

Yuleisy Cruz Lezcano
Literary Curriculum Vitae
A Doctor in Biological Science with a Masters Degree in Nursing and Obstetrics; my qualifications were attained at Bologna University.
Since 2012 I have taken part in several literary competitions in Italian, often obtaining outstanding results and responses from judges and the public. The following are examples of some of these achievements.
- First place in the 4th edition of the Premio Nazionale di poesie Tindari –Patti competition.
- Fourth place in the literary competition Casentino XXVIII Edizione, 2013
-First place in the Troskij Cafè literary competition, poetry section, 2012
- Third place in the inaugural Sveglia Cittadina literary competiton, 2013, poetry section.
-First prize in the literary competition of the Comune di Chieti; theme - “Il bene nascosto”, 2013
First prize and merit in the XII Edition of the Narrative Prize ‘Formiche Rosse’, organized by Arci Provinciale Senese,
-First prize in the Andrea Vajola competition, IV edition
-Second place in the competition “Parliamo di amore” 2013, promoted by Arcigay di Siena, poetry section.
-Third place in the short stories section of the literary competition Internazionale Penna e Calamaio promoted by the Savonese cultural association “Zacem” and fourth place in the poetry anthology section.
-Third place in the national competition Unica Milano 2013 “sculpture on a free topic”.
-Second place in the Premio Napoli Cultural Classic 2013, poetry anthology section.
-First place in the national competition Voci Verdi, 2014, Region: Veneto.
-First prize in the literary competition organised by Apollo with a poetry anthology revolving around children and babies.
-Fourth place in the international poetry competition Montefiore di Catolica, 2014
- Winner in the section of Contemporary Italian Literature. Poetry section with Laura Capone Editore (LCE)
-Second place in the Nabokov International Literary Prize in the poetry book section with the book “Tracce di semi sonori con i colori della vita”, anno 2014
-Third prize in Erotic Italian Literary Prize, poetry section, 2014.
- Third place in the International prize Ossi di seppia, 2015
-Third place in the Concorso Letterario Internazionale in poetry and prose “Un soffio di Energia I Edizione”
-Second place in the International Competition Gaetano Cingari, anthology section
- Special prize from the panel of judges in the Romantic Literature Competiton XV Edition, 2015
- First place in the Literary Competition Concorso L’incontro, Golden Press, XX edition, 2015.
- Mention of honour at the international competition Nosside, 2015.
-Special prize from the judges at the Targa Marcocci International Literary Prize, 2015
-Third prize in the literary competition In –vita poesia Contemporanea, 2016
-First place in the literary competition BrainGNU, III edition, 2016
-First place in the literary competition Prato Città Aperta, 2016
-Second place in the literary contest Bussi sul Tirino, 2016
-First place in the Literary Competition - Literary Prize for Contemporary Italian Literature
- Laura Capone, in the unedited anthology section, 2016.
-I participated as the representing poet for Cuba in the International Poetry Festival in Tozeur in Tunisia.
-Third place in the Nabokov Literary Prize with the book “Frammenti di sole e nebbia sull’Appennino” 2017
- Finalist in the National Poetic Prize, 2017, with the book “Credibili incertezze”
-Second Place in the Salvatore Piccoli International Literary Prize, first edition, with Leonida Edizioni.
Publications
Bibliography
Published works “Pensieri trasognati per un sogno”, 2013. “Fra distruzione e rinascita: la vita” , 2014. “Diario di una ipocrita”, 2014. “Vita su un ponte di legno”, 2014. “Cuori Attorno a una favola”, 2014. “Tracce di semi sonori con i colori della vita”, 2014. “Sensi da sfogliare”, 2014. “Piccoli fermioni d’amore”, 2015; “ Due amanti noi”, 2015, “Credibili incertezze, 2016” “Frammenti di sole e nebbia sull’Appennino, 2016”, “Soffio di anime erranti”, 2017. Upcoming publications “Fotogrammi di confine” with the editing house ‘Laura Capone’ and “Inventario di cose perdute’’ with the editing house ‘Leonida Edizioni’.