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Beppe Costa (born 25 August 1941) is an Italian poet, novelist and publisher.


Biography


The beginning

Born into a poor family grows, however, in an environment rich in books. He published the first volume of poems in 1970
Casa della Poesia: bibliography of Beppe Costa.
(''Una poltrona comoda'', Giuseppe Di Maria editore), characterized, like the others that follow, by the theme of love and nonconformity. Beppe Costa Beppe wrote and published two tour guides, first at local level, ''Catania, Guida ai monumenti'', and the second at regional level, ''Sicilia, Guida ai monumenti'', both with Muglia publisher. Translated two books of the playwright
Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Terán (; ; born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterra ...
. In 1978 he met the poet
Dario Bellezza Dario Bellezza (5 September 1944 – 31 March 1996) was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes. Biography Dario Bellezza was born in Rome on 5 September 1944. After his studies at a '' liceo cla ...
which will begin with poetry readings and book presentations all around Italy, using everywhere is available: squares, bars, libraries, theaters.


Successes

He reaches fame with the book ''Romanzo siciliano'', that treat the autobiographical story of an intellectual Sicilian in his struggle and his complaint the south and the Mafia. In the United States the novel is reviewed by
World Literature Today ''World Literature Today'' (''WLT'') is an American magazine of international literature and culture, published at the University of Oklahoma. The magazine's stated goal is to publish international essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, and book ...
.
Denise Valtz Ferreri (Winter, 1986) "Beppe Costa -Romanzo Siciliano-". World Literature Today.
Beppe Costa collaborated until 1985 with articles on ''Giornale del Sud'' and in ''Siciliani'' both directed by Giuseppe Fava. He publishes in
Giornale di Sicilia ''Giornale di Sicilia'' is an Italian national daily newspaper for the island of Sicily. It is based in Palermo, and is the best-selling newspaper in Sicily. Since 2017, it is owned by the daily newspaper of Messina, '' Gazzetta del Sud''. Histo ...
interviews to
Alberto Moravia Alberto Pincherle (; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990), known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia ( , ), was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia i ...
,
Enzo Jannacci Vincenzo "Enzo" Jannacci (; 3 June 1935 – 29 March 2013) was an Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene. Jannacci is widely considered as ...
,
Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor ( , , ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one ...
, Leo Ferré. He also participates to the radio program of poetry by named Zenit & Nadir. In 1985 he finally left Sicily. He public other collections of poems and receive the ''Akesineide'' prize for ''Fatto d'amore'' and ''Canto d'amore''. In 1989 wins the ''Alfonso Gatto'' prize with the collection ''Impaginato per affetto''. The preface is by , who, first, recognized the artistic talent of
Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, writer, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist ...
, positively appreciates the poetry of Beppe Costa, in which beautifully expresses the pain of living, the need to love and the difficulty of harmonizing this with the reality of another world. The book will be presented in different school, The book will be presented in different schools in common with the same Spagnoletti and, in Rome, from
Giorgio Bassani Giorgio Bassani (Bologna, 4 March 1916 – Rome, 13 April 2000) was an Italians, Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual. Biography Bassani was born in Bologna into a prosperous Jewish family of Ferrara, where h ...
. His poems were read by actors like ,
Arnoldo Foà Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish f ...
, Milena Mancini, Viviana Piccolo, Sara Pusceddu e Valeria Di Francesco and set to music, among others, by da Giovanni Renzo,
Alessandra Celletti Alessandra Celletti (born 6 June 1966) is an Italian piano, pianist, vocalist, songwriter and composer, best known as an interpreter of Erik Satie. Biography Alessandra Celletti comes from a purely classical background, graduating at the Con ...
, Nicola Alesini, Giuliano Perticara, Mario Pettenati, and
Gianluca Attanasio Gianluca (John) Attanasio is a British-Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, screenwriter, film director, photographer and journalist. Specializing in modern piano and composition at "Laboratorio musicale Walter Savelli" in Flor ...
. Fascinated by the musical innovations, Beppe Costa recorded a cd with Giovanni Renzo. This experience led him quickly to make visual poetry with photos and music videos mostly of
René Aubry René Aubry is a French composer born in 1956. He is a multi-instrumentalist known for blending classical harmonies with modern instrumentation. Aubry has composed for choreographers such as Carolyn Carlson (artist), Carolyn Carlson and Pina Bau ...
and
Alessandra Celletti Alessandra Celletti (born 6 June 1966) is an Italian piano, pianist, vocalist, songwriter and composer, best known as an interpreter of Erik Satie. Biography Alessandra Celletti comes from a purely classical background, graduating at the Con ...
. He inaugurate, with Beatrice Niccolai, in 2008, the exhibition Malaspinarte.
, portal province of Massa.
In 2008 the encounter with the poet and composer Mario Salis contributes to greater synergy to the Italian edition of the Teranova Festival, who was born in France and founded by Mario Salis under the leadership of
Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Terán (; ; born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterra ...
, has already seen the participation of
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and ...
,
Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, screenwriter and comic strip writer. Life and career Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Institut des ...
and of the same Arrabal. An event of enormous importance in March 2010 for the cycle ''Beppe Costa meetings'',
Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Terán (; ; born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterra ...
in Rome,
Fernando Arrabal a Roma.
guest of spent two days with the ''Poets From Space'', a group of poets from different Italian regions, chosen by Fabio Barcellandi. Came out in June 2010, for Multimedia Publishing (Casa della Poesia from Baronissi – Salerno), his new collection of poems ''Anche ora che la luna'', with a letter from
Adele Cambria Adele Cambria (12 July 1931, in Reggio Calabria – 5 November 2015, in Rome) was an Italian journalist, writer and actress. Biography She was a central figure in Italian culture before, during, and after the 1968 movement alongside Camilla Ced ...
and .
From 2011 began the partnership with the poet Stefania Battistella creating the new reading/show: ''di me, di altri, ancora''., Beppe Costa "di me, di altri, ancora", with the participation of Stefania Battistella.


