincente racconto delle vicende di una donna e del suo amante, uomo, marito, consorte nell’accezione più ampia di questo termine avviene sullo sfondo, presente e pressante, della Storia: gli avvicendamenti della Guerra Civile Spagnola e della Seconda Guerra Mondiale plasmano il loro destino di passaggio in passaggio. Il racconto procede in maniera rapida, eppure l’umanità dei personaggi emerge chiaramente, di pari passo all’evoluzione del loro carattere. Le viscosità incontrate dalle umane vicende che passano attraverso gli eventi storici fanno sì che tale carattere si formi e trovi nuovi modi di esplicarsi lungo l’arco del racconto. Le eccessive troncature operate per giungere al finale hanno tuttavia orientato in maniera decisiva le scelte della giuria.


Giovanni Zeverino, Ciao bella
La peculiarità del racconto di Zeverino è la potenza della sua brevitas: pare quasi che riprenda la scrittura tipica delle odierne e-mail. Questa, però, pare inviata al destinatario in maniera temporizzata, ritardata apposta per permettere a chi legge di guardare dentro alle intercapedini degli eventi. Il divertissement letterario che informa questo breve racconto si intreccia con lo sfondo storico – e tragico – della Festa della Liberazione: liberazione da cosa, viene da chiedere, in assenza di speranza? Questo è quello che rimane, al termine degli eventi, mentre il vuoto si fa presente: “anche se sei un uomo, ti prego, combatti quella guerra che non ho combattuto io. Proprio perché tu sei un uomo, ti sarà più facile vincere quella guerra, questa guerra”.

INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL EUROPA IN VERSI

PARTICIPATING GUESTS 2025

ITALIAN POETS

Bruno-Galluccio

Bruno Galluccio was born in Naples, where nowadays still stays. Graduated in Physics, he has worked on spacial satellite systems for the European Space Agency. He published his first poetry book, Verticali with Einaudi in 2009; in 2015, for the same publisher, La misura dello zero. He has had a collaboration with Antonio Raia, jazz music player, in music-poetry interaction performances. He has been director of the series about foreign poetry for the publisher Heimat. With the artist Lino Fiorito he has created the art volume Carte d’Imbarco, including drawings and poetry inspired by them. In August 2022, he published for Einaudi the poetry volume Camera sul vuoto.

Gianni-Darconza

Gianni Darconza is a writer, poet, translator, and professor of Spanish Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of Urbino. He has published several poetry collections, including Oltre la lastra di vetro (2006), Antipartículas – Antiparticelle (2019), and Fuoco nascosto (2024), as well as the novel Alla ricerca di Nessuno (2007) and the children's story Il ladro di parole (2013). He has curated and translated anthologies and works by Spanish and Latin American poets, including V. Huidobro and A. Machado, and has translated Italian poets into Spanish. His essays include Lo specchio, il labirinto e la farfalla (2018) and Calvino e la limpidezza della complessità (2023). He has participated in international festivals in Mexico, Colombia, Spain, and Romania and has received prestigious translation awards, including the Premio Elio Pagliarini (2018) and the Premio Europa in Versi (2020). Since 2020, he has collaborated with the digital magazine Vuela palabra to promote Spanish and Latin American poetry.

Isabella-Leardini

Isabella Leardini, poet, is professor of Creative Writing at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. She has published several poetry collections, such as La coinquilina scalza (La Vita Felice, 2004), Una stagione d’aria (Donzelli, 2017) and the essay Domare il drago (Mondadori, 2018). She has been editor of the anthology Costellazione parallela. Poesie italiane del Novecento (Vallecchi, 2023). She is director of the Contemporary Poetry Center of the University of Bologna and editor of the poetry series for Vallecchi, in Florence.

Andrea-Tavernati

Andrea Tavernati Born in Pavia in 1960 and graduated in Medieval and Humanistic Philology, for over thirty years in corporate communication as a copywriter and strategic planner. DIfferent poetry collections have been published poetry, including L’Intima Essenza (2013), Tamburi (2015), and Haiku delle cinque stagioni (2024), as well as the short story collection E niente indietro (2015) and the novel O per Sole o per Ombra (2021).
From 2013 to 2023 vice president of La Casa della Poesia di Como, contributing to the Europa in versi Festival and serving as a jury member for its international award. His works have received national literary prizes and have been translated into several languages. Further, he has taken part in international poetry festivals such as Parole spalancate (2021) and the Pen Club Festival in Bratislava (2019).

