Iris Vignola

BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY

The author Iris Vignola was born in La Spezia, where she has always lived.
Nel fantastico mondo delle fiabe is her collection of twelve stories for children and for those who still love to dream, published in three different editions, with different illustrations.
The latest edition "Nel fantastico mondo delle fiabe - Into the fantastic world of the fairy tales", enriched with new illustrations, created by the author, in collaboration with her granddaughters Irene and Veronica and in double Italian and English version, was published by Boulevard Books, Staten Island NY, on the major Web channels.
Her first poem "A mia madre" is inserted in the anthology of various poets Poems for a mother, published by Il Tigullio.
Her poetry books are published by Irda Edizioni on various Web channels: "Unico Amore" (the first, written with the poet Horion Enky) - "Non sogno e non realtà" - "Dinanzi a me, c'è solo il mondo" - "Mi voltai... e vidi quel fiore".
"Streghe, folletti e fate filastrocche magiche e favole incantate", published by Irda Edizioni and "Filastrocche magiche e favole incantate" published by Pluriversum Edizioni, are two books for children, both in collaboration with Horion Enky.
She is currently working on the final text of her fantasy trilogy "The Stirpe di Luce - Dynasty of Light". The first book "La scelta di Asaliah - Asaliah's choice" has been published by Boulevard Books, in the Italian and English versions, on the major Web channels, including the American Barnes & Noble. The second "Le Origini - The Origins" has been published only in English version.
Some of her lyrics are published in various anthologies of various poets, made solely for charitable purposes.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, AT THE VARIOUS LITERARY COMPETITIONS

Three fairy tales of the her personal book for children have received mention and prizes:
Certified of the 7th Fairy Tale Prize with Personalized Cup, Poesia Favola Fiaba Goccia di luna, on 27-05-1990.
Certified of the 3rd Unpublished Fairy tales Prize with Personalized Cup, the 1st Edition of the Farabolina Carnevale Prize of Viareggio, on 1991.
Honorable Mention with Personalized Plate, at the 3rd Poesia Favola Fiaba Prize Goccia di Luna, on 17-05-1992.
Honorable Mention and Merit Mention, at the 5th International Prize of Culture, Poetry, Art, Communication and Solidarity La Rosa d'Oro, Torre Alfina The Village of Poetry, respectively for the poems "Portami con Te" and "Un Grande Uomo con il Cuore di Bambino", written with the author Horion Enky, on 28-08-2015.
Reporting of Merit, at the National Competition of Poetry and Narrative Municipality of Genazzano III Edition, for the poem "A librarsi nell'aria... su, in alto", on 05-01-2016.
“A song of love, where the author speaks of an almost quivering wait, a desire hidden in the soul and prays to her God for forgiveness, chasing the wind in regret for what has gone. "A librarsi nell'aria... su, in alto", almost a dance in the spasm of a new return”, Paola Bosca.
Certificate of Pregio, at the Vox Animae National Competition III Edition, for the poem "Al di là del silenzio", on 04-06-2016.
Merit Diploma "Premio Favole Avvincenti" with Personalized Cup, at the International Literary Prize Città di Sarzana, for "Nel fantastico mondo delle fiabe", on 10-07-2016.
"When the didactic tale translates into dance steps, an extraordinary lightness arises".
Honorable Mention and Personalized Medal, at the 6th National and International Competition of Poetry and Narrative, Club of the Poetry, for "Nel fantastico mondo delle fiabe", on 08-10-2016.
"The beauty written in fairy tales by the author gladdens our days that we live in this dull society, in an uncertain future, giving us a smile of hope".
Certificate of Merit of Sacred Poet with Personalized Medal, at the Ecce Homo Award: Poems Sacred and Religious, Club of Poetry, for the poem "La Passione di Cristo", on 18-06-2016.
Honorable Mention with Personalized Medal, at the 7th National and International Competition Club of the Poetry, for the poem "Al di là del silenzio", on 17-05-2017.
Merit Mention with Honor Creativity, at the Vox Animae National Competition IV Edition, for the poem "Se d'amor è costellato", on 13-05-2017.
