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 I was born in 1963 in Cremona, northern Italy, where I still live and work as a private financial advisor.
I have long adopted English as my artistic language, which I have been learning completely as an autodidact since the early 1980's, and to date over 400 poems of mine have appeared in about 120 literary magazines worldwide, mostly on paper and occasionally online, whereas I have published 3 full collections and a bilingual selection of poems.
Some of my work has also appeared in anthologies (sometimes to raise funds for charities) along with that by more famous poets such as Rita Dove, Carol Ann Duffy, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mario Petrucci, Jo Shapcott and John Hartley Williams, or by eminent figures such as the Dalai Lama.
I was a featured author in the 2006 edition of Poet's Market (Writer's Digest Books, USA), with an article, a review (see sample article #3 on the left) and a poem.
At present I am the poetry editor of Private Photo Review, an international magazine of photography and short writing, and the Italian Stanza Representative for the Poetry Society of London.
Besides reading and writing poetry, I devote much of my spare time to various subjects, for example ancient history as regards humanities and modern physics and cosmology as regards sciences.
Moreover, I am an amateur but inveterate runner, with quite a heap of half-marathons, marathons and ultra-marathons run across my country and abroad.
In the past, as long as my job has allowed me to, I have also dealt with the visual arts, primarily painting, drawing and photography.
For more info, contact me at alex.zan@alice.it
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MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Main magazine publications:
A Hudson View Poetry Digest, Antietam Review, Ascent, Avocet, Bardsong, Bathtub Gin, California Quarterly, Chiron Review, Comfusion, Concho River Review, Eclectica, Feile-Festa, First Class, Iconoclast, Italian Americana, Literary House Review, The Lyric, Main Street Rag, Mississippi Crow, Möbius, Poesia, Poesy, Poetic License, Poetic Voices, Poetry Depth Quarterly, Potomac Review, San Pedro River Review, Skyline Review, Tales Of The Talisman (formerly Hadrosaur Tales), Taproot Literary Review, Thought Magazine and Tipton Poetry Journal in the USA;
Aesthetica, Breathe, Brindin Press, Dark Horizons, Dream Catcher, Erbacce, Focus, Harlequin, Interlude, The Journal, Jupiter, Neon Highway, The New Cauldron, The New Writer, Orbis, Other Poetry, Pennine Ink, Poetic Licence, Poetry Cornwall, Poetry Monthly, Poetry News, Poetry Nottingham, Pulsar, Sarasvati, The View From Here, Trespass and Zine Zone in the UK;
Arabesques in Algeria;
Ambitious Friends, Freexpression, Mattoid and Paper Wasp in Australia;
Poetry Salzburg Review in Austria;
Existere in Canada;
Paris/Atlantic in France;
Kritya and Stage Buzz in India;
Flaming Arrows in Ireland;
Isola Nera, La Ballata, Pick Wick, Poetry On The Lake Journal, Private, Terra di confine and Universo in Italy;
New Zealand Alpine Journal and Poetry New Zealand in New Zealand;
Carapace and New Contrast in South Africa. - Anthologies:
A Time Of Trial (anthology on CD ROM), Hidden Brook Press (CAN), 2002;
The Book Of Hope, Beyond Borders (ICE/USA), 2002;
The World Healing Book, Beyond Borders (ICE/USA), 2002;
Listening To The Birth Of Crystals, The People's Poet (UK), 2003;
In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Vol. 5, MW Enterprises (USA), 2004;
In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Vol. 6, MW Enterprises (USA), 2006;
101 Poets For A Cornish Assembly, The Boho Press (UK), 2006;
Wild, Poetry On The Lake (ITA), 2007;
Alternatives To Surrender, Plain View Press (USA), 2007;
Meridian Anthology Of Contemporary Poetry, Vol. V, Meridian (USA), 2008;
Elemental, Poetry On The Lake (ITA), 2009;
Orta Christmas, Poetry On The Lake (ITA), 2009. - Books:
Loose Sheets, Minerva Press (UK), 2000 (first edition); Upfront Publishing (UK), 2002 (second edition);
Small Press Verse & Poeticonjectures, Xlibris (USA), 2003;
33 Poesie/33 Poems, Starrylink Editrice (ITA), 2004;
Straight Astray, Troubador Publishing (UK), 2005. - Visual art:
As a former visual artist (oil and acrylic painting, pastel drawing and photography), some of my artworks have appeared in a few literary magazines. The most important achievements are: California Quarterly (cover picture of Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2009, USA); Orbis (cover picture of No. 125, Summer 2003, UK) and Poetry Review (cover picture of Vol. 92, No. 4, Winter 2002/2003, UK).
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MY NEWS:
After the publication of Straight Astray in 2005, some more 120 poems have been published in literary magazines, therefore I have a manuscript under consideration with a British publisher.
I hope my fourth original collection, whose working title is Over Misty Plains, will see the light by the end of 2011 (more enthusiastic publishers from around the world are welcome!).
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MY RESIDENCE INFO:
City: Cremona
State/Country: Italy
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BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Small Press Verse & Poeticonjectures
156 pages, Xlibris (USA), 2003
ISBN 1401068308
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Straight Astray
108 pages, Troubador (UK), 2005
ISBN 1905237170
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