Ofelia Giudicissi Curci (1934–1981) was an Italian poet [1] and archeologist. [2] [3]
Ofelia was born in the
Arbëreshë populated
Pallagorio, a settlement near
Crotone, in
Calabria,
[4]
southern Italy on 11 May 1934.
She published her first poetry in a volume called Pallagorio (published by Arti Grafiche Pedanesi,
Rome) in 1964. Fifteen years after she died (13 September 1981), her husband and sons published a collection of her poetry together with a photo album. In October 1996, Momenti di un profilo meridionale ("Moments of a southern profile") was published post-mortum in
Florence by publishing house "Parretti Grafiche".
[5]
She worked also in the field of
archaeology, mostly on the terrain of her native area, and performed a research on the
etymology of her town Pallagorio.
[2]