Menotti Lerro

Freitag, 22. Februar 1980

Menotti Lerro (born 22 February 1980) is an Italian poet, writer, playwright, librettist and academic, born in Omignano, Salerno. His work explores matters of social alienation and existentialism, the physicality and vulnerability of the body, the interpretation of memories, the meaning of objects and the philosophical importance of human identity. In 2015 he published Donna Giovanna, l'ingannatrice di Salerno, an innovative feminine and bisexual version of the mythical figure of Don Juan, El Burlador de Sevilla, while in 2018 he wrote an original version of the character of Faust. In addition, he is the founder of Salento – "The Poetry Village", Omignano – "The Aphorisms Village", "The Contemporary Center of Arts", "The Cilento Poetry Prize" and the "Cultural Pyramid of Cilento". Furtherm