Insettario / Insectionary
Poetry by Elio Pecora.
Illustration by Fabian Negrin.
Italy: Edizioni Almenodue, 2005.

3 x 4.4"; 10 pages; accordion structure. Text in Italian or English. Text in Italian and English. Designed and hand-bound by Silvana Amato and Angela Liguori. Printed in offset on Fedrigoni Italian paper. Boards bound in Japanese Tairei paper with hand-made paper end sheets. Text composed in Sator ( Sumner Stone, 2005). Original poems in Italian by Pecora with English translation by Alessandra Nicifero.

Verses by Elio Pecora covering the antics of the insect world. A ladybug suns herself on the limb of an apple tree; the flea moves from a bumpy ride on a cat to a sleepy afternoon on the ear of a dog; a termite boasts of being the destructor. So goes the world of insects. Pecora, a well known Italian poet, received the Laurea Honoris Causa from the University of Palermo, Italy. The poems were specifically written for this edition and for the collaboration with Fabian Negrin, Angela Liguori, and Silvana Amato.

The verses are accompanied with color illustrations by Fabian Negrin. A native Argentinean, Negrin began illustrating during his studies in Mexico but now makes his home in Milan, working as an illustrator. He has illustrated children’s books in Italy and elsewhere, and in 2001 began publishing his own children’s books.
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