Gabriella Sica (born 24 October 1950) is an Italian poet. Born in

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in 1960 and after having published her poems in several publication, she published her first book of poems ''La famosa vita'' in 1986. Since 1980 she has been working in modern poetry and since 1987 she's the director of "Prato pagano" publications, a magazine where new poets can publish their works. She took part of the poetry anthology ''La parola ritrovata, ultime tendenze della poesia italiana'', which deals with the orientation to poets in the last two decades of 20th century. She also has participated in the book, ''Scrivere in versi, metrica e poesia'' and in videos about poets like

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Works

* ''La famosa vita'' (1986, Premio Brutium-Poesia) * ''Scuola di ballo'' (1988, Premio Lerici* ''Scrivere in versi'' (1996, revised edition 2003,2011-Golfo dei poeti) * ''È nato un bimbo'' (1990) * ''Vicolo del Bologna'' (1992, finalist Premio San Pellegrino) * ''La parola ritrovata'' - Ultime tendenze della poesia italiana (editor, with Maria Ida Gaeta, 1995) * ''Poesie bambine'' (1997) * ''Poesie familiari'' (2001, Premio Internazionale Camaiore, finalist Premio Metauro and Premio Frascati) * ''Sia dato credito all'invisibile. Prose e saggi'' (2000) * ''Scrivere in versi'' (1996, revised edition 2003,2011) * '' Le lacrime delle cose'' (2009, Premio Garessio-Ricci, Premio Poesia Alghero Donna, Finalist Premio Arenzano-Lucia Rodecanachi, Premio Giuseppe Dessì) * ''Emily e le Altre. Con 56 poesie di Emily Dickinson''(2010)

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1950 births Living people People from Viterbo Italian women poets 20th-century Italian poets 20th-century Italian women writers 21st-century Italian poets 21st-century Italian women writers {{Italy-writer-stub