Valerio Magrelli (born 1957,

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. He graduated in philosophy at the University of Rome and is an expert in French literature which he has taught and teaches at

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. He debuted as an author at age twenty-three with a collection of poems entitled ''Ora serrata retinae.'' He Won the

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in 1987. In 2020 he adheres at the Empathic Movement (

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) arose in the same year in the South of Italy. He won Cilento Poetry Prize in 2022.

Works

Books

*''Ora serrata retinae'' (Feltrinelli, 1980, preface by

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); *''Nature e venature'' (

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, 1987) *''Esercizi di tiptologia'' (

, 1992) *''Ora serrata retinae e Nature e venature nella collezione Poesie (1980-1992) e altre poesie'' (Einaudi, 1996) *''Didascalie per la lettura di un giornale'' (Einaudi, 1999) *''Nel condominio di carne'' (Einaudi, 2003), *''Disturbi del sistema binario'' (Einaudi, 2006) *''La vicevita. Treni e viaggi in treno'' (Laterza, 2009) *''Addio al calcio. Novanta racconti da un minuto'' (Einaudi, 2010), *''Geologia di un padre'' (Einaudi, 2013) *''Il sangue amaro'' (Einaudi, collezione di poesia, 2014) *''Lo sciamano di famiglia. Omeopatia, pornografia, regia in 77 disegni di Fellini'' (Laterza, 2015) *''Le cavie: poesie, 1980-2018, ''Einaudi, Torino 2018 *''Il commissario Magrelli,'' Einaudi, Torino 2018

References

External links

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Valerio Magrelli
Poetry Web International
The Embrace: Selected Poems by Valerio Magrelli
book review, ''The Guardian'', 28 Nov 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Magrelli, Valerio Italian poets Italian male poets 1957 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Pisa