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Italian poet
Giuseppe Coniglio
Giuseppe Coniglio
, known as
U poeta
, (December 2, 1922 in
Pazzano
(RC) ? March 13, 2006 in
Catanzaro
), was an Italian poet who wrote in Pazzanese, a variety of the
Calabrian dialect
(language).
Life
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Giuseppe Coniglio, born on 2 December 1922 in a family of poor farmers, lived all his life in Pazzano (province of
Reggio Calabria
,
Italy
).
He married Letizia Bosco with whom he had two children: Palmiro and Maria Antonietta.
He worked first as a farm hand and then as
capo operaio forestale
(chief forester) in "Bacino Montano Stilaro".
After the Second World War, Coniglio wrote his first carnival farces in
pazzanito dialect
(a local variant of the
Calabrian language
). The most famous of these farces was "La calata degli dei" (The Fall of the Gods), written in 1949.
He produced his first poetry collection in 1973 under the title "Calabria contadina" (The Calabria of the Farmers), which appeared
in 1984 in a second edition.
In that same year, he published
Quattru chjacchjari e ddui arrisi
(Some Chatting and Some Laughs).
His last volume of poetry was
A terra mia
(My land) in 1998.
Coniglio also produced a large number of wood and stone sculptures;
of these, "La fontana dei Mascheroni" is considered the most famous.
For the theatre Coniglio wrote the comedy
Marcu e Filomena
as well as a new rendition of
Natale in casa Cupiello
(a very famous play by
Eduardo De Filippo
) in the Pazzanese dialect.
In August 2007 the social-cultural center of Pazzano (
Centro di aggregazione socio-culturale
) was dedicated to him.
Works
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- Calabria contadina
(poetry collection, 1973)
- Quattru chjacchjari e ddui arrisi
(poetry collection, 1984)
- A terra mia
(poetry collection, 1998)
- Marcu e Filomena
(comedy for the theatre)
Awards
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- 1° award "
Lauro d'Argento
" Edizione sagra della poesia calabrese. Ardore Marina, 1983.
- 1° award trofeo
Salvatore Filocamo
6° edizione Estate locridea with the poetry "U cozzali" ?
Mammola
, 1986
- 1° award "Nuove prospettive Calabresi" ? S. Calogero 1987
- 1° award "
Concorso nazionale Pro-Moschetta
" with the poetry "A guttera" ? Moschetta di
Locri
, 1990.
- 1° award "Concorso poesia dialettale nella
Locride
"
Roccella Jonica
1990
- 1° literary award "
Sant'Andrea
" with poetry "
A terra mia
[
it
]
" ?
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio
, 1996.
- 1° award "
Accademia del dialetto di Grifo
" Trofeo Mimmo Martino "una vita per la poesia"
Reggio Calabria
1996
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