Linda Lercari (born 8 October 1972) is an Italian

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actress and author who writes short stories, fiction,

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, political fiction, noir stories, gothic novels, and

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. Her most important novel is actually '' Kaijin. L'ombra di cenere'', able to give her many literary awards, the last one in order of time is the third prize for edited

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at the San Domenichino di Massa.

Life

Lercari was born in the Ligurian area to a Marshal of the Italian Navy father. She has been published by the editor

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– Italy. During 2015 Lercari won the first prize for single story at the San Domenichino di Massa. With a great passion for Japan, she practices the martial art of

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at the thirty-year Kendo School created in Lucca by Maurizio Lipparelli and has been an actress in the Next Artists company of Viareggio specializing in

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's texts strictly in the original language. She attended acting courses held by Federico Barsanti of the Piccolo Teatro della Versilia, Cathy Marchand of the Living Theater, and Mark Roberts of the Ensemble Studio Theater in

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. Lercari is part of the TOF - Testo Originale a Fronte - a group of artists from

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Selected works

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: '' Kaijin. L'ombra di cenere'' (2018), '' Sette_(novel)'' (2019) and '' Doveva essere un romanzo d'amore'' (2019).

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: ''Poesie d`Osservazione'', ''Poesie Crudeli'' and ''Il Vecchio e il Nuovo'', the latter translated into

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with the title ''イルヴェッキオエイルヌオーヴォ''. His poem ''L'amante Bianca'' is part of the anthology of the Luzi Foundation, 2015 edition.

References

External links

Con Linda Lercari l`arte della scrittura diventa magica poesiaLinda Lercari's Personal Site
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