Pietro-Berra

Pietro Berra, Pietro Berra, born in 1975 in the city of Como (Italy), is a journalist, he’s head of the cultural pages and supplement at the daily newspaper “La Provincia”. He has published 30 volumes of poetry, narrative and nonfiction, with particular attention to contemporary history, popular writing and an innovative approach to cultural tourism. He presides over Sentiero dei Sogni association (www.sentierodeisogni.it), organizes literary and film festivals, and supervises the project "Creative walks”, founded on the combination of poetry, art and walking.

Stefano-Donno

Stefano Donno

Stefano Donno (1975) studied Philosophy at the University of Lecce, graduating in 2005. He received an honorary degree in Legal Sciences from the University of Moscow in 2013. He has published numerous books, including Sturm e Pulp (1998), L'Altro Novecento (2004), Nerocavo (2014), and Post Human H (2025). He has collaborated with criminologist Antonio Russo in raising awareness against stalking. He is editor of I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni and vice-president of La Casa della Poesia di Como. He has received several awards, including the Premio alla Carriera Europa In Versi (2021) and the Suwon International Poetry Award (2023). His poems have been translated into Romanian, Hungarian, Korean, and soon into Japanese.
In the art field, he has exhibited his works in various events and collectives, including the 13th Giornata del Contemporaneo (2017), and participated in the 38th AD-ART online contemporary art competition. He is included in the national contemporary art catalog L'Elite 2018 and exhibited at the Casa delle Arti in Milan. In 2024, he participated in the contemporary art exhibition for the tenth anniversary of the Utsanga.it magazine.

FOREIGN POETS

Hussein-Habash

Hussein Habasch is a poet from Afrin, in Kurdistan. He currently lives in Bonn, Germany. He has published around ten poetry books translated into various languages and is featured in numerous international poetry anthologies. Invited to prestigious literary festivals in various countries around the world, he has received awards and honors both for his work as a poet and for promoting Kurdish culture. Among these, he was awarded the Hamid Bedirkhan Award, dedicated to the great Kurdish poet and conferred by the General Union of Kurdish Writers and Journalists; the Bosnian Stećak International Poetry Award, granted by the Union of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Kathak International Literary Award from Bangladesh, presented during the World Thinkers and Writers for Peace Forum in Kolkata, India.

Lily-Michaelides

Lily Michaelides lives and works in Nicosia, Cyprus. Poet, writer and event organiser. She has published six collections of poetry: The Alchemy of Time (2001) ,  Shapes and Roads Relief…in (2003) , Remembrance of a Dawn (2004 - bilingual edition) , Innuendos (2007), Arena (2014), bilingual collection, short listed for the poetry state award, Entrapped Silk (2021). And in prose: The city needs no recommendations (2011), Drops from the Maasai Land (2017, 2019), Him, men’s stories (2019) a bilingual narrative collection, short listed for the State narrative award, Self-Portrait (2024) narrative, bilingual. Her poems have been published in newspapers and literary magazines in Cyprus and abroad and have been translated into many languages. In June 2013 she joined the Board of Directors of the Cyprus PEN Centre, responsible for Public and International Relations, until 2019.  Since 2006 she is a co-founder and a director of Ideogramma, organisers of literature festivals and poetry events local and international.

Alexandra-Nicod

Alexandra Nicod is a Swiss-Spanish poet, playwright and actress who was born in Switzerland and  lives in Spain. She speaks fluently German, Spanish, French as well as English and holds two  Bachelor degrees, one in translation from the Dolmetscherschule (DOZ) Zurich/Switzerland and  another one in Dramatic Art from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD) Madrid/Spain. She has published several collections of poems and is the author of various theater plays  performed in theaters in Spain. As an actress she has worked in both theater and film with important  directors. As a poet she has participated in many international poetry festivals, for example in  Spain, Switzerland, Morocco, Greece and India. Her poems have been translated in numerous  languages (e.g. French, English, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Greek, Kurdish and  Bengali) and published in international poetry anthologies. Alexandra Nicod is a multifaceted artist  and poet, member of the Spanish General Society of Authors and Publishers and the Spanish Actors  Union.

Basilio-Rodriguez

Basilio Rodríguez Cañada is a publisher, writer, poet, teacher, columnist, Africanist and cultural manager. Professor of communication, publishing, management techniques and literary creation; President of Grupo editorial Sial Pigmalión; President of the Spanish PEN Club;. Lecturer at prestigious Spanish and foreign universities and at numerous national and international institutions. He has held several photographic exhibitions and his work has been published in various specialised media.  He has published seventeen collections of poetry and several anthologies of his work, which have received prestigious awards. He has been translated into several languages. He is a corresponding member of the Real Academia de Extremadura de las Letras y las Artes, the Academia Boliviana de la Lengua and the Academia Boyacense de la Lengua.

