Gabriella Ghermandi
Gabriella Ghermandi, Italo-Ethiopian, was born in Addis Abeba in 1965 and moved to Italy in 1979. For many years she has lived in Bologna, where her father was born. In 1999 she won 1st place in the competition for immigrant writers held by the association Eks&Tra and promoted by the publishing house Fara Editore. In 2001 and again in 2003 she won 3rd place. She has published stories in various book series and magazines, and a novel, Regina di fiori e di perle (2007). She is coordinator and promoter of the project El Ghibli.
See also: http://www.el-ghibli.provincia.bologna.it/lang_en-id_1-issue_03_15-index_pos_4.en.html