Certificate of 3rd Place with Plaque and Diploma of Honor, at the Vox Animae National Competition IV Edition, for the story "Rinaldo e la sua penna dal pennino d'oro", on 05-13-2017.
Certificate of 4th Place with Personalized Cup and Merit Diploma, at the International Literary Prize Città di Sarzana, for "La scelta di Asaliah", first book of the Fantasy Trilogy La Stirpe di Luce, on July 2017.
Special Unpublished Narrative Prize "L'Eredità" with Plaque, at the International Competition La Baia dell’Arte, for the story "Rinaldo e la sua penna dal pennino d'oro", on 01-10-2017.
Diploma of Honor with Praise Mention, Michelangelo Buonarroti III Edition International Prize, for the story "Rinaldo e la sua penna dal pennino d'oro", on November 2017.
Merit Diploma, at the Parnassus Competition Premio Angelo la Vecchia, for the poem "Se d'amor è costellato", on 27-01-2018.
Certificate of 2nd Place, at the Online Competition Club degli Autori - Vetrine, for the poem “Il cielo negli occhi”, on 23-03-2018.
Honorable Mention with Medal, at the Poetry and Narrative National Competition Municipality of Genazzano IV Edition, for the story "Un estraneo nella mia vita", on 10-02-2018.
Merit Diploma, at the Argentario National Literary Competition III Edition, for the poem "Se d'amor è constellato", on 26-05-2018.
Certified of 2nd Place, at the Online Competition Club degli Autori - Vetrine, for the poem “A mia madre”, on 16-06-2018.
Special Critics Award with Personalized Plaque, at Quercia in favola 2018, for the book "Nel fantastico mondo delle fiabe - Into the fantastic world of the fairy tales", on 01-07-2018.
“The author with this collection manages to catapult the reader into the world of fairy tales by giving him many smiles and a little hope. “Nel fantastico mondo delle fiabe - Into the fantastic world of the fairy tales" is not only a collection for children but also for all those who still love to dream. Stories full of fantasy that take place in an enchanted world inhabited by princesses, fairies and talking animals. Each story makes you think ".
Special Prize "Favole che incantano" with Merit Diploma and Personalized Cup, at the International Literary Prize Città di Sarzana, for the book "Streghe, folletti e fate filastrocche magiche e favole incantate", created with the author Horion Enky, Irene Ricco, Veronica Ricco, on 15-07-2018.
“Contrasting reality with dreams, through creative and didactic fairy tales, means easing the tensions, adversities, dramas of life. Only by filtering it with the enchanted, curious and positive gaze of a child, will existence retain a primordial charm that will make you re-evaluate and love. This is the goal proposed and achieved by the authors. The overwhelming fantastic inspiration nourishes these fables and nursery rhymes, capable of establishing a careful and participatory dialogue with the little ones. Soliciting their attention and personal involvement is the most suitable device to train and improve their intellectual, emotional and creative abilities", Marisa Vigo.
Certificate of the 1st Place with Personalized Jewel, at the 1st Poetry and Narrative Prize Edition Ti meriti un amore, Imola, for the story "Rinaldo e la sua penna dal pennino d'oro", on 30-09-2018.
“The author admirably manages to condense, in a single story, various aspects of life, weaving them with precision and with a solid narrative. The emotions, the curiosity, the imagination of the children, the magical relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, the simplicity of the values, of the past, the nostalgic veneration for the objects that belonged to our ancestors. Tenderness and good feelings are lavished without saving for the enjoyment of the reader.
without ever falling into the banal and the sweet".
Honorable Mention, at the Vox Animae National Poetry and Short Stories Competition, for the story “Ombre rosse, tra le ombre del crepusculare”, on 02-10-2018.
Honorable Mention, at the 10th National and International Competition Poetry and Narrative, Club of the Poetry, for the videopoetry "Mi voltai... e vidi quel fiore", on 27-10-2018.
Honorable Mention, at the Lord Byron Portovenere Literary Prize, for the poem "Tempio d'Oracolo”, on 04-11-2018.
