Alfredo Giop de Palchi (born December 13, 1926

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– August 6, 2020) was an Italian

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

and translator.

Life

He grew up in

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. He was a political prisoner from the Spring of 1945 until the Spring of 1951. From 1951 to 1956 he lived in

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and in

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. In 1952 he married

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, and with her, edited '' Chelsea'' magazine from 1960 on. On October 12, 1956, he arrived in

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. He was trustee of the Sonia Raiziss Giop Charitable Foundation. He was a judge for the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards. He lived in Union Square,

with his wife Rita and daughter Luce. He was the publisher of the non-profi
Chelsea Editions
A lecture series was named for him at the

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Works

Poetry

English Bibliography

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Italian Bibliography

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Editor

Bibliography

* ''A Life Gambled in Poetry. Homage to Alfredo de Palchi,'' Edited by Luigi Fontanella, Stony Brook, New York: Gradiva Publications, 2011. Contributions by: S. Aglieco, D. Bisutti, L. Bonaffini, B. Carle, N. Condini, M. De Angelis, G. Fantato, A. Ferramosca, G. Ferri, L. Fontanella, D. Gioseffi, K. Kvitko, A. Macchia, V. Magrelli, G. Malanga, L. Manzi, I. Marchegiani, S. Montalto, M. Moroni, M. Palma, G. Panella, P. Perilli, S. Ramat, V. Surliuga, A.J. Tamburri, J. Taylor, P. Valduga, P. Valesio, A. Zagaroli. * The Poetry of Alfredo De Palchi. An Interview and Three Essays by Giuseppe Panella (translated from the Italian by

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), New York, Chelsea Editions, 2013.

References

External links

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"Alfredo de Palchi", Daniela Gioseffi, ''Italian American Writers''

Tiziano Thomas Dossena, L'Idea Magazine #74 Vol.I, NY, 1999

Tiziano Thomas Dossena, L'Idea Magazine #15 Vol.II, NY 2002 * Alfredo de Palchi and Sona Raiziss Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. {{DEFAULTSORT:De Palchi, Alfredo 1926 births American male poets American poets Writers from Verona American translators Italian poets Italian emigrants to the United States 2020 deaths