ITALIAN CULTURAL FIGURES

Mario-De-Caro

Mario De Caro is a Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University and has also been teaching at Tufts University in Boston since 2000, where he serves as a Visiting Professor. He has been a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard University, a Visiting Scholar at MIT, and President of the Italian Society for Analytical Philosophy. Currently, he is the President of the Italian Society for Moral Philosophy, the literary executor of Hilary Putnam, a board member of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP), and an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. His published works include Azione (Il Mulino, 2008), Libero arbitrio (Laterza, 2020), Realtà (Bollati Boringhieri, 2020), Le sfide dell’etica (Mondadori, 2021), I valori al cinema (Mondadori, 2023), Liberal Naturalism (Harvard University Press, forthcoming), and Etica e intelligenza artificiale (Il Mulino, forthcoming). He has lectured and given courses at over one hundred universities in nineteen countries and has published more than two hundred scholarly articles in six languages. The asteroid 5329 De Caro was named in his honor, and in 2023 he was awarded the National Frascati Philosophy Prize.
His research focuses on moral philosophy, metaphysics, ethics and artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, philosophy of cinema, and early modern philosophy. He has collaborated with Rai for the philosophical program Zettel and works with Enel and the Ministry of Culture on the relationship between ethics and artificial intelligence. He regularly contributes to the cultural supplements of La Stampa and Il Sole 24 Ore.

Roberto-Galaverni

Roberto Galaverni literary critic, writes about contemporary literature in magazines and newspapers (‘Nuovi Argomenti’, ‘Alias-il manifesto’) and contributes to RadioTre Rai programmes. He is a cultural journalist for the Sunday supplement La Lettura of Corriere della Sera. He has written numerous essays on contemporary poetry. His latest publications are P.P.P. Poesie per Pasolini (Mondadori, 2022) and Carte Correnti (Fazi Editore, 2024). He is a jury member of the International Prize of poetry and fiction Europa in versi e in prosa.

Gianmarco-Gaspari

Gianmarco Gaspari, lecturer at the University of Insubria, Director of the International Research Center for Local Histories and Cultural Diversities, of the FILIS (Formatori Interculturali di Lingua Italiana per Stranieri) first level Master's degree course, President of the Communication Sciences course at the University of Insubria and member of the Doctorate College in ‘Law and Humanities’ at the same University. He holds significant positions in various cultural initiatives at national level. He is President of the Jury of International Prize for poetry and fiction Europa in versi e in prosa.

STRANGE DAYS.
BEYOND THE ALGORITHM:
HUMANITY AT THE CENTER

15th Edition International Poetry Festival
Artistic direction of Laura Garavaglia

May 16-17, 2025

VILLA GALLIA
UNIVERSITÀ DELL’UNIVERSITÀ DELL’INSUBRIA
LICEO TERESA CICERI
LICEO ORSOLINE SAN CARLO

The International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi, organized by the Association La Casa della Poesia di Como ODV, which is active in the dissemination of poetry linked to other forms of art, will reach its 15th edition in May and will be titled "Strange Days. Beyond the Algorithm: Humanity at the Center."

The Festival will focus on the role of AI in literary production and its implications for writers, readers, and the publishing industry, stimulating the public to explore new frontiers of artistic expression and reflect on the challenges posed by international geopolitics.

The advent of artificial intelligence raises fundamental questions about the nature of creativity and the very identity of the artist. Can a machine write poetry or a novel? And if so, what does it mean to be a poet and writer in the 21st century? The festival aims to address these questions, providing a stage for poets, writers, and artists who engage with the challenges and opportunities of this new era. A unique opportunity to reflect on our relationship with technology and the impact it has on our humanity.

The goal is to make complex themes accessible to the public, offering a rich and stimulating cultural experience, an unprecedented journey into the heart of creativity, where poetry meets artificial intelligence in a timely and captivating dialogue. Through the voices of internationally renowned poets and significant cultural figures, we will immerse ourselves in a stimulating debate that will lead us to rethink the role of words and art in contemporary society.

Video of the meeting at the University of Insubria
The creativity of machines: dream or reality?
Lecture by Prof. Mario De Caro, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University and Visiting Professor at Tufts University in Boston.