Publishing activity

In 1976 he founded the publishing house
Pellicanolibri The Pellicanolibri editions is a publishing house founded in 1976 in Catania by the poet and writer Beppe Costa, with the specific intent to highlight authors and discover forgotten or unknown youth. Story Pellicanolibri editions was created wi ...
, in promoting his work as editor of artists bashful, awkward or marginalized. He rediscovers and publishes the stories of
Luigi Capuana Luigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 – November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the main exponents of '' Verismo''. He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having been born in the province of Catania within a year of eac ...
: ''Si conta e si racconta'' (Pellicanolibri, 1989) and a volume that Federico De Roberto dedicated to his city,
Catania Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, wh ...
. He also publishes the translated texts of the contemporary French philosopher
Gaston Bachelard Gaston Bachelard (; ; 27 June 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter, he introduced the concepts of ''epistemological obstacle'' and ''Epist ...
.
Comunicazione Filosofica n. 10, maggio 2002.
From a meeting with Jodorowsky, the idea of publishing the book on the ''Panic Movement'',, ''Panico'',
Pellicanolibri The Pellicanolibri editions is a publishing house founded in 1976 in Catania by the poet and writer Beppe Costa, with the specific intent to highlight authors and discover forgotten or unknown youth. Story Pellicanolibri editions was created wi ...
1978.
a surrealist movement founded by
Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French Experimental film, avant-garde filmmaker. Known for his films ''El Topo'' (1970), ''The Holy Mountain (1973 film), The Holy Mountain'' (1973) and ''Santa Sangre'' ...
with
Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Terán (; ; born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterra ...
and
Roland Topor Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surrealism, surreal nature of his work. He was of Po ...
. In 1980 he translated and published the first work of the writer
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939–18 October 2003) was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an ...
, Manifesto subnormal., ''Manifesto subnormale'', :it:Pellicanolibri 1980. It will be also editor of
Gisèle Halimi Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb, ; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist. Biography Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb was born in La Goulette, Tunisia, on 27 July 192 ...
,
Luce d'Eramo Luce d’Eramo (June 17, 1925 – March 6, 2001) was an Italian writer and literary critic. She is best known for her autobiographical novel ''Deviazione'', which recounts her experiences in Germany during World War II. D’Eramo's writings are ...
,
Alberto Moravia Alberto Pincherle (; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990), known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia ( , ), was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia i ...
,
Dario Bellezza Dario Bellezza (5 September 1944 – 31 March 1996) was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes. Biography Dario Bellezza was born in Rome on 5 September 1944. After his studies at a '' liceo cla ...
,
Goliarda Sapienza Goliarda Sapienza (; 10 May 1924 – 30 August 1996) was an Italian actress and writer. She is best known for her 1998 novel '' The Art of Joy''. Life Early life Sapienza was born on 10 May 1924 in Catania, Sicily, to (1880–1953) and (1880– ...
,
Arnoldo Foà Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish f ...
, Angelo Maria Ripellino. Since 1982, with the poet
Dario Bellezza Dario Bellezza (5 September 1944 – 31 March 1996) was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes. Biography Dario Bellezza was born in Rome on 5 September 1944. After his studies at a '' liceo cla ...
gives life to the series'' Inediti rari e diversi'' in order to report the authors excluded from the Italian literary society, like Anna Maria Ortese. From 1992 Pellicanolibri becomes a great library on the edge of Rome. Here will reach authors from all parts of Italy and not only.


