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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