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Beker Fabian or the Waufarer Poet, born Beker Simón Fabián De Lao, is a naturalized Italian
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vian poet and writer. He is active in Peru, where he promotes diffusion of literature among young people, with literary events and poetry contests in the schools of the Andean and Amazon areas – where the mass media (including internet) still arrive with difficulty – and also in Italy, where he strives to highlight in his work and in social and literary events, the importance of dialogue and mutual exchange between different cultures, and he supports the integration of migrants and
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in the social structure.


Biography

Beker Simon Fabian was born in Margos, in the district of Huanuco,
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, on July 31 of 1963. He spent his infancy on the
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with his grandparents and brothers, speaking the local
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language and learning Spanish at the primary school. At the age of 14 he became independent from his numerous family members, who had already moved to
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, working to complete his studies and beginning to travel through many provinces of Perú. To this period pertain his first poems. Achieving his diploma in pedagogy and education, he dedicated himself to teaching in the area of Amazonian border, valorizing local culture and innovating the outdated school programs, for eight years. Because of conflicts with
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's regime, he left teaching and began touring all over
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, giving seminaries of oratory and taking part in international congresses of the Quechuan language. In 1998 he arrived in
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and settled in Italy, where he began to dedicate himself to his first and true passion for poetry, deepening his studies and learning the Italian and English languages. There, in 1999, he became an integral part of the Peruvian community in the city of
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and was elected as vice-president for a period of two years. In this city, he met the woman of his life, Alice Bellesi, and they tied the knot; this experience deeply marked his life and his work, and 15 years later it would become the essence of a book. Together with his yearned muse he traveled all over Europe:
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– and he continues traveling. These journeys are reflected and transfigured in his poetical work. In 2011 his first book, a collection of poems entitled ''Eternal Wayfarer'' (''Eterno Viandante''), was published: he undertook a tour of presentations which touched many Italian cities and participated with this work at the international literary event ''Babele Festival'', in the town of Montecosaro, filmed by local television and presented online. In 2012 he undertook a tour of presentations of this book in Peru too, involving municipalities, libraries and schools. In 2013 ''Elixir of Love'' (''Elisir d’amore''), a book in poetry and poetical prose co-authored with his wife, was published, so he undertook a tour of presentations in Italy. In 2014 this tour continued in Peru. In 2015 he recorded a no-profit audio version of this book for the Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People and the Institute of Rehabilitation Research and Training (UIC and IRIFOR) of
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.


Honours and awards

* In 2005 he won the special prize ''Cara pace ti scrivo 2005'' with the poem ''Il potere dell’amore''. * In 2006 he obtained the certificate of appointment as World Poets Consul (''Cónsul de Poetas del mundo en Macerata, Italia'') in the province of Macerata, Italy, from the association ''Movimiento Poetas del Mundo''. * In 2008 he was awarded with the Mention of Honour of the section Estero of the international prize ''The Rainbow of life (L’Arcobaleno della Vita'', with the poem ''In the shadow of peace (All’ombra della pace)''. * In December 2011 he received, for his work ''Eterno Viandante'', the official congratulations from the current president of the Republic of Peru,
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. * In 2013 he obtained the Diploma of Recognition from the Ministry of Culture for participating with his work ''Eterno Viandante'' in the ''Cultural Fridays'' in Huanuco, Peru.


Works

* ''Dear peace I write (Cara pace ti scrivo) – poetry and prose from the literary contest created to spread a culture of peace – curated by Domenico Monti'', published in 2005 * ''Eternal Wayfarer (Eterno Viandante)'' – collection of poems in Spanish with translation in Italian, published in 2011 * ''Instants of Infinity – Anthology of Poetry and Visual Arts – Special Edition for the World Poetry Movement (Istanti d’Infinito 3 – Antologia di Arti Figurative e Poesia – Edizione Speciale WPM – Movimento Mondiale della Poesia)'' - published in 2012 with ''Associazione Culturale Leopardian Community Coro a più voci'', with contributions from several authors * ''Elixir of Love (Elisir d’amore)'' - book in poetry and poetic prose in Italian and Spanish published in 2013, co-authors Beker Fabian & Alice Bellesi * ''Elixir of Love'' Audiobook – non-profit online MP3 version of the book produced in 2015 for Macerata Sections of UIC and IRIFOR


Bibliography

* * * * * Newspaper article ''Un "Elisir d’amore" in Piazza Brancondi''''Corriere Adriatico''
Newspaper, Year 153, n. 139, may 22nd 2013.


See also

*
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Spanish Romance literature, Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, columni ...
– romantic Spanish poet *
Matsuo Bashō ; born , later known as was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative '' haikai no renga'' form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as th ...
– Japanese traveling master of haiku poetry *
The Road Goes Ever On ''The Road Goes Ever On'' is a song cycle first published in 1967 as a book of sheet music and as an audio recording. The music was written by the entertainer Donald Swann, and the words are taken from poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth ...
– walking song cycle by J. R. R. Tolkien *
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog ''Wanderer above the Sea of Fog'' is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich made in 1818. It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick se ...
– painting by the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich *
L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (; ''The Elixir of Love'') is a (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's (1831). ...
– opera by Gaetano Donizetti


Notes


External links

* Beker Simon Fabian and some of hi
poems
in Spanish, Italian and English, on the website o
Movimiento Poetas del mundo

Video
in Italian and Spanish - Beker Simon Fabian participating in Babele Festival with some poems from ''Eterno Viandante''

to the presentation of ''Eterno Viandante'' on the website of th


Press Release
of th
Municipality of Morrovalle

Reportage
about ''Babele Festival'' on the website o
Macerata Chronicles

Presentation
of ''Eterno Viandante'' in th
House of the Cultures in Ancona

Video
Beker Simon Fabian in Italian and in Spanish during the presentation of ''Eterno Viandante'' in
Huánuco Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The met ...
, Peru
Video
ending of the presentation of ''Eterno Viandante'' in Huánuco,
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Presentation
of ''Elisir d'amore'' in the Municipal Library of
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Presentation
of ''Elisir d'amore'' in th
Zavatti Municipal Library
of
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Presentation
of ''Elisir d'amore'' in the Orientation Lounge of th
University of Macerata

Presentation
of ''Elisir d'amore'' on the website o
Republic of Veneto

Presentation
of ''Elisir d'amore'' on ''Frecciole News'', the newsletter o
Cascina Macondo

Audio-MP3 version
of ''Elisir d’amore'' in Italian and Spanish, free download on the website of th
Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People

Provincial Macerata Section
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