Critics Award, at the Thesaurus, Aulla, International Prize of Literary Arts, for the story "Ombre rosse, tra le ombre del crepuscolare", on 08-11-2018.
Certificate of 5th Place, at the Sabato nel villaggio Literary Event, for the poem "E l'Angelo guardò la luna", on 20-12-2018.
Diploma of Honor, at the Sabato nel villaggio Literary Event, for the religious-themed poem "Nel sussulto del tempo, resuscita ognora", on 30-12-2018.
Certificate of 2nd Place, at the First Literary Contest Online Christmas, for the poem "E alfin vide la luce", on 09/01/2019.
“A lyric of the past, almost Leopardian. A clear expressionism that flows into reflections of purity, where the author conjugates the verb in perfect harmony with her dreamer soul. Intelligence in impotent beauty passes solemnly, illuminates icy lights... Thus bright yellow ideas are lit up”. Angelo Domenico Jof Manno.
Certificate of 1st Place with Trophy of Merit, Personalized Parchment and fine Illustrated Book, at the Residenze Gregoriane 2018 Literary Award II Edition, Tivoli, for the first book of La Stirpe di Luce trilogy, specifically "La scelta di Asaliah”, on 26-01-2019.
“The literary work La scelta di Asaliah, by the versatile author Iris Vignola, captures the reader who remains clinging powerfully to the intertwining of the stories of the protagonists, demons or angels who are, in perfect adherence with the idea that you have of them An exciting as well as imaginative journey through the fantasy atmospheres, a visionary and exploratory story in the otherworlds and beyond, without lexical forcing but with all the elements of a genre novel. Yet nothing is taken for granted in the alternation of the daring events happened to the former angel Asaliah and his family and in parallel of a series of satanic murders. A story with a well-constructed plot and articulated by the writer's ingenious pen, full of sudden turns and enthralling to the end with originality, in a continuous and surprising discovery, among suspended, unreal and supernatural lives, which leaves in the anxious waiting / reading of the next episode of the Trilogy".
Honorable Mention with Medal, at the La Città della Rosa, Aulla, Literary Prize, for the story "A palpebre chiuse", on 05-05-2019.
Special Mention, at the Sentieri di un sogno Online Poetry Competition, for the poem "Nell’oro di corolla", on 27/06/2019.
Certificate of 4th Place, at the L’Alba di un sogno Online Poetic Event, for the poem “Atavico amplesso, nell’Eden sì perduto”, on 20-08-2019.
Honorable Mention, at the City of Ascoli Piceno National Literary Prize 1st Edition, for the poem "In quel morir del giorno e nel nascer della sera", on 07-09-2019.
Honorable Mention, at the City of Ascoli Piceno National Literary Prize 1st Edition, for the short story/essay “Oltrepassando il tempo”, on 07-09-201
Special Mention of the Cultural Association Cadura, for the first book of the Fantasy Trilogy La Stirpe di Luce, specifically “La scelta di Asaliah”, on 16-11-2019.
Diploma of Honor with Honorable Mention, at the Cultural Association Arte per Amore, for “La scelta di Asaliah”, the first book of La Stirpe di Luce trilogy, on 30-11-2019.
Attestation with Plauso, at the Forlì-Parma Online Poetic Competition, for the poem “Chi era colui”, on 13-01-2020.
Certificate of Merit, at the Ink and Passion Online Contest, for the poem "Fu ineluttabilmente amore", on 27-06-2020.
Parchment with Special Reporting Essay, at the City of Ascoli Piceno Literary Prize, for the short story/essay "Domani ... Non so ... Il silenzioso dialogo tra cuore e mente", on 31-10-2020.
Recognition of Merit, at the La Città della Rosa International Prize of Literary Art, for the first book of the Fantasy Trilogy La Stirpe di Luce, specifically “La scelta di Asaliah”, on 15-12-2020.
Certificate of 2nd Place, at the Residenze Gregoriane 2021 Literary Award IV Edition, Tivoli, for the second book of La Stirpe di Luce trilogy, specifically "Le Origini”, on 02-2021.