PROGRAM 2025

Friday, May 16th 2025

9:00 am
Liceo Teresa Ciceri
The Colors of poetry: when words take shape

Meeting between poets and students: music, videos, drawings, sculptures created by students based on the poets' verses.
(Meeting reserved for students)

Liceo Orsoline San Carlo
Poets 2.0: when students rewrite poetry
Meeting between poets and students: reinterpretations of the poets' verses by the students.
(Meeting reserved for students)

2.30 pm Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
via Sant’Abbondio 12, Como
The creativity of machines: dream or reality?
Lecture by Prof. Mario De Caro, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University and Visiting Professor at Tufts University in Boston.

Beyond borders: poetry readings and international dialogues between cultures and generations
Roundtable discussion with students, poets, and artificial intelligence experts.

Saturday, May 17th 2025

10:00 am Tempio Voltiano (meeting point)
From the Pile to AI Walk
an itinerant poetry reading from the Voltian Temple to Villa Gallia
in collaboration with the Association Sentiero dei Sogni

3:00 pm Villa Gallia
The creativity of machines: dream or reality?
Lecture by Prof. Mario De Caro, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University and Visiting Professor at Tufts University in Boston.

International Poetry Reading with foreign and Italian poets

Musical interludes performed by students from the Como Conservatory

Award ceremony 10th Edition of the International Poetry and Fiction Prize "Europa in Versi e in Prosa"

INFORMAZIONI

Ingresso libero fino ad esaurimento posti

lacasadellapoesiadicomo@gmail.com | +39 3711092926

In some of the events, students from the University of Insubria in Como will be involved in welcoming the poets and the audience.

Initiative implemented as part of the University of Insubria’s programme to promote cultural and recreational activities for students

The International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi, in collaboration with La Casa della Poesia di Como launches the 10th edition of the

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF POETRY AND FICTION
EUROPE IN VERSE AND PROSE

For information write an e-mail to lacasadellapoesiadicomo@gmail.com
or call +39 371 1092926
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday

As usual, the Prize aims to scout new talents or talents who deserve greater visibility on our social channels and on the websites www.europainversi.org and www.lacasadellapoesiadicomo.com

Absolute winners of both published Poetry and published Fiction will receive a prize of 500.00 Euros.

For all sections dedicated to unpublished texts, the winner of each section will have the opportunity to publish it free of charge with I Quaderni del Bardo editions by Stefano Donno.

The Prize falls into 4 sections:

  • Unpublished poetry
  • Published poetry
  • Unpublished fiction
  • Published fiction

The jury is composed as follows:

President of the Jury for Poetry
Milo De Angelis, poet

President of the Jury for Fiction
prof. Gianmarco Gaspari, Professor of Italian Literature University of Insubria DiSUIT - Department of Human Sciences and Innovation for the Territory - Director of the International Research Center for Local Histories and Cultural Diversities University of Insubria

Elisabetta Broli, journalist and writer
Stefano Donno, publisher
Bruno Galluccio, poet
Roberto Galaverni, literary critic and culture editor with Corriere della Sera
Laura Garavaglia, poet and journalist, director of the International Poetry Festival
Europa in versi
Roberto Valsecchi, philosopher

The decision of the jury cannot be questioned. The jury has a right not to attribute one or more prizes indicated in these rules, providing a reason for the decision.

The Prize is open to Italian and foreign authors who have turned 18 when enrolling in the competition.

Works must be sent in by 30th March 2025.

AWARD CERIMONY
The overall winning authors and finalists of the various sections will be awarded in Como at end of May, on a date to be announced, at an event open to the public.

SELECTION OF WINNERS AND FINALISTS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL POETRY AND NARRATIVE AWARD EUROPA IN VERSI 2024

OFFICIAL RELEASE RESULTS OF THE NINTH EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR POETRY AND NARRATIVE "EUROPA IN VERSI E IN PROSA"

The jury examined the many works received and came to the definition of the selection of the finalists and absolute winners for the sections PUBLISHED POETRY, UNPUBLISHED POETRY, UNPUBLISHED POETRY IN DIALECT, UNPUBLISHED YOUNG POETRY, PUBLISHED NARRATIVE, UNPUBLISHED NARRATIVE, YOUNG UNPUBLISHED NARRATIVE.

