Leonardo Omar Onida (born 19 July 1973) is a poet who is artistic director of

Ottobre in Poesia The ''International Literary Prize of the city of Sassari'' takes place during the festival ''Ottobre in Poesia''. This event is held annually in the city of Sassari in the month of October. Knowing the festival The Festival Ottobre in Poesia ...

, an annual literary festival in

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

, Sardinia, Italy.

Biography

Onida is a graduate in philosophy at University of Sassari and specialized in migration and social policies. He is coordinator of training courses and currently working in information technology and communications. He is co-founder of Equi-tao project,, Equi-tao project. founder and artistic director
Leonardo Omar Onida on SpettacoloSardegna. of the festival

, International Literary Prize of the city of Sassari that is an integral part of the festival and president of the association POP – Progetto Ottobre in Poesia. Author of poems selected and included in numerous anthologies like Isla Negra, Anguillara Sabazia città d’arte, IoScrivo, Isola near. Author of the prose story Frammenti dal caos, published as a prize for all his distinctions achieved in literary field. Chosen by the poets and artists Giovanna Mulas and Gabriel Impaglione as responsible and spokesman for Sardinia of the festival Palabra en el Mundo,
Sassari Notizie -VI Festival Internazionale di Poesia Palabra en el Mundo-. founded and promote by the Festival di Poesia dell’Havana in Cuba, one of the most important festival in the world, with the collaboration of the members of the Brazilian Congress of Poetry.

Ottobre in Poesia

In 2007, Leonardo Omar Onida founded
Leonardo Omar Onida interview. and given life to the poetry festival Ottobre in Poesia,
Sassari Notizie -Ritorna il festival Ottobre in Poesia-. in which come one after the other meetings with authors, readings, shows, concerts, art installations; all events that, in last editions, they spread and widened also involving nearby cities. First guest who accepted enthusiastically accepted the invitation of Leonardo was

Alda Merini Alda Merini (21 March 1931, in Milan – 1 November 2009, in Milan) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and the admiration of other Italian writers, such as Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini ...

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ospiti edizione Ottobre in Poesia 2007. Others personalities who have accepted the invitation were Giovanna Mulas, Gabriel Impaglione, Carlos Sanchez, and

Desmond Egan Desmond Egan (born 15 July 1936 in Athlone, County Westmeath) is an Irish poet. He has published 24 Collections of poetry and published translations of Sophocles' Philoctetes and Euripides' Medea. His own work has been translated into Albanian, B ...

Publications

* ''Frammenti del caos'', (Ed. Montedit, 2005),

Prizes

Winner of national and international literary prize in poetry section, like Francesco Flora prize (Colle Sannita - 1996), Forico Sechi prize with honorable mention (Sassari - 2003), il Marguerite Yourcenar prize (Melegnano – 2004), Arcobaleno della Vita prize (Rovigo 2007).

References

External links

official site Ottobre in Poesia
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