Beppe Costa and Bacchelli law

In 1985 manages together with
Adele Cambria Adele Cambria (12 July 1931, in Reggio Calabria – 5 November 2015, in Rome) was an Italian journalist, writer and actress. Biography She was a central figure in Italian culture before, during, and after the 1968 movement alongside Camilla Ced ...
to make apply for the first time the in favor of
Anna Maria Ortese Anna Maria Ortese (; June 13, 1914 – March 9, 1998) was an Italian author of novels, short stories, poetry, and travel writing. Born in Rome, she grew up between southern Italy and Tripoli, with her formal education ending at age thirteen. H ...
.


Shows and tours


''Anche ora che la luna''

From January 2008, begins the tour of poetry and music ''Anche ora che la luna''.
, Anche ora che la luna date tour.
Initially, in Salento with the composer Giovanni Renzo at the piano, after alone and performing throughout Italy in places like the Literary Cafe in Rome and the Civic Theatre in Sassari. This tour, ''Anche ora che la luna'' at Civic Theatre in Sassari. will continue up to 2011.


''Ho ancora voglia di sognare''

In 2009, began a collaboration with the French singer , creating the show ''Ho ancora voglia di sognare'',
, Beppe Costa and Eva Lopez.
interpreting poems in their context and in the encounter with the songs of Leo Ferré, Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel,
Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; ; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and ...
.


''Di me, di altri, ancora''

In 2009, gets under way the new show ''di me, di altri, ancora'', touring around Italy
date ''di me, di altri, ancora'' tour.
(taken from the eponymous book forthcoming). In 2012 the tour
, ''di me, di altri, ancora'' spazio Tadini.
di me, di altri, ancora will restart with the poet Stefania Battistella.


''Beppe, il poeta che amava le donne''

The director Ricky Farina produces the film ''Beppe, il poeta che amava le donne'' (Quixote production, 2009).


Ottobre in Poesia

In 2009 he is the guest of honor at Ottobre in Poesia
, Literary Prize "Città di Sassari" this morning the ceremony with Beppe Costa.
in Sassari, and in 2010 participates in numerous meetings with students from different schools of Sassari. At the end of the Festival Ottobre in Poesia, at the Civic Theatre in Sassari receives the poetics key of the city.