Among the works received for the PUBLISHED POETRY section, the jury decided to proclaim
EQUAL WINNERS
Stefano Boldorini, Il migliore dei mondi, Pequod
Alessandro Catà, Alla fine del giorno, Moretti & Vitali

TIED FINALISTS
Danila Di Croce, Ciò che vedo è la luce, Pequod
Paolo Pistoletti, Al di qua di noi, Arcipelago Itaca

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:

Carlo Boassa, Dalla buca-Speranze Suggerite, AnimaMundi
Giovanni Bracco, Madrigali, La Vita Felice Editore
Giuliano Cappuzzo, Poesie, Edizioni ETS
Maria Pina Ciancio, D’argilla e neve, Ladolfi Editore
Marianna Deganutti, La mia lingua nelle tue parole, Mladika di Trieste
Silvia Elena Di Donato, Paradigmi della complessità, DiFelice Edizioni
Donato Di Poce, Sulle tracce della poesia, IQdB
Raffaele Floris, La macchina del tempo, Puntoacapo
Gisella Genna, Rarefazione, peQuod
Andrea Lanfranchi, Trilogia dell’acqua, peQuod
Giorgia Mastropasqua, Al mondo vuoto, Controluna
Marco Mittica, Le leggi dei padri, RP libri
Piero Nissim, Sonetti ebraici, Salomone Belforte
Antonella Palermo, Il giunco e la statua, Vydia Editore
Carlo Rettore, La tea coverta. La terra coperta, Puntoacapo
Rosa Maria Salvia, “Ora che sei ombra, Arcipelago Itaca
Patrizia Santi, Quarta Emanazione, Le Voci della Luna/qudu libri
Anna Settevendemmie, Spazialità -Scavi dell’avvocato spaziale, peQuod


Among the works received for the UNPUBLISHED POETRY section, the jury decided to proclaim
OVERALL WINNER
Alfredo Rienzi, Ci troveremo un’altra volta ancora, Ho attraversato la sua forma, Ha chiesto lembi di luna la cura

TIED FINALISTS
Elisabetta Liberatore, In questo tempo bucato, Padre e deserto, Le nostre voci
Giancarlo Stoccoro, Corpo in ombra, silloge

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:

Simone Beghi, L’opinione degli oggetti
Giancarlo Busso, Campagne
Letizia Di Cagno, Deve sembrare un’esigenza, Volevo uscire prima che il tempo spaccasse, Come una fragile porcellana
Domenico Fadda, Biblioteca dell’incongruo
Francesca Maria Federici, Diventare grandi
Sergio Gallo, Alamogordo
Yael Merlini, La scrittura che sa di animale
Monica Mutti, Dopo la prima morte, Nondimeno, La luna gibbosa
Massimo Parolini, Natura morta in verde
Sara Sensi, “I Paradisi immutabili, Magnolia, Risuona la campana


Among the works received for the UNPUBLISHED POETRY IN DIALECT section, the jury decided to proclaim
OVERALL WINNER
Marino Beltrame, U pestu e l’infinìu (Il pesto e l’infinito), silloge

TIED FINALISTS
Guido De Paolis, Mani viola, L’urdema fenestra
Mario Mottolese, Vierne, Aprile, Suse alli vosche


Among the works received for the UNPUBLISHED YOUNG POETRY section, the jury decided to proclaim
OVERALL WINNER
Kamil Sanders, Annuario, silloge

TIED FINALISTS
Jacopo Pattarello, Prima forma, silloge
Antonio Vendramini, Vagilli, silloge


Among the works received for the PUBLISHED NARRATIVE section, the jury decided to proclaim
OVERALL WINNER
Scialpi Fabio, Nome e cognome, Robin Edizioni

TIED FINALISTS
Di Noia Giovanni, Appuntamento con la verità, Armando Curcio Editore
Todini Raffaele, L’aspro sapore dei limoni, Albatros Il Filo


Among the works received for the UNPUBLISHED NARRATIVE section, the jury decided to proclaim
OVERALL WINNER
Emilia Montevecchi, Eva

TIED FINALISTS
Sabrina Guerrieri, Alice e le altre
Luigi  Benso Pierdomenico, La solitudine di Eleonora

The jury also decided to signal the works of the following authors:

Carlo Bosso, La bestia dentro
Fabio Cavanna, In Cygni alias
Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Ruit Hora
Cristina Elena Kontoglou, Impuri riflessi
Giorgio Ronco, La solitudine di Ernesto e altri racconti
Sergio Sinesi, Vendo casa


Among the works received for the YOUNG UNPUBLISHED NARRATIVE section, the jury decided to proclaim
OVERALL WINNER
Valentina Colombo, Uno schizzo nelle tenebre

FINALIST
Sara Bragantini, Fiammiferi

POETRY IN MOTION:
A BRIDGE BETWEEN CULTURES

14th Edition International Poetry Festival
Artistic direction of Laura Garavaglia

