Giuseppe Coniglio


Giuseppe Coniglio, known as U poeta,, was an Italian poet who wrote in Pazzanese, a variety of the Calabrian dialect.

Life

Giuseppe Coniglio, born on 2 December 1922 in a family of poor farmers, lived all his life in Pazzano.
He married Letizia Bosco with whom he had two children: Palmiro and Maria Antonietta.
He worked first as a farm hand and then as capo operaio forestale in "Bacino Montano Stilaro".
After the Second World War, Coniglio wrote his first carnival farces in pazzanito dialect. The most famous of these farces was "La calata degli dei", written in 1949.
He produced his first poetry collection in 1973 under the title "Calabria contadina", which appeared
in 1984 in a second edition.
In that same year, he published Quattru chjacchjari e ddui arrisi.
His last volume of poetry was A terra mia in 1998.
Coniglio also produced a large number of wood and stone sculptures;
of these, "La fontana dei Mascheroni" is considered the most famous.
For the theatre Coniglio wrote the comedy Marcu e Filomena as well as a new rendition of Natale in casa Cupiello in the Pazzanese dialect.
In August 2007 the social-cultural center of Pazzano was dedicated to him.

Works

Calabria contadina Quattru chjacchjari e ddui arrisi A terra mia
  • ''Marcu e Filomena''

Awards

  • 1° award "Lauro d'Argento" Edizione sagra della poesia calabrese. Ardore Marina, 1983.
  • 1° award trofeo Salvatore Filocamo 6° edizione Estate locridea with the poetry "U cozzali" – Mammola, 1986
  • 1° award "Nuove prospettive Calabresi" – S. Calogero 1987
  • 1° award "Concorso nazionale Pro-Moschetta" with the poetry "A guttera" – Moschetta di Locri, 1990.
  • 1° award "Concorso poesia dialettale nella Locride" Roccella Jonica 1990
  • 1° literary award "Sant'Andrea" with poetry "" – Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio, 1996.
  • 1° award "Accademia del dialetto di Grifo" Trofeo Mimmo Martino "una vita per la poesia" Reggio Calabria 1996