Events in 2012

On the occasion of 20 years since the birth of the library
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, begin (from February to June) a series of meetings that will see, among the guests, personalities such as
Arnoldo Foà Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish f ...
,
Adele Cambria Adele Cambria (12 July 1931, in Reggio Calabria – 5 November 2015, in Rome) was an Italian journalist, writer and actress. Biography She was a central figure in Italian culture before, during, and after the 1968 movement alongside Camilla Ced ...
, Paul Polansky,
Jack Hirschman Jack Hirschman (December 13, 1933 – August 22, 2021) was an American poet and social activist who wrote more than 100 volumes of poetry and essays. Early life and education Hirschman was born on December 13, 1933, in New York City, into a ...
, Viorel Boldis,
Alessandra Celletti Alessandra Celletti (born 6 June 1966) is an Italian piano, pianist, vocalist, songwriter and composer, best known as an interpreter of Erik Satie. Biography Alessandra Celletti comes from a purely classical background, graduating at the Con ...
, Dave Lordan, Andrea Garbin, Fabio Barcellandi, Don Backy and many others.


Our days

In 2012 is invited
invito al Nisan Festival di Maghar, Israrele 2012.
at the 13th, then will be invited to the 14th and 15th, edition of the Nissan Festival which takes place in Maghar, (Israel) founded by the poet
Naim Araidi Naim Araidi (, ; April 2, 1950 – October 2, 2015) was an Israeli Druze academic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway, and writer known for his poems in both Hebrew and Arabic. Education Araidi was born in Maghar, Israel and completed his elementary sc ...
.
Festival Internacional NISAN.
From 2015 he is president of Terre di Virgilio Prize,
Premio Nazionale di Poesia Terra di Virgilio – ADN Kronos.
from 2016 he is part of Francisco de Aldana Prize jury.
El abulense Muñoz Quirós logra II Premio Internacional convocado en Nápoles – La Vanguardia.
He began a collaboration with Era Buçpapaj, of the University of Tirana for several translations from English and Italian. In September 2019 he was invited to the International Poetry Festival in Kosovo, where he met the writer Luan Rama, who, a few days later, wrote an article for two newspapers in Tirana.
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Prize

* Ragusa, libro siciliano dell'anno Prize, 1984 * Akesineide Prize 1987 * Alfonso Gatto Prize, 1990 * Città di Ascoli Prize, 1992 * International poetry prize "Il Delfino d'Argento", Nettuno, 1992 * Joppolo Prize, 1997 * Ciac per la poesia Prize (
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, Rome), 2008 * Iceberg News per...parole... Prize, Teranova Festival (
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, Rome), 2008 * Career Award at "La Befana del Poliziotto 2009" Orione Teatre (Roma)
EPIFANIA: DOMANI AL TEATRO ORIONE DI ROMA LA 'BEFANA DEL POLIZIOTTO 2009'.
* Premio Internazionale Città di Ostia: career award,
Premio Città di Ostia.
Roma 2012. * Career Award at Nettuno PhotoFestival,
, Beppe Costa e Tomaso Binga al PhotoFestival di Nettuno.
Nettuno 2014 * Career Award at Nisan Festival Maghar, Israel, Maghar (מע'אר,
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) * Prize Moniga "Naim Araidi", Moniga del Garda, 2017 *Prize Cultura Ambiente Umanità, Anzio Nettuno, Università Popolare, Fusibilia 8 marzo 2019


Works


Guides

* ''Catania, Guida ai monumenti'', (with Luccjo Cammarata), Muglia editions * ''Sicilia, Guida ai monumenti'', (with Luccjo Cammarata), Muglia editions