23, 24, 25, 26 and 28 may 2024

THE ART COMPANY COMO
LICEO ALESSANDRO VOLTA
DELL’UNIVERSITÀ DELL’INSUBRIA
CONSOLATO GENERALE DELLA REPUBBLICA DI COREA
LICEO TERESA CICERI
PINACOTECA CIVICA DI COMO
VILLA SORMANI MARZORATI UVA
CONSOLATO GENERALE DEL MESSICO

PROGRAM OF THE 2024 EDITION

Thursday 23 May 2024

h. 6 p.m. The Art Company Como, Via Borgovico 163 (cortile interno)
Nature and Beauty: Horizons of Poetry
Meeting with the poet Davide Rondoni. Presented by and in dialogue with the guest Stefano Donno, vicepresident of La Casa della poesia di Como ODV.

Friday 24 May 2024

h. 9 a.m. Grand’Aula del Liceo Alessandro Volta
Poetry videos by young people: a new way of interpreting poetry
(Meeting reserved for students)

h. 11 a.m. Aula Magna of the University of Insubria
via Sant’Abbondio 12, Como
Poetry in motion: a bridge between cultures
Intercultural dialogue between students and guest poets of the Festival.

h. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Consulate General of the Republic of Korea
piazza Cavour 3, Milano
Poetry and culture: a poetic dialogue between Italy and Korea
Meeting between Italian and Korean poets as part of the celebrations of 140 years
of diplomatic relations between Italy and Korea.

Sabato 25 maggio 2024

ore 9:00 Aula Magna of Liceo Teresa Ciceri, via Carducci 9, Como
Poetry and young people: boundless creative expression
(Meeting reserved for students)

from h. 3.30 p.m. Pinacoteca Civica di Como, Via Diaz 84
Poetry in motion: a multisensory experience
Introduced by Roberto Galaverni, cultural journalist for Corriere della Sera and literary critic.
International poetry reading, musical interludes by Maestro Giovanni Cantaluppi and exhibition of works inspired by the poems by the students of Liceo Artistico I.S.I. S. Carcano.
Award ceremony for the winners and finalists of the Europa Prize for Poetry and Fiction in Verse and Prose.

Sunday 26 May 2024

h. 10.15 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Camnago Volta, Como
Poetry in motion: a bridge between poetry, science and nature
A walk through Camnago Volta with a grand finale at the clearing next to Ponte dei Bottini. In collaboration with the Associazione Sentiero dei Sogni.

from 6 p.m. Villa Sormani Marzorati Uva, piazza Sormani 1, Missaglia (LC)
Poetry: an art form without boundaries
Poetic dialogue between the audience, the poets and Roberto Galaverni, literary critic for Corriere della Sera.

Martedì 28 maggio 2024

h. 5 p.m. Consulate General of Mexico, Corso Matteotti 1, Milano
La poesia messicana contemporanea
Contemporary Mexican poetry. Meeting with the poet, narrator, essayist Marco Antonio Campos. The author dialogues with Emilio Coco, poet and translator. Some Italian poets will be present.
Free entry, reservation required.

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In some of the events, students from the University of Insubria in Como and students from ENAIP in Como will be involved in welcoming the poets and the audience

Initiative implemented as part of the University of Insubria’s programme to promote cultural and recreational activities for students

FROM SOUTH KOREA

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Dongho Choi

Born in Suwon, Korea, is a Poet and Literary Critic. Currently he is a member of the National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea. He is a Distinguished Professor at Kyungnam Univ. Korea and a Professor Emeritus at Korea Univ. Korea. He earned Ph.D (Korean Literature) from Korea Univ. Korea. He was Dean of Graduate School, Korea Univ. He was a Visiting Scholar at UCLA, and Waseda Univ. where he studies the comparative study of Eastern and Western literature. He participated in IWP(The International Writing Program) at the Univ. of Lowa. He has u several major prizes and distinctions, including the Modern Buddhist Literary Award, the Daesan Literary Award, the Park Dujin Literary Award, the Gosan Yun Sundo Literary Award, the Yusim Literary Award, the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature and Art, the Kim Satgot Literary Award, the Gjenima Prize for Literature (USA), and the Jung Jiyong Literary Award. He is the founding president of the Poetry Loving Society and the President of the Society of Korean Poets. He is the Councilor of the Society of Korean Poets, the Chief Editor of Lyric Poetry and Poetics (Quarterly), Chair of Changwon KC International Literary Prize, and member of Managing Committee of Hoam Award, and President of KS World Poetry Festival. As a poet, he produced a considerable body of literary works including Wind of Yellow Sand, A Morning Desk, Where is the Woodpecker Hidden, Dharma Plays Ball and Korean Jewel Beetle in Blaze, A Face of Ice, Monarch Butterfly, and Golden Fallen Leaves. As an international poet, his poetry have been translated into as many languages ss Italian with the book Zen Buddhistic Poems – Poesie buddiste zen (I Quaderni del Bardo di Stefano Donno, 2022).

