having made fun of justice, harsh with the
poor (not with the private guards who lord
it, while their crimes go unpunished): a
theme that interested Verga and Vito
Mercadante; Canti Siciliani [Sicilian Songs],
1969. a poem about emigration and distant
love, in a France never really visited but
realistically depicted; Yossiph Shyrin (1971).
Criticism: B. Piccitto, in Corriere di Sicilia,
June 23, 1967; L. Sciascia ─ V. Di Maria,
Almanacco siciliano, Catania 1971; L. Patanè,
Preface to La notti longa, Linguaglossa 1972;
M. Cavallaro, Santo Calì un uomo scomodo,
Catania 1979; Santo Calì, Yossiph Shyryn,
antology edited by N. Scamacca, Trapani
1980; Santo Calì, Acts of the Convegno
Nazionale di Studi, Linguaglossa, 16-19
December 1982.
Notes
1 R. Contarino, Santo Calì, in: Novecento Siciliano, Vol.I,