Anthologies

* ''Documento Sicilia'', Giuseppe Di Maria editions * ''Enotrio'', a cura di Dario Micacchi, Jaca Book edizioni, '88 * ''Almanacco di Galleria'', ed. Salvatore Sciascia, year I n. 2, '91 * ''Poesia '90'', edited by Giorgio Weiss and , ed. '90 * ''Poesia '90'', edited by Giorgio Weiss and Riccardo Reim, ed. '91 * ''ContrAppunti perVersi'', 1990,
Pellicanolibri The Pellicanolibri editions is a publishing house founded in 1976 in Catania by the poet and writer Beppe Costa, with the specific intent to highlight authors and discover forgotten or unknown youth. Story Pellicanolibri editions was created wi ...
* ''Il Policordo'', Rivista, edited by year VI n 2/3 * ''ConVersiAmo'', 1991, Pellicanolibri * ''Ponte degli angeli'',1986, Scripta Manent * ''L'amore, la guerra'', RAI, Radiotelevisione italiana, a cura di Aldo Forbice, 2004. . * ''Calpestare l'oblio'' edited by Davide Nota and Fabio Orecchini, 2010, Argo * ''Acqua privata? no grazie'', edited by Marco Cinque, 2011, Ilmiolibro * ''Nisan – International Poetry Festival – Maghar'', edited by Naim Araidi, 2012 * ''Heartfire – second revolutionary poets brigade'', a cura di
Jack Hirschman Jack Hirschman (December 13, 1933 – August 22, 2021) was an American poet and social activist who wrote more than 100 volumes of poetry and essays. Early life and education Hirschman was born on December 13, 1933, in New York City, into a ...
e Agneta Falk, 2013, Kallatumba Press, S. Francisco. . * ''AA. VV. Manifest'Azioni dal Sottosuolo'', a cura di A. Garbin, Seam Edizioni, 2014. . * '' Poems for the Hazara'', multilingual poetry anthology, 2014. . * ''Jackissimo'', antologia poetica dedicata a
Jack Hirschman Jack Hirschman (December 13, 1933 – August 22, 2021) was an American poet and social activist who wrote more than 100 volumes of poetry and essays. Early life and education Hirschman was born on December 13, 1933, in New York City, into a ...
, a cura di A. Bava, Seam Edizioni, 2014. . * ''AA. VV. SignorNò'', poesie e scritti contro la guerra, a cura di M. Cinque e P. Rushton, Seam Edizioni, 2015. . * ''AA. VV. Refugees'', 15.
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, 2015, Verlag Vorwerk. . * ''AA. VV. Woher ich nicht zurückkehren werde'', Berliner Anthologie, Verlag Vorwerk 8. . * ''Raimondi Valeria; Costa Beppe; Hirschman Jack: Poetre II''. Rrjedhë dallge që shtyn-L'onda dentro che sospinge, Gilgamesh Edizioni, 2016. . * ''No resignación''. Antología de Salamanca, a cura di Alfredo Peréz Alencart, Depósito Legal: S. 504-2016 Impreso en Salamanca, en los talleres de Gráficas Lope, 2017 * ''AA. VV. SignorNò'', poesie e scritti contro la guerra, a cura di M. Cinque e P. Rushton, Nuova edizione, Associazione Pellicano, 2016. . * AA. VV. ''LiberAzione poEtica'', pref. Jack Hirschman, Pellicano, 2017. . * AA. VV. ''Poeti da morire, a cura di Marco Cinque e Beppe Costa'', Pellicano Sardegna, 2018. . * AA. VV. ''Giornata mondiale della poesia'', Roma 2020 * AA. VV. ''D'amori, di delitti, di passioni, a cura di Beppe Costa e Vito Davoli'', 2022. * AA. VV. ''SignorNò!'', ''a cura di Marco Cinque e Vito Davoli'', 2022. * AA.VV. ''Parole a(r)mate'', Kondo 2023 * AA.VV. ''De aquende u allende'', XXVI enccuentro del Poetas Iberoamericanos, Edifsa, 2024 * ''AA.VV. AA.VV. Dissent, an anthology to end war and capitalism, Vagaabon Mark Lipman Editor, 2024, ISBN 9781958307045


