Alessio Zanelli

Alessio Zanelli
Born	1963 Cremona, Italy
Occupation	Poet
Language	English (creative writing), Italian (native)

Alessio Zanelli (b. 1963) is an Italian poet who has adopted English as his creative writing language. ^[1] His poetry has been featured in some 250 literary journals across 20 countries.

Life

Born in Cremona, Italy, Zanelli started writing poetry and flash fiction in English in the mid-1980s, having learned the language completely as an autodidact, which makes him a representative of modern exophony.

His work has appeared in about 250 literary magazines, in print and online, in 20 countries, ^[2] though mainly in the US and UK, whereas his books include six collections, two bilingual selections and a chapbook. ^{[3] [4]}

He is the Italian Stanza Representative for The Poetry Society of London. ^[5]

Works

Poetry collections

• Loose Sheets. Leicester (UK): Upfront Publishing. 2002. ISBN   978-1-84-426025-6.
• Small Press Verse & Poeticonjectures. Philadelphia (USA): Xlibris. 2003. ISBN   978-1401068318.
• Straight Astray. Leicester (UK): Troubador Publishing. 2005. ISBN   978-1905237173.
• Over Misty Plains. Stoney Stanton (UK): Indigo Dreams Publishing. 2012. ISBN   978-1907401602.
• The Secret Of Archery. London (UK): Greenwich Exchange. 2019. ISBN   978-1910996300. ^[6]
• The Invisible. London (UK): Greenwich Exchange. 2024. ISBN   978-1910996713. ^[7]

Bilingual poetry selections

• 33 Poesie/33 Poems. Melegnano (Italy): Montedit. 2011. ISBN   978-8865870648.
• Ghiaccielo/Skyce (foreword by Michael Swan). Turin (Italy): Impremix. 2021. ISBN   978-8885572843.

Poetry chapbooks

• Amalgam. Allahabad (India): Cyberwit. 2021. ISBN   978-9390601929. ^[8]

Recognition

• Poetry on the Lake Competition, 2007, judged by Carol Ann Duffy: Dreamskimmer (single poem) - Commended ^[9]
• The Poetry Society Members' Poems Competition, Spring 2010, judged by Penelope Shuttle: At A Loss (single poem) - Winner ^[10]

References

1. "A lezione di poesia (in inglese) con Alessio Zanelli" (in Italian). La Provincia (tabloid of Cremona). 19 May 2017.
2. The Poetry Society: author profile
3. Library of Congress: book listing
4. British Library: book listing
5. The Poetry Society: The Poetry Stanzas
6. "Review: The Secret of Archery, by Alessio Zanelli, Greenwich Exchange, 2019". Society of Classical Poets. 21 December 2019.
7. "Review: The Invisible, by Alessio Zanelli, Greenwich Exchange, 2024". London Grip. 26 March 2024.
8. "Review: Amalgam, by Alessio Zanelli, Cyberwit, 2021". British Science Fiction Association. 2021.
9. "Poetry on the Lake International Competition". Poetry on the Lake.
10. "At a Loss – The Poetry Society: Poems". The Poetry Society.

External links

• Poets & Writers: author profile
• Poetry p f: author profile
• Italian Poetry: author profile (in Italian)
• An Interview with Alessio Zanelli, Alan Corkish, Spinozablue, 4 September 2008
• Author's homepage