{"id":58,"date":"2025-10-31T18:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:20:47","slug":"benvenuti-nel-mio-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/benvenuti-nel-mio-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/benvenuti-nel-mio-blog\/amilca1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?fit=847%2C1026&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"847,1026\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"amilca1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?fit=845%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?resize=845%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8252053654985962;width:171px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?resize=845%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 845w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?resize=248%2C300&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C930&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amilcaismael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amilca1-1.jpeg?w=847&amp;ssl=1 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mi chiamo\u00a0<em>Amilca Ismael<\/em>.<br>I am an Italian-Mozambican writer, born in\u00a0<em>Louren\u00e7o Marques<\/em>\u00a0- the current\u00a0<em>Maputo<\/em>\u00a0- in Mozambique, and I have been an Italian citizen by marriage since 1986.<br>My writing stems from the meeting of two worlds: the Africa of my origins and the Europe of experience. In my stories, memory, emotion and civic engagement coexist in a continuous dialogue between past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made my debut in 2008 with the novel&nbsp;<em>The House of Memories<\/em>, followed by&nbsp;<em>Nadia's story<\/em>&nbsp;(2010),&nbsp;<em>Ephemeral freedom<\/em>&nbsp;(2014) e&nbsp;<em>The Appearance<\/em>&nbsp;(2020).<br>My new novel,&nbsp;<em>Voices of Silence<\/em>, is completed and currently under evaluation for publication by several publishing houses.<br>It is an intense work that recounts contemporary Mozambique with a look of hope and denunciation, giving a voice to those who often have none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, I have participated in interviews in newspapers, radio and television, both in Italy and abroad.<br>Among the most significant experiences was my participation in the programme&nbsp;<em>At the foot of Kilimanjaro<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Licia Col\u00f2<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>RAI 3<\/strong>.<br>My books have been recommended by&nbsp;<strong>Maria Grazia Capulli<\/strong>&nbsp;under the heading&nbsp;<em>Achab Books<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>TG2<\/strong>&nbsp;and by&nbsp;<strong>Vladimir Luxuria<\/strong>&nbsp;during the&nbsp;<strong>Turin and Rome Book Fair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I receive several awards that honour me and encourage me to continue on this path of writing and witnessing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Simply Woman Literary Prize\u201c<\/strong>&nbsp;(Catania, 2010) - on the occasion of the World Day Against Violence Against Women;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>International Woman of the Year Award\u201c<\/strong>&nbsp;(Italian-speaking Switzerland, 2010) - for social commitment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Human Rights Award<\/strong>&nbsp;(Naples, 2011);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grand Jury Recognition and Merit<\/strong>&nbsp;to the International Prize&nbsp;<em>\u201cCultural integration through literature\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;(Milan, 2012).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are&nbsp;<strong>honorary member<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Kiwanis - Serving the Children of the World<\/em>,<br><strong>member<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>N\u00facleo Acad\u00e9mico de Letras e Artes de Lisboa<\/em>,<br><strong>honorary member<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>C\u00edrculo de Escritores Mo\u00e7ambicanos na Di\u00e1spora<\/em><br>e&nbsp;<strong>councillor<\/strong>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>Literarte - Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Internacional de Escritores e Artistas do Brasil<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My works are translated into&nbsp;<strong>Portuguese, English and Spanish<\/strong>, This confirms a literary voice that crosses languages, cultures and borders to recount the human being in his truth and dignity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mi chiamo\u00a0Amilca Ismael.Sono una scrittrice italo-mozambicana, nata a\u00a0Louren\u00e7o Marques\u00a0\u2014 l\u2019attuale\u00a0Maputo\u00a0\u2014 in Mozambico, e dal 1986 sono cittadina italiana per matrimonio.La mia scrittura nasce dall\u2019incontro tra due mondi: l\u2019Africa delle origini [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5189419,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PgTszU-W","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5189419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amilcaismael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}