PhD Student in Italian Studies,Project funded by AHRC and University of Reading. Research interest in Italian Studies: modern and contemporary Italian Poetry with focus on Davide Maria Turoldo and Alda Merini, poetry and theology, poetry and mysticism, biblical studies, literature and religion, linguistics and biblical languages, medieval literature, Italian philology, critical theory, literature review and creative writing.
POETRY BOOKS
2013: Oltretutto, Edizioni Pulcinoelefante, Osnago, Milano
2012: La vertigine dell’andatura, Edizioni Ensemble, Roma
2006: Poems by Valentina Calista, L’eco del vento, Pagine, Roma
2006: Poems by Valentina Calista in Dialoghi in Versi, La Stampa.it, commented by Maurizio Cucchi
2001: Poems by Valentina Calista, Ti confido un segreto: scrivo poesie, Rome, Pagine
LITERATURE REVIEWS
2010: Calista V., “Alda Merini: quell’incessante bisogno di Dio”. Otto/Novecento, XXXIV, n. 1, Milan, (January/April 2010)
2007: Calista V., ”Alda Merini. Non potete rinchiudere i poeti”. Stilos, IX, n. 5-6, (March 2007), Catania
AWARD AND HONORS
2013: AHRC Scholarship
2011: “Gianfranco Rossi” award for young authors
2008: “Parco Poesia” conference
2006: “Palmaria giovane” literary award for unpublished poets
2003: “Claudia Fioroni” literary award
2001: “Poets and poetry in schools” award