Franco Arminio

Franco Mario Arminio (1960) è un poeta, scrittore e regista italiano, autodefinitosi come «paesologo».

È documentarista e animatore di battaglie civili, battendosi, ad esempio, contro l'installazione delle discariche in Alta Irpinia e contro la chiusura dell'ospedale di Bisaccia.

Nel 2009, con Vento forte tra Lacedonia e Candela. Esercizi di paesologia ha vinto il premio Napoli.

Roberto Saviano lo ha definito «uno dei poeti più importanti di questo paese, il migliore che abbia mai raccontato il terremoto e ciò che ha generato».

Nel luglio 2011, con Cartoline dai morti ha vinto il premio Stephen Dedalus per la sezione "Altre scritture".
Con Terracarne, edito da Mondadori, ha vinto il premio Carlo Levi e il premio Volponi.
Nel 2013 è uscito il suo

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