Barcelona Literary Magazine - Issue 21: Dr. REGINA RESTA

By Houssine Yarti and Hassane Yarti

Dr. REGINA RESTA is an Italian poet, writer, and cultural organizer, born on June 20, 1955, in Castellammare di Stabia (Naples). After earning her classical high school diploma, she studied Biological Sciences with a biomedical focus at the "Federico II" University of Naples. She later moved to Galatone (Lecce), where she worked and collaborated with the Diocesan Caritas for 35 years, while also nurturing her passion for poetry and writing.
She collaborated with the web TV myboxtv through the art and culture column Verbumlandia, which she conceived and hosted. Regina is active as a freelance blogger, cultural and art event
organizer, and presenter of various renowned authors such as Catena Fiorello, Giuseppe Magno,
Goffredo Palmerini, Marcello Simoni, Mario Giordano, Simone Venturini, Vito Bruschini, Fabio
Zavattaro, Pierfranco Bruni, Sabine Witt, Sergio Camellini, Borisav Blaoievic, Ester Cecere, and
Gino Leineweber.
Throughout her career, she has published poems in various national and international cultural magazines and has participated in numerous anthologies. She has received several awards in both national and international literary competitions, including the Merit Award "Mario Luzi", the Culture Award at the Juan Montalvo Prize, and the International Poetry Prize for Universal Peace Frate Ilaro del Corvo, with the appointment by the Centro Lunigianese di Studi Danteschi as Ambassador of Peace of Frate Ilaro. In 2020, she was awarded an Honorary Degree in Literature from the University of Belgrade. In 2024, she received the International Award Women for Culture and for Peace, recognizing her among the 50 most committed women in the world.
She is the author of numerous poetry collections, some translated into English, Serbian, Albanian, and Spanish. She also writes reviews, essays, and literary critiques in both Italian and English. Her most significant creation is the VerbumlandiArt.Aps International Association, founded in 2012, of which she is president. She is also the editorial director of VerbumPress (https: //www.verbumpress.it/), a bimonthly cultural magazine, with Roberto Sciarrone-historian,
teacher, and journalist-as editor-in-chief.
She leads the International Excellence Award "Citt del Galateo-Antonio De Ferrariis", now in its twelfth edition, and the DivinaMente Donna project against gender-based violence, which includes two editions of the award held in the Zuccari Hall of the Italian Senate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FP2J4V7F
• ISBN13: 9798262544912
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"