2007/12/07

In memory of Vincenzo Spirelli


Vincenzo Spirelli (1845-1912)
Known as the worst poet in Calabria. His work was so bad that review after review made him chronically suicidal. Nevertheless he soldiered on writing shockingly bad poetry until 1890s, when after two failed attempts to cut his own throat lead him to be committed to an insane asylum and a life-time of Gillette razors. To this day, on every 29th of Feburary, his hometown of TestaDiCatzo holds a festival of bad poetry, where townsfolk are encouraged to write and perform their own bad poetry while everyone laughs.

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