{"id":228447,"date":"2023-05-19T13:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/zaira-sellerio-donne-damore-finale-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:40:09","slug":"zaira-sellerio-donne-damore-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/zaira-sellerio-donne-damore-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaira Sellerio among the finalists of the international award &#8220;Donne D&#8217;Amore"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"font-377884\">Zaira Sellerio among the finalists of the international award &#8220;Donne D&#8217;Amore<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span class=\"font-377884\"><em>On May 22, 2023, at the Campidoglio of Rome, will be held the award ceremony of the international prize &#8220;Donne d&#8217;Amore&#8221; organized by the association Naschira, partner of the group Barrett International, which has been working for a long time in the national social and cultural field.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228431\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-1024x575.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-228431\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Zaira Sellerio, in occasione della presentazione del suo libro &quot;Dal Profondo del Cuore&quot; presso la Camera dei Deputati nel 2021\" width=\"840\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"font-377884\">Zaira Sellerio, on the occasion of the presentation of her book &#8220;Dal Profondo del Cuore&#8221; at the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) in 2021 Photo by Zaira Sellerio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\"><strong>Zaira Sellerio<\/strong> (stage name) is an Italian writer and poet of Sicilian origin, born in San Giuseppe Jato (PA) on 10 June 1954. She arrived in Switzerland, more precisely in Klingnau in the canton of Aargau, with her family in 1965 at the age of 11 years, and nurtured from an early age a deep passion for literature and poetry. She has had an eventful life, with a marriage imposed by her family at the age of 16, from which two children were born. She currently lives in Neuenhof, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, and after working in industry as an electronics technician, she is retired and proud to be the grandmother of Gabriele and Sofia and to devote herself entirely to the art of writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">She also enjoys writing poems in Sicilian dialect and collaborates with Cammarata web TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"font-377884\">Some of his works have been awarded with various prizes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">The novel &#8220;<strong>Dal profondo del cuore<\/strong>&#8220;, an autobiographical and moving story published by Michelangelo 1915 Editore in Naples, has won many awards: it is in its third reprint and has received the INTERNATIONAL PRIZE EUROPA and the PRIZE IV LUGANO 2014. In May 2018, in Sanbuca di Sicilia, he received the NAVARRO IN SICILY award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">His poetry collection &#8220;<strong>L&#8217;ultima valigia di cartone<\/strong>&#8220;, also published by the same Neapolitan publishing house, has also been well received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">She is also the author of &#8220;<strong>Piacevoli Equivoci<\/strong>&#8220;, two comic texts entitled &#8220;<em>Agenzia matrimoniale; o sposati, o rimborsati<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Le corna sono uguali per tutti<\/em>&#8220;, published by Arduino Sacco Editore and included in 2014 in the anthology &#8220;Vivo da Poeta&#8221; in Turin.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228439\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-704x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-228439\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Locandina evento Donne d'Amore\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore-350x509.jpg 350w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Locandina-evento-Donne-dAmore.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"font-377884\">Poster event Donne d&#8217;Amore<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"font-377884\">Some awards for her work<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Premio nazionale di poesia \u201cArturo Massimi\u201d Ottobre 1999, Mentana Roma; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Targa per il premio di narrativa; concorso internazionale \u201cPelosa\u201d Messina Novembre 2000 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Targa di poesia Ottobre 2000 della Provincia di Roma \u2022 Concorso internazionale \u201cAntonio de Curtis\u201d Roma <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Premio Poeti e societ\u00e0 delegazione della Svizzera Tedesca (concorso internazionale, menzione di merito) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Il premio di poesia inedita, quinta edizione premio \/ l\u2019attualit\u00e0 \u2013 Bartolucci diploma di finalista, 27 ottobre 2001<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Concorso internazionale artistico-letterario, Antonio de Curtis \u201cTot\u00f2\u201d, Roma 22 ottobre 2002 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 ALIAS (Accademia Letteratura Italo Australia Scrittori, con la collaborazione c.r.a.s.e.s di Palermo, Concorso Letterario Internazionale III Premio ex aequo di poesia, 10 ottobre 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 I PREMIO DI POESIA galleria \u201cIl salotto dell\u2019arte ROMA 22 Marzo 2009 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 PREMIO UNA VITA PER LA CULTURA \u201cGalleria Salotto dell\u2019arte ROMA\u201d Aprile 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Premio Internazionale di Poesia Dialettale \u201cRadici Poetiche\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">\u2022 Finalista nella rassegna di testi d\u2019antologia, dedicata a Massimo Troisi, giugno 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228435\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228435\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio.jpg\" alt=\"La scrittrice Zaira Sellerio Photo by Zaira Sellerio\" width=\"516\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio.jpg 516w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Zaira-Sellerio-350x402.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"font-377884\">The author Zaira Sellerio Photo by Zaira Sellerio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span class=\"font-377884\">The writer has also been kind enough to grant us the publication of this work (in Italian) with which she won the first prize at the &#8220;ARTURO MASSIMI NATIONAL POETRY PRIZE&#8221; Mentana &#8211; Rome in 2000.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Il treno dei ricordi<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ricordo la prima volta che salii su questo treno,<br \/>\nGi\u00e0 la fantasia mi portava lontano.<br \/>\nTerra sconosciuta!<br \/>\nTi affacciavi nei miei pensieri.<br \/>\nIntanto il treno cominci\u00f2 a sferragliare.<br \/>\nI miei figli, con il loro cappottini stretti attaccati alla gonna<br \/>\ndella nonna,<br \/>\nsalutavano pallidi ed insicuri con la manina:<br \/>\n\u201dTorna presto mammina &#8230;.!\u201d.<br \/>\nIl treno andava&#8230;<br \/>\nI tetti della mia citt\u00e0, il mare, gli agrumeti scomparivano.<br \/>\nIl pensiero ritornava a mia madre e a i miei bambini seduti<br \/>\ndavanti al focolare in casa mia.<br \/>\n\u201dChiederanno di me?\u201d.<br \/>\nLa nostalgia mi stringeva il cuore.<br \/>\nIl pensiero snodava l\u2019immagine dei miei bambini<br \/>\nvivi nel mio sguardo stretti ora intorno a mia madre<br \/>\nper chiedere quella protezione che io non potevo dar loro pi\u00f9.<br \/>\nUna voce rauca grid\u00f2 \u201dBiglietti!\u201d.<br \/>\nE finii di sognare.<br \/>\nLa vita che mi aspettava non era facile&#8230;..<br \/>\nArrivai nella terra sconosciuta dove ogni persona che parlava<br \/>\nnon la capivo.<br \/>\nEro straniera.<br \/>\nCos\u00ec cominci\u00f2 la mia vita di donna sola.<br \/>\nSola lontana da casa, sola lontana da tutti,<br \/>\nsenza un\u2019amica&#8230;..<br \/>\nA chi rivolgermi?<br \/>\nAnni tremendi, vita disadattata.<br \/>\nMa, pian piano, anch\u2019io nel mio piccolo mondo<br \/>\ntrovai il modo di sopravvivere.<br \/>\nSe ne and\u00f2 un altro spicchio di tempo.<br \/>\nVolli con me i miei figli nella terra lontana e si sposarono.<br \/>\nCostretta ancora ho ripreso il treno.<br \/>\nMa per tornare dalla terra sconosciuta alla mia terra nativa.<br \/>\nSono sola, vecchia e stanca.<br \/>\nNon voglio pesare su nessuno.<br \/>\nI miei figli e nipoti vivano la loro vita.<br \/>\nMa non era meglio rimanere<br \/>\na campare al mio paesello<br \/>\nmagari solo col pane e coll\u2019acqua?<br \/>\nSono tornata nella mia terra.<br \/>\nNon riconosco pi\u00f9 nessuno.<br \/>\nAncora una volta&#8230; straniera.<br \/>\nZAIRA SELLERIO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22, 2023, at the Campidoglio of Rome, will be held the award ceremony of the international prize &#8220;Donne d&#8217;Amore&#8221; organized by the association Naschira, partner of the group Barrett International, which has been working for a long time in the national social and cultural field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":228432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,271,260,2103,288,210,257],"tags":[855,1065,539,535,1850],"class_list":["post-228447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canton-aargau","category-europe","category-highlights","category-italian-culture","category-italy","category-magazine","category-switzerland","tag-award","tag-book","tag-culture-en","tag-immigration","tag-italians-abroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228447"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228459,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228447\/revisions\/228459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}