About The Artist

Albert Russo who has published worldwide over 85 books of poetry, fiction and photography, in both English and French, his two mother tongues (Italian being his 'paternal' tongue; he also speaks Spanish and German and still has notions of Swahili), is the recipient of many awards, such as The New York Poetry Forum and Amelia (CA) Awards, The American Society of Writers Fiction Award, The British Diversity Short Story Award, The AZsacra international Poetry Award (Taj Mahal Review - US$ 500), the Books & Authors Award, several Writer’s Digest poetry and fiction Awards (winner and finalist), aquillrelle Awards, the Prix Colette and the Prix de la Liberté, among others. His work has been translated into a dozen languages in 25 countries, on the five continents. He has garnered several prizes for his photography books, Indie Excellence Awards (both winner and finalist), The London Book Festival awards (finalist), The Gallery Photografica awards (silver medal), among others. Some of his photos have been exhibited at the prestigious Museum of Photography in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Mayor of the Big Apple, Michael Bloomberg, has lauded his two photobooks on Paris and New York. Albert Russo was also a member of the 1996 jury for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature which often leads to the Nobel Prize of Literature. Latest Prize: Best 2013 Unicef Short Story award in defense of childhood worldwide, entitled: Revenge by proxy / Vengeance par procuration.  Author