Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy (Italian Poetry in Translation Book 2)

PAOLO MESSINA

Paolo Messina was born January 2, 1923

in Palermo, where he lives. During W.W.II

he served as an officer pilot; having returned

to Sicily at the end of 1943, he devoted

himself to poetry and theater. He was an

active member of the Group Alessio Di

Giovanni, taking part in the renewal of

dialect poetry in the decade 1945-55. He is

the author of the following plays: Il muro di

silenzio [The Wall of Silence], 1959; Il progetto

[The Project], 1964; Le ricamatrici [The

Weavers], 1968; Ypocritès, 1970; Le isole [The

Islands], 1971; Armonia delle sfere [Harmony

of the Spheres], 1985; of these, Il muro di

silenzio and Le ricamatrici have been

translated into various foreign languages

and performed by first-rate companies. He