Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto was born in Sicily in 1994. Interlinea Edizioni published her first book of poems, Dolore Minimo (Minimal Pain), in 2018. This debut is the first collection of Italian poetry on the subject of trans identity. The book has won several prizes, including the Viareggio Opera Prima in 2019. In February 2020, BUR Rizzoli published Vivinetto’s second book of poems, Dove Non Siamo Stati (Where We Have Not Been). Vivinetto lives in Rome, where she graduated from Sapienza University with a degree in modern philology.

Follow her on Instagram @giovannacristina.vivi

TRANSLATION

from Dolore Minimo

By GIOVANNA CRISTINA VIVINETTO

Translated from Italian by Gabriella Fee and Dora Malech