Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio Explained

Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio
Native Name:	Zef Skiro di Maggio
Native Name Lang:	sq
Birth Date:	11 January 1944
Birth Place:	Hora e Arbreshëve, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Occupation:	Writer, journalist, poet, dramatist
Language:	Italian, Albanian

Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio (Arbërisht: Zef Skiro Di Maxho), born in 1944, is an Arbëreshë poet and dramatist of Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily.^[1]

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 – Prishtina.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Elsie. Robert. England). Centre for Albanian Studies (London. Albanian literature: a short history. 11 August 2011. 2005. I.B.Tauris. 978-1-84511-031-4. 206–.