Alfredo Rienzi (Venosa, 1959), lives in Turin since 1963. Physician. In 1993 he published Contemplando segni, a poetic collection that won the X Montale Prize, in Sette poeti del Premio Montale, (Scheiwiller); the following volumes Oltrelinee (Dell’Orso, 1994), Simmetrie (Joker, 2000, preface) and Custodi ed invasori (Mimesis-Hebenon, 2005) were partly merged into La parola postuma, antologia e inediti (Puntoacapo, 2011; Premio Fiera dell’Editoria di Poesia). In 2015 he published Notizie dal 72° parallelo (Joker Ed.); in 2019 he published Partenze e promesse. Presagi (Puntoacapo Ed.).. His poems also appeared in the main national literary magazines, and in dozens of anthological collections and collective volumes. He partook in the translation of OEvre poétique by L. S. Senghor, in Nuit d’Afrique ma nuit noire – Notte d’Africa mia notte near, Harmattan Italy, Turin-Paris, 2004. As an essayist he has published Del qui e dell’altrove nella poesia italiana moderna e contemporanea, Dell’Orso, 2011. Since 2020, he edits the blog dedicated to poetry Di sesta e di settima grandezza – Avvistamenti di poesia.
