Beppe Costa

Beppe Costa
Beppe Costa in its library picture by Dino Ignani
Born	(1941-08-25) 25 August 1941 (age 76) Catania, Italy
Occupation	Poet, writer, essayist, publisher

Beppe Costa (born Concetto Costa, on (1941-08-25)25 August 1941, Catania, Italy) is an Italian poet, novelist and publisher.

Born into a poor family grows, however, in an environment rich in books. He published the first volume of poems in 1970(Una poltrona comoda, Giuseppe Di Maria editore), characterized, like the others that follow, by the theme of love and nonconformity. Beppe Costa Beppe wrote and published two tour guides, first at local level, Catania, Guida ai monumenti, and the second at regional level, Sicilia, Guida ai monumenti, both with Muglia publisher. Translated two books of the playwright Fernando Arrabal. In 1978 he met the poet Dario Bellezza which will begin with poetry readings and book presentations all around Italy, using everywhere is available: squares, bars, libraries, theaters.

He reaches fame with the book , that treat the autobiographical story of an intellectual Sicilian in his struggle and his complaint the south and the Mafia.

In the United States the novel is reviewed by World Literature Today.

Beppe Costa collaborated until 1985 with articles on Giornale del Sud and in Siciliani both directed by Giuseppe Fava. He publishes in Giornale di Sicilia interviews to Alberto Moravia, Enzo Jannacci, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Leo Ferré. He also participates to the radio program of poetry by named Zenit & Nadir. In 1985 he finally left Sicily. He public other collections of poems and receive the Akesineide prize for Fatto d'amore and Canto d'amore.

In 1989 wins the Alfonso Gatto prize with the collection Impaginato per affetto. The preface is by , who, first, recognized the artistic talent of Pier Paolo Pasolini, positively appreciates the poetry of Beppe Costa, in which beautifully expresses the pain of living, the need to love and the difficulty of harmonizing this with the reality of another world. The book will be presented in different school, The book will be presented in different schools in common with the same Spagnoletti and, in Rome, from Giorgio Bassani.