Is titled “Eshan in the sea”tells the story of a intellectual fleeing across the Mediterranean from the African totalitarian regime to reach freedom in Europe.
It is the winning story of the fourth edition of National Literary Award “A thousand words for a photo” organized by ANCoS Aps of Naplesan event within the Intergenerational integration project and the diffusion of culture and sociality “Paideia” which brought together talent, creativity and passion for the art of writing and literature.
Mario Eleno Fedeli of Montecelio with the literary prize won in Naples
Author of “Eshan in the Sea” is Mario Fedeli40 years old, better known by his stage name “Mario Eleno”writer, actor, theater director and translator originally from Montecelio, the medieval village in the Municipality of Guidonia where he is Artistic Director of the Chisciotte Theater (CLICK AND READ TIBURNO’S ARTICLE).
The awards ceremony was held on Friday 19 April at 5pm, at Palazzo Venezia in the historic center of Naples, in the presence of the National President of ANCoS Enrico Inferrerawith the delivery of license plates And book vouchers worth 200 euros as a symbol of recognition for their extraordinary talent and commitment.
Mario Eleno Fedeli together with 4 readers present at the awards ceremony
Eleno Mario Fedeli placed first in the Over 18 Category with the story “Eshan nel mare” in front of Silvana Fumo with “Gerardo among the stars” and Alberto Libeccio author of the text “Whoever leaves, what harm does it do”.
“The story, which “expands” in elegant and engaging sentences, follows with powerful narrative details the sad story of a misunderstood poet, who fled the totalitarian regime to defend his freedom of expression and feeling. – it’s motivations of the Jury – A poet who loves Omar Khyyam’s book of quatrains and lives on poetry and the sea. For this reason only the sea can be his tomb, the sea which is a symbol of infinity, the sea which is a symbol of freedom. The prose that follows the events of Eshan is sweet, but at the same time decisive.”.
“It is the first recognition that has come to me from the city of Naples and you will understand, since I am in love with it, my happiness. I thank the Prize Jury and the President of ANCoS Enrico Inferrera who has been organizing this important competition for four years”said Fedeli, who has already won various literary prizes in the past with his first novel “Tobacconist” and with the story “In the city of Genoa”.
“The Tale “Eshan in the Sea” – explained the author – is a synthesis of many stories that I have collected on the street over the last few years. In Eshan there is my Moroccan window cleaner friend Larbi, there are Uzochi and Uzowa Nigerian brothers who are parking attendants in Fuorigrotta, there is my Palestinian poet friend Ashraf Fayadh who served ten years in prison and endured 100 lashes a day for having written a book of poems, there is my other Pakistani poet friend Umeed Ali who sells books on the street like the old Walt Whitman did, there is my Libyan film-maker friend Khalifa Abo Khraisse, son of a land raped first by colonialism and then by dictatorship, and there are those who I call “the inhabitants of the country under the sea”, those who were unable to survive the journey from Africa to Europe, my thoughts go to them in the abyss of the Mediterranean and I dedicate the Award to all the people I remembered”.
