Draft:Marco Nica

Marco Nica
Marco Nica (Rome, 6 May 1973) is an Italian theater and cinema actor, director, writer and poet.

Biography
Born in Rome and raised on the Lazio coast, his passion for art showed early on during his school years when he presented a thesis on the history of theater for his high school graduation. In 1991, he founded the theater company “Il Canovaccio”, in 1998 the theater company “Atto II”, and in 2005 the cultural association “Fare Teatro”, staging numerous productions as an actor and directing some himself. In addition to his own scripts, he presented works by authors such as Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Dario Fo, Samy Fayad, Carlo Goldoni, and Aldo De Benedetti. The show “Varietà per varie età”, which traces fifty years of Italian comedy, won the Best Show Award at the “Trastestorie” Contemporary Drama Competition at the Teatro Trastevere in Rome in 2014. The original musical “C’era una volta Rugantino”, a sequel to the famous Rugantino by Garinei and Giovannini, was made into a film in 2008, included in the ANICA catalog, broadcast on the Romauno satellite TV, and presented on Rai Tre in 2009 during the television show “Cominciamo bene - Prima” hosted by Pino Strabioli. In 2007, he also developed a passion for writing, publishing novels, thrillers, and poetry collections in Italian, English, Spanish and the Romanesco dialect. Over the years, these works have received about many on a national and international level.

Filmography

 * C’era una volta Rugantino, directed by Roberto Innocenzi (2008)

Theater

 * L’anniversario, by Anton Cechov (1992)
 * Non tutti i ladri vengono per nuocere, by Dario Fo (1993)
 * Il ventaglio, by Carlo Goldoni (1995)
 * Natale in casa Cupiello, by Eduardo De Filippo (1998)
 * 47 morto che parla, by Ettore Petrolini and Checco Durante (2001)
 * Il passerotto appassionato, by Marco Nica and Daniele Nicosia (2002)
 * Spesso e volentieri, by Marco Nica and Daniele Nicosia (2003)
 * C’era una volta Rugantino, by Marco Nica, directed by Marco Nica (2006)
 * Due dozzine di rose scarlatte, by Aldo De Benedetti (2008)
 * Cose turche, by Samy Fayad, directed by Marco Nica (2013)
 * Varietà per varie età, by Marco Nica, directed by Marco Nica (2014)
 * Varietà per varie età… bis!, by Marco Nica, directed by Marco Nica (2016)
 * Non è vero, ma ci credo, by Peppino De Filippo, directed by Marco Nica (2017)

Literature

 * The secret of Nefertiti (2024), thriller (also available in Spanish)
 * Aegyptvs (2008), thriller
 * Il tempio dell’Imperatore (2009), thriller
 * Così è (se mi pare) – Storia di un attore (2010), novel
 * C’era una volta Rugantino (2011), novel

Poetry

 * Senza aver paura (2007), anthology
 * La vita è un atto unico (2012), anthology
 * Ahò! Poesie de Roma mia (2015 1st edition – 2019 2nd edition), dialect anthology
 * L’intima Babele (2017), anthology
 * UniVersi I (2018), collection
 * Meraviglia (2020), anthology
 * Amore (2020), collection
 * Alter Ego (2021), anthology
 * Infinito (2022), anthology
 * Graffiti (2022), anthology
 * UniVersi II (2022), collection

2024

 * International Literary Competition “Roma International” of Rome, third place for the book “Ahò! Poesie de Roma mia”

2023

 * International Contemporary Italian Literature Award, first place for the book “Ahò! Poesie de Roma mia”
 * Lifetime Achievement Award “Stesicoro 2023” awarded by the Ponti University for the Gioia Tauro Society

2021

 * “Franz Kafka” Award Italy, first place for the book “Alter Ego”

2020

 * Recognition from the International Academy of Modern Art of Rome, for the book “Meraviglia”

2018

 * “Luce dell'Arte” Literary Award of Rome, first place for the book “UniVersi I”

2017

 * National Poetry Competition “A lyric for the soul” of Caiazzo (CE), Youth Jury, first place for the poem “Come un incantesimo”

2014

 * “Trastestorie” Contemporary Drama Competition in Rome (Teatro Trastevere), Best Show Award with the play “Varietà per varie età”

2009

 * International Literature Competition “Il Saggio” of Eboli (SA), first place for the book “Senza aver paura”