The Italian poet Edoardo Sanguinetti is the winner of the 
"Golden Wreath" for the year 2000.

"I always attend the "Struga Poetry Evenings" with great pleasure. 
This is my third time and the pleasure is even grater as I am the 
winner of the award. I am really happy," Sanguinetti stated. "This 
is a recognition for the Italian poetry and will contribute to 
strengthening of the cultural co-operation between Macedonia and Italy.
Naturally, few people are familiar with the Macedonian poetry and 
literature. However, this is going to be an outstanding opportunity 
for developing of the cultural relations between the two coun­tries.”

Asked about his knowledge of the Macedonian poetry and authors, 
Sanguinetti expressed regret, saying that the main obstacle was 
the Macedonian language.

"One knows a poetry if he knows the original language or some other 
language close to the original. One must also be familiar with most 
of the authors," Sanguinetti said.

Edouardo Sanguinetti is the second Italian poet, winner of the highest 
award of the "Struga Poetry Evenings". The first one was Eugenio 
Montale, who was awarded with the "Golden Wreath” in 1973.

Sanguinetti was born in Genoa on 9-th December 1930. In 1956, he 
graduated in Torino and published his first book of poetry "Labyrinth". 
In 1961, he was one of the five poets presented in the anthology 
"Nuovissimi". Later, those poets established the "Group 63", which 
represented the new Italian avant-garde. He started his carrier as 
professor at the Philological Faculty in Torino. For a certain period, 
he lectured at the University in Salerno and in 1974, he taught 
Italian literature at the University of Genoa. He is founder and 
member of the European Academy of Poetry in Luxembourg and member - 
adviser of the manifestation "International Poetry" in Rotterdam.

Sanguinetti has won many awards in Italy, and his work has been 
translated in several foreign languages.

Besides poetry, Sanguinetti has also worked in the sphere of book 
reviews, writing essays, plays and libret­tos. He is an author of 
critical reviews of the works of several famous Italian writers, 
such as Dante, D'Anuncio, Gocano and Moravia. He is also one of 
the authors of the anthology "The Italian Poetry in the 20-th Century".

In the review of Sanguinetti's book of poetry, published in honour 
of this year's "Struga Poetry Evenings", Anastazija Gjurcinovska 
writes that "Sanguinetti's creative work has been marked with his 
passion for an avant-garde expression".