Mario Bellizzi (born 1957), a poet of the
Arbëresh minority of southern
Italy
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, was born in
San Basile in the province of
Cosenza. His verse has appeared in various Arbëresh periodicals in southern Italy, as well as in
Kosovo
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and
Albania
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. Bellizzi currently lives in
Trebisacce on the
Gulf of Taranto. Among his verse collections are: ''Who are We Now?'', Peć 1997; and ''Last Exit to Bukura Morea'', Castrovillari 2003.
Sources
Albanian Literature from Robert Elsie
1957 births
Living people
Italian poets
Italian male poets
Italian people of Arbëreshë descent
Albanian-language poets
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