Elisa Fengári

Elisa Fengári was born in Turin, Italy. Since childhood, she has been interested and curious about art, reading, and astronomy. After choosing to focus on scientific subjects in adolescence, she realized that her interest in literature and art was much stronger. However, coming from a family with limited resources, she had to interrupt her studies at 16 to work, but this did not stop her from learning, and she became a self-taught artist. Elisa says that this allowed her to immerse in her passions, expressing herself through writing, but feeling this limited her, she represented her writings through drawing and photography. As she grew older, she became passionate about philosophy, poetry, and classical literature, leading her to explore conceptualism and symbolism to fuse these interests eventually. At present, she says with a smile, “I am a scholar in training".

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Di fronte all’amore ci s’arrossa
Io dinnanzi a te scolorisco.
Vinco delle rose le sue spine,
Cremisi su bianco io mi prometto
Oh per l’ultima volta, padre mio,
ancora tocca a me di odiarti.
-- poi me lo giuro,
Dopo, l’oblio.

--Elisa Fengári

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In the face of love, we blush
in front of you, I lose color.
The thorns of the roses, I conquer.
Crimson on white, I promise myself.
Oh, for the last time father,
It is my turn to hate you, still.
-- then I swear to myself,
afterwards, oblivion.

--(Trans. Jorge R. G. Sagastume)

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