Prose and poetry

* ''Una poltrona comoda'', Vincenzo di Maria editor, 1970 * ''Un po' d'amore'', Muglia editions, 1975 * ''Metamorfosi di un concetto astratto in due tempi con accompagnamento di ottavino'', (with a foreword by
Dario Bellezza Dario Bellezza (5 September 1944 – 31 March 1996) was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes. Biography Dario Bellezza was born in Rome on 5 September 1944. After his studies at a '' liceo cla ...
), Pellicanolibri, 1982 * ''Romanzo siciliano'', Pellicanolibri, 1984 * ''Canto d'amore'' (with illustrations by Ivana Buschini), Pellicanolibri, 1986 * ''Fatto d'amore'' (with foreword by Dante Maffia), Pellicanolibri, 1987. . * ''Impaginato per affetto'' (with foreword by ), Pellicanolibri, 1989 * ''Il male felice'', Pellicanolibri, 1992 * ''Due o tre cose che so di lei'' (with foreword by
Luce d'Eramo Luce d’Eramo (June 17, 1925 – March 6, 2001) was an Italian writer and literary critic. She is best known for her autobiographical novel ''Deviazione'', which recounts her experiences in Germany during World War II. D’Eramo's writings are ...
), Pellicanolibri, 1995. . * ''D'amore e d'altro'' (edited by
Luce d'Eramo Luce d’Eramo (June 17, 1925 – March 6, 2001) was an Italian writer and literary critic. She is best known for her autobiographical novel ''Deviazione'', which recounts her experiences in Germany during World War II. D’Eramo's writings are ...
), Pellicanolibri, 1996. . * ''Poesie per chi non sa fare altro'', Pellicanolibri, 2002 * ''Anche ora che la luna'', music CD with the composer Giovanni Renzo, 2009 * ''Anche ora che la luna'' (with letter of
Adele Cambria Adele Cambria (12 July 1931, in Reggio Calabria – 5 November 2015, in Rome) was an Italian journalist, writer and actress. Biography She was a central figure in Italian culture before, during, and after the 1968 movement alongside Camilla Ced ...
), collections of poems, Multimedia edition

2010. . * ''Rosso, poesie d'amore e di rivolta'' edited by Andrea Garbin, with foreword by Mauro Macario, VoloPress Edizioni, 2012 * ''La terra (non è) il cielo!'', Gilgamesh Edizioni 2014. . * ''Dell'amore e d'altre abitudini'', con Stefania Battistella, Pellicanolibri Edizioni 2014. . * ''L'ultima nuvola'', Pellicano 2015. . * ''Rosso, poesie d'amore e di rivolta, in appendice "Lettera d'amore non spedita"'', Pellicano Associazione Culturale, 2016. . * ''Per chi fa turni di notte'', Pellicano Associazione Culturale, 2017. . * ''Romanzo siciliano – La trilogia'', Pellicano Associazione Culturale, 2017. . * ''Il poeta che amava le donne (e parlava coi muri)'', Pellicano Sardegna, 2018. . * ''Il poeta che amava le donne (e parlava coi muri)'', Pettirosso editore, 2019. . * ''Nicola Alesini, Beppe Costa, Metà del tempo, poesia a due voci'', Alfa Music EAN. 8032050021188. * ''Dall'altra parte dell'orizzonte,'' a cura di Vito Davoli, Pellicano Cult / Amazon KDP 2022. * ''La via semplice'', plaquette da una poesia, con una foto di Dino Ignani e un aforisma critico di Ugo Magnanti, FusibiliaLibri, Anzio, 2023. * ''Delitto imperfetto'', 50 poesie sulla poesia e sui poeti, a cura di Ugo Magnanti, Di Carlo editore, 2024, Beppe Costa, D'amore e d'altri bisogni, poesie e musica (con Matteo Cavicchini) e una nota di Mauro Macario, Pellicanolibri, 2024, ISBN 978-88-85881-81-5


Notes


Bibliography

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, ''Autobiografia di un artista burbero'', Sellerio – (pag. 134). * 2011 :it:Anna Maria Ortese ''Bellezza addio'', Rosellina Archinto – (pag. 112). * 2015
Dario Bellezza Dario Bellezza (5 September 1944 – 31 March 1996) was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes. Biography Dario Bellezza was born in Rome on 5 September 1944. After his studies at a '' liceo cla ...
, ''Tutte le poesie'',
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– (pag. XVII, XXXII, XXXIII).


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