Comments on: Antonio’s Anthology

By: Donna Meidt

Donna Meidt — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:51:53 +0000

Thank you very much for your interest in my family history and in their hometown. The Pisano and Siciliano families papers is now available for researchers at the Pennsylvania Historical Society at 1300 Locust St. I thought you might be interested in a notebook of Antonio’s handwritten poems in that collection in Box 1 Folder 11. Many of these poems describe the hometown and its feasts of which you expressed an interest. I agree that walking those streets is a wonderful experience. Donna

By: Gerrie Macrina

Gerrie Macrina — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:47 +0000

Hello Donna, my husband, Vincent, and his family came from Gasperina when my husband was 10 and his sister was 14. It amazes me how many people are from Gasperina in Massachusetts and in Philadelphia. My husband has family in Philadelphia and we were there this past July. We visited Gasperina 2 years ago for the feasts and plan to return next summer, 2011. If you have not been there you should try to go. You feel the spirits of your family as you walk the narrow streets of this wonderful town. I wish you well with your endeavors.

By: R.M. Maciula

R.M. Maciula — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:22:59 +0000

Donna, I enjoyed very much your photos and narrative about your grandmother and grandfather. Your writing truly conveys the feeling of warmth and closeness that the family shared. You inspire me to start a similar project for my family.

By: Donna Meidt

Donna Meidt — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:34:00 +0000

I fratelli d’Antonio morirono giovine. Ma credo che aveva cugini e tie che si chiamavano Gregorio. O il albero della famiglia in Gasperina. Un tio abitava in Argentina.
Dove abita? Posso mandare il albero della famiglia sua si vuole.
Erano molti artiste nella famiglia nostra e il mio nonno era uno di tanti.
Il padre era Giuseppe figlio d’Antonio. Il mio nonno aveva solamente una sorella che si chiama Marianna. Andava a Roma.
Voglio sapere piu di lei. Per piacere scrive piu. Credo che noi siamo cugine. Grazie, Donna

By: innocenzo

innocenzo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:34:02 +0000

Io stavo cercando di sapere sui Pisano di Gasperina.Da dove venivano.Ho trovato un Pisano,che credo sia stato un cugino di mio Padre Gregorio Pisano, figlo di Gregorio Pisano; ossia che mio nonno mi diceva di avere un fratello poeta.Mi sapresti dire qualche cosa su di questo Pisano se e’ il fratello di mio nonno?Grazie.
Saverio Pisano

By: Donna Meidt

Donna Meidt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:34 +0000

Thank you very much for your interest and compliments on my grandfather, Antonio Nicola Pisano. I would encourage you to visit the Pennsylvania Historical Society to review his plays and a small sample of his poetry. They are in the Pisano/Siciliano Family Collection. In the interim, please feel free to stay in touch with me. I am more than happy to answer any questions. If his poems are selected for a reading, I would most certainly like to be in attendance. I have many others I can share once you decide how you want to proceed according to your needs. They are varied in style and topic. Donna

By: giorgio galanti

giorgio galanti — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:40:48 +0000

Very interesting the story ans the poet’s life. As director of education office at the Italian Consulate I would like keep in touch with Donna to have the possibility to read the poems, in Italian, at the Consulate
giorgio

By: Karen Lauria Saillant

Karen Lauria Saillant — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:42:08 +0000

Congratulations Donna, on the wonderful legacy left to you by your grandfather. My only disappointment is that Antonio Nicola Pisano is no longer living. Our opera company brings artist together from throughout the world to create new Italian operas every summer in Citta’ della Pieve, Italy, based on Shakespeare. We have been doing this annually for the past 6 years. This summer’s opera will be “La Bisbetica Domata”. Finding an outstanding librettist has been the most difficult aspect of our project. How wonderful it would have been to have Mr. Pisano here to write one of our opera librettos! Thank you Donna for sharing your grandfather’s legacy. Hopefully one day we will meet!
All the Best,
Karen Lauria Saillant
Artistic Director
International Opera Theater
http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/category/video/