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Kooseul Kim

Is a poet and Professor Emerita of English Literature at Hyupsung University, Korea. She earned a Ph.D in English literature from Korea University. At Hyupsung University, she served as Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as Dean of the Graduate School. She has been a Visiting Scholar at UCLA. She earned the Hongjae Literary Grand Prize, the Suwon Literary Prize and a Special Prize in Europa in Versi. She is currently the Changwon KC International Literary Prize Committee Chair and Organizing Committee Vice Chair, as well as the Suwon KS International Literary Prize Committee Chair. She has contributed the "Kim Kooseul Column" to Kyunggi Newspaper and has provided English translations of Korean poetry for the quarterly Suwon Literature.
She is Advisor and Vice President for the Society of East-West Comparative Literature, as well as Advisor for the T.S. Eliot Society of Korea, for which she has also served as President. As a poet and a scholar of English literature, she has produced a considerable body of literary work. Her poems have been translated into several languages, including Italian with the book Lost Alleys – Viali perduti (I Quaderni del Bardo di Stefano Donno, 2022).

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Son Jeoung Soon

Son Jeoung Soon made her literary debut by winning the 2001 Munhaksasang award for Aspiring Poet. She earned a Ph.D in Korean literature from Korea University.
Her book publications include The Sixth Road Meeting the East Sea (poetry book), Aesthetics of White Shadows: Kim Jiha’s Lyric Poetry, Modernity of Mokwol Poetry, Integrated Writing in Cultural Arena, and Reading Today’s Movies in Cultural Scenes.
She has received awards such as the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award for Magazine professionals, and the 1st Hallyu Arts Award. Currently she teaches at Korea University and Chugye University, working as a publisher, cultural and arts planner, and serving as the publisher of the monthly cultural magazine Cultura.

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Jong hoon Kim

Poet, literary critic, and Ph.D. in literature. Born in Seoul in 1972.In 2006, he debuted with his literary criticism in the journal Creation and Criticism and in 2013 with his poetry in the journal Lyric Poetry. He is a professor of Korean literature at Korea University. Books include The Origin and Formation of Modern Korean Lyric Poetry, To the Future Lyric, Reading Precise Poetry, and Return of the Poetic.

FROM MEXICO

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Marco Antonio Campos

(Mexico City, 1949) is a poet, storyteller, essayist and translator. He has published the books of poetry: Muertos y disfraces (1974), Una seña en la sepultura (1978), Monólogos (1985), La ceniza en la frente (1979), Los adioses del forastero (1996), Viernes en Jerusalén (2005), Dime dónde, en qué país (2010) and De lo poco de vida (2016). He is the author of a book of aphorisms (Árboles) and a book of mini-fiction (El señor Mozart y un tren de brevedades). He has translated, among others, 33 books of poetry. His books of poetry have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch and Romanian. He has prepared anthologies of Ramón López Velarde, Jaime Sabines, Eduardo Lizalde, Juan Bañuelos and Antonio Cisneros.   He has won the mexican awards Xavier Villaurrutia (1992), Nezahualcóyotl (2005) and Nacional de Letras Sinaloa (2013), the Ibero-American Ramón López Velarde (2010), and in Spain the Premio Casa de América (2005) for the book Viernes en Jerusalén, the Premio del Tren Antonio Machado (2008) for the poem 'Aquellas cartas' and the Premio Ciudad de Melilla (2009) for the book Dime dónde, en qué país. In 2004, the Chilean government awarded him the Pablo Neruda Centenary Presidential Medal. In 2014, the Montreal Poetry Festival in Montreal, Quebec, awarded him the Lèvres Urbaines Prize, in Quito, Ecuador, he was awarded the Paralelo Cero International Poetry Festival Prize (2018), at the Bucharest International Poetry Festival the Anton Pann Prize (2019) and last December he was awarded the Bellas Artes Medal in Literature 2022. He is a researcher at the Centro de Estudios Literarios del Instituto de Filológicas de la UNAM and a member of the Académie Mallarmé in Paris since 2005. The book of poems Così in là, così lontano (Tan allá, tan lejos), translated by Emilio Coco (I Quaderni de Bardo by Stefano Donno, 2024), has recently been published.

