Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio

Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio
Native name	Zef Skiro di Maggio
Born	(1944-01-11) 11 January 1944 Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, Italy
Occupation	Writer, journalist, poet, dramatist
Language	Italian, Albanian

Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio (Arbëreshë Albanian: Zef Skiro Di Maxho; born 11 January 1944) is an Arbëreshë poet and dramatist.

Biography

He was born in Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily, Italy.

He studied at the Università di Palermo. Schirò Di Maggio is currently the editor-in-chief of the magazine Albanian World (Italian: Mondo Albanese or Albanian: Bota Shqiptare), and the children's school text books Udhëtimi and Udha e Mbarë.

Works

Poems

• Nëpër udhat e Parrajsit Shqipëtarë dhe t'Arbëreshë (Travelling though Albanian and Arberesh paradises) – Piana degli Albanesi, 1974.
• Lufta e mivet me brethqit (Battle of Frogs and Mice) – Piana degli Albanesi, 1975.
• Fatosat (The daring ones) – Settimo Torinese, 1977/79.

Poetry

• Sunata (Sonata), collection of poetry written 1965/'75 – Settimo Torinese.
• Më para se të ngriset (Before dusk) – Settimo Torinese, 1977.
• APKLPS, fotofjalë (APL:PS, photowords) – Settimo Torinese, 1980.
• Kopica e ndryshku (The moth and the rust) – Palermo, 1981.
• Gjuha e bukës – ed. Ali Podrimja, Rilindja, 1981 – Pristina.
• Përtej maleve prapa kodrës (Across the mountains behind the hill), ed. Nasho Jorgaqi – Shtepia Botuese "Naim Frashëri", Tirana, 1985.
• 'Vjeç të tua 500 (500 years of you) – Mondo Albanese, 1988.
• Laerti, i jati (Laert, the father) – Mondo Albanese, Piana degli Albanesi, 1989.
• Metaforë (Metaphor) – Mondo Albanese, 1990.
• Kosova Lule (Kosovo Flower) – Mondo Albanese, 1991.
• Anije me vela e me motor (Sailboat with motor) – Mondo Albanese, 1992.
• Ne pas se pencher au dehors (Do not lean out) – Mondo Albanese, 1994.
• Poezi ghushtotre e tjera (August poetry and others) – Mondo Albanese, 1995.
• Kopshti im me dritare (My garden with windows) – Mondo Albanese, 1996.
• Dhembje e ngrirë (Frozen pain), ed. Anton Nikë Berisha – Palermo, 1998.
• Gieometri dhe ikje (Geometry and escapes) – Mondo Albanese, 1998.
• Sontete (Sonnets) – Mondo Albanese, 1999.
• Poezi dashurie në kohë vdekjeje (Love poetry at a time of death) – Kosova Martire Secondo Trimestre, 1999.
• Atje kam (There I have), bilingual verses, ed. Salvatore Sciascia, Caltanissetta, 2004.
• Ishuj (Islands) – Piana degli Albanesi, 2007.
• Trimdita (Braveday) – Piana degli Albanesi, 2009.

Theatrical plays

• Dashuri magjkië (Magical love) – Mondo Albanese, 1982.
• Pethku (The legacy) – M. Albanese, 1982.
• Paja (Dowry) – M. Albanese, 1983.
• Mushti 1860 (The must 1860) – M. Albanese, 1984.
• Shumë vizita (Many visits) – M. Albanese, 1986.
• Oremira (Talisman) – M. Albanese, 1988.
• Për tokën fisnike të Horës (From the noble land of Piana) – M. Albanese, 1989.
• Investime në jug (Investments in the south) – M. Albanese, 1990.
• Mëso artën (Learn the art) – M. Albanese, 1992.
• Gjinde si tjera (People like others) – M. Albanese, 1992.
• Kërkuesit (The searchers) – M. Albanese, 1994.
• Lule të shumta ka gjinestra (Genista has many flowers) – Quaderni di Biblos, Comune di Piana degli Albanesi, 1997.
• Ujët e Rruzahajnit (Water of Ruzahajn) – M. Albanese, 1999.
• Flutura çë do fluturonjë (The butterfly that wants to fly), Piana degli Albanesi, 2005.
• Gjëndje e përkohshme (Temporary situation), Piana degli Albanesi, 2006.