Dante Maffìa

Dante Maffìa was indicated by Aldo Palazzeschi and Leonardo Sciascia who, with Dario Bellezza, considered him “one of the happiest poets of modern Italy”. This opinion is also shared by Magris, Bodei, Ferroni, Pontiggia, Brodskji, Vargas Llosa, Dario Fo, Borges. It is translated into 18 languages. He won the Awards: “Montale”, “Gatto”, “Stresa”, “Viareggio”, “Alvaro”, “Matteotti”, “Camaiore”, “Tarquinia Cardarelli”, “Circe Sabaudia”, “Rhegium Julii”, “Alda Merino “. “Eminescu”.
In 2004, Ciampi then President of the Italian Republic awarded him with a gold medal for cultural merits. The Regional Council of Calabria, the Spinelli, Guarasci, Farina, Di Liegro and Crocetta Foundations, and the University of Craiova, nominated him for the Nobel Prize. The volume of the Conference Proceedings held on his work, Ti presento Maffia, edited by Rocco Paternostro published by Aracne of Rome, is recent. He received the Honoris Causa degree from the Pontifical University.