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Domenico Cipriano was born in 1970 at Guardia Lombardi(AV). He won the “Lerici-Pea” prize for the unpublished work in 1999,for poetry section. He has published the collection of poems “Il continente perso” (Rome, Fermenti, 2000; 2nd ed. 2001), with the introduction of Plinio Perilli and with a note of jazz musician Paul Fresu, which won the “Camaiore” prize, first work category, in 2000 and signalled to the “Eugenio Montale” prize in 2000.
The publishing house “PulcinoElefante” has published, in June 2001, the text “L’assenza” (in 33 copies) with photos by Enzo Eric Toccaceli.
His poems have appeared on anthologies and collective. Morovern they appared in more rewiews. We remember: Pagine, La Clessidra, Il Segnale, Hebenon, Le Voci della Luna, Hortus, Pietraserena, L’Immaginazione, La Mosca di Milano, Banco di Lettura, Fermenti, Poiesis, Capoverso, Graphie, L’Ortica, Fucine Mute, Atelier, Plurabelle, Lo Specchio de La Stampa, Polimnia, Gradiva, Forum Italicum, Ameritalia.

He has conceived and coordinated the jazz Festival “Evening Song” (from 1993 to 2002), the demonstrations “Poeti irpini and post-avanguardia” (1997) and “Le strade della poesia” (2004 and 2005), the cycles of readings “Voci d’Irpinia”, “Quotidiana(mente)” (2006) and "Metafore" (2007)..
He is drawer of the reviews “Il Madrigale” and “Sinestesie” and he cares the section “Scritti di poesia” - on line edition (www.rivistasinestesie.it). He has collaborated to poetry reviews, such as “Poetry Wave” and “Le voci della luna”, currently he collaborates at “La Mosca di Milano”.
Interested in the union between Jazz and Poetry he has realized, with the actor Enzo Marangelo and the musician Enzo Orefice, the “JP band” project that melts Jazz and Poetry. About this project, it has been published a CD entitled “Le note richiamano versi” (Abeatrecords, 2004) with the rhythmic section of Ettore Fioravanti and Pietro Leveratto, equipped with the photos by Enzo Eric Toccaceli and a critic note of Giorgio Rimondi. The work has been signalled to the “Lorenzo Montano” prize in 2006.
He has got recognitions for unpublished poetry, such as: “Premio Capoverso” 2004, “Giuseppe Piccoli” 2005, “Dionysyakos” Prize 2006. He has participated, both alone and with the “JPband” project, to demonstrations, poetry festivals and jazz festivals, in various contexts, such as: “Bunker Poetico” (of Mark Nereo Rotelli) to the 49th Biennial of Venice, “Invito alla lettura” at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, “Stagione concertistica Chorus Line”, “Novecentopoesia”, “Festival di poersia in azione <a + Voci>” at Caffè delle Giubbe Rosse in Florence, “Artetipica” in Benevento Città Spettacolo, “4 notti e più di luna piena”, at Eden Caffè in L’Aquila, “Cantine Mastroberardino”, Literary Park “F. De Sanctis”, “Carovana Poesia e Musica” in the universities of Bologna, Sasso Marconi and Naples, “Festival Tra musica colta e musica jazz”, “Poesia del Sud…e per il Sud”, “Parcopoesia”, “Napoli Street Festival”, “SerateCapuane”, “MezzaNotte Bianca” in Avellino, “7 giorni di-versi” at the “Rari” Room of the National Library in Naples, “TeatroPoesia” at the SanCarluccio theater in Naples, “VeronaPoesia” at the Literary Society of Verona, and so on. His portrait was included in the gallery “Mostropoeta” by Serena Maffia.
In 2008 he was selected for the final of Lorenzo Montano Prize as author of one of the best unpublished poetry collections. Editorial recommendation of the poetry series: "Opera Prima", edited by F. Ermini with supervision by A. Zanzotto, Y. Bonnefoy, U. Galimberti.