Ignazio Gaudiosi

Ignazio Gaudiosi was born in Circhina, currently a Slovenian city, once belonging to Italy, in 1931: his parents were of Salernitan origin and his father, an officer of the Guardia of Finanza, was often destined to various places of the Peninsula. In fact, Gaudiosi, after other stages, spent his childhood and early adolescence in Riva del Garda, before returning to his native country in the years of high school. After graduating in Law, he moved with his wife Grazia to La Spezia, where he followed the legal profession, holding prestigious positions, and where he still lives, happy father of his daughters Anna and Barbara and grandfather of three grandchildren. The passion for poetry, which also had distant roots, was manifested in adulthood, with an irrepressible desire to write, which led him to write down the verses that were spontaneous on pieces of paper and in the most unexpected places, so as to arouse perplexity in his wife, who is now one of his greatest supporters. The numerous critical notes led him to the publication of several volumes of verses: “Respiri in semiluce” of 1983, “Archi di parole”, from 1986, “Signora Solitudine”, from 1994, “Consuntivi d’autunno”, from 1997, “The human appearances” of 2001, edited and wanted by prof. Neuro Bonifazi. In 2005, following the victory of the “Città di Salò” International Competition, the syllabus “Un anno di poesia” was published, and lastly the recent collection “Le scabre resonanze”. The distinguished critic Francesco D’Episcopo, professor at the Federico II University of Naples, has dedicated a study to him, “Ignazio Gaudiosi Mediterranean poet”, published in June 2007.He also published Antinomie “(Ediz. Helicon, Arezzo, 2010) and” Vertigine “(Edition Helicon, Arezzo, 2013). Also the professors Giuseppe Benelli of the University of Genoa, Neuro Bonifazi of the University of Urbino and Giorgio Barberi Squarotti of Turin were interested, as well as qualified critics such as Rodolfo Tommasi and many others. His lyrics are all winners of first prizes. Numerous are also the first prizes obtained in national and international literary competitions in the single poetry sections and unpublished sylloges. He also was conferred with other awards, such as career awards, cultural prizes, prizes of honor and among these, important is that of the Cultural Association Fonte Aretusa, conferred exclusively to national-renowned figures in the various disciplines, this competition, among the jurors, has several university professors such as Ramat, Biondi, Quiriconi, Bonifazi, Luzi and for some years also Gaudiosi himself , he also won the title of Academic, Musa Calliope for poetry, received from the Academy of Muse in Florence, founded by La Pira and Giuliana Plastino Fiumicelli , which sees celebrities from all the nations selected for recognition. His poems are included in various volumes of Italian literature and in numerous anthologies. He is too in the Dictionary of Ligurian Writers 1861-2007, edited by scholars of the University of Genoa.