FROM ITALY

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Davide Rondoni

Davide Rondoni (Forlì 1964) has published several volumes of poetry: La natura del bastardo (Mondadori 2016), Il bar del tempo (Guanda 1999), Avrebbe amato chiunque (Guanda 2003), Compianto, vita (Marietti 2004), Apocalisse amore (Mondadori 2008), Le parole accese - per ragazzi (Rizzoli 2008), 3. Tommaso, Paolo, Michelangelo (Marietti 2009), Rimbambimenti (Raffaelli 2010), Si tira avanti solo con lo schianto (WhiteFly 2013), Cinque donne e un'onda (Ianieri 2015), with which he won the major poetry prizes in Italy. He is translated in various countries around the world in volume and magazine form. He contributes to poetry programmes on radio and TV (Rai, Sky, tv2000, San Marino RTV) to the writing of films and high-tech experience exhibitions and to some newspapers as a columnist. He founded the Centre for Contemporary Poetry at the University of Bologna and the journal ”clanDestino”. His recent volumes of essays are: Che cos'è la natura? chiedetelo ai poeti (Fazi, 2022) E come il vento. L'infinito.  Lo strano bacio del poeta al mondo, (Fazi 2019), Noi, il ritmo. Taccuino di un poeta per la danza (e per una danzatrice) (La nave di Teseo 2019), Il fuoco della poesia (Rizzoli 2008), Nell'arte vivendo (Marietti 2012), L'amore non è giusto (Carta Canta 2013), Contro la letteratura (Bompiani 2016), L'allodola e il fuoco. Le 50 poesie che mi hanno acceso la vita (La Nave di Teseo 2017), Salvare la poesia della vita (Edizioni Messaggero Padova 2018). He directs the series "I Passatori - Contrabbando di poesia" for CartaCanta and other poetry series for Marietti. He is the author of theatre and translations (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Péguy, Jiménez, Shakespeare and others). He has participated in international poetry festivals in many countries. He has also published several books of fiction and essays.

Photo credits: Giovanni Gastel

Emilio-Coco

Emilio Coco

Born in S. Marco in Lamis (FG), he is a hispanist, poet and translator. He is the author of several anthologies of spanish poetry and three volumes of Spanish theatre. He has also published anthologies of Italian poetry translated into spanish in Mexico, Spain and Colombia. The latest, La poesía del siglo XX en Italia was published in 2017 by Visor in Madrid. With the publisher Walter Raffaelli, he has published florileges of catalan, mexican, colombian, cuban, honduran, bolivian, ecuadorian, costarican poetry and Il fiore della poesia latinoamericana d'oggi in three volumes. At the same publisher, he directs the “Hispano-American” poetry series. As a poet, he has published twelve books in Spain and Latin America, and seven in Italy, gathered under the title Poesie 1990-2020 (2021), Il tempo di mettermi in cammino (Passigli 2021), translated into spanish as El tiempo de emprender el camino (Pigmalión, Madrid), La casa (La vita felice, 2023). He has won several prizes and awards. In 2003, he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order “Alfonso X el Sabio” by King Juan Carlos I, one of the highest honours granted in Spain for cultural merit. In 2016, he was awarded the Ramón López Velarde International Prize in Mexico. He has been translated into twelve languages and has participated in numerous poetry festivals in Spain, France, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and Turkey.

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Antonella Carmen Caggiano

Lives in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy), where she has been teaching since 2016. She has collaborated with Il Roma and Il giornale di Napoli, becoming a freelance journalist. He has published Estensioni, 1990; Cronaca di uno Zen annunciato, 2010; Dolce di sale, May 2022; La vena delle viole, 2023. His first two works were received positively by the critics and awarded prizes at the "Literary Prize organised by the Centro Divulgazione Arte e Poesia", in Capranica, in 1990; at the Valle di Vitalba National Poetry Prize, 1991; at the European Community Contemporary Literary Prize, 1994; at the European Community International Competition”Città di Como, 1994; at the National Poetry and Fiction Competition Antartika, 1994; at the Stella Norbiato Poetry Award, 2000; at the Literary Prize Rhegium Julii 2022, with an unpublished collection: Dove le viole vanno a dormire. He is a member of the Mihai Eminescu International Academy. Some of his texts are present in various anthologies, including '900 e oltre' by Roberto Pasanise and Gerardo Salvadori, introduced by Pompeo Giannantonio.