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Lello Voce c_Francesco Francaviglia
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Lello Voce (born in 1957 in Naples, Italy) is one of the pioneers of European Spoken Word and introduced Spoken Music into the Italian Poetry Slam scene. He was the first author to bring out poetry comics, a genre that earned him the 2012 Napoli Prize. His texts have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German and Arabic. Voce has published various books of poems and albums in collaboration with such artists as Frank Nemola and A. Salis. Together with Nanni Balestrini and Paolo Fabbri he started the television show L’ombelico del mondo (Rai EDU). He is a founder member of the Word Poetry Movement of the Festival de Poesía de Medellín.
www.lellovoce.it
Publications (a selection):
Il fiore inverso. Squilibri editore 2016
Il Cristo elettrico. No reply 2006
Piccola cucina cannibale (with F. Nemola and C. Calia).Squi[libri] 2011
L’esercizio della lingua. Le Lettere 2010
Farfalle da combattimento. Bompiani 1999