Gianni Menichetti is an artist and poet, whose work is represented in numerous private collections in Europe, America and Australia. He has received three distinguished awards at the International ‘Gypsy Friend’ Arts Competition, Lanciano, Italy. His books include The Land of Kali, A Tree of Tatters, and Poems to the Gypsies, as well as ‘Il Porto,’ storia di un canyon selvaggio, (in English and Italian) and Storie di cani (in Italian). He still lives in Il Porto, in the little Moorish pavilion he shared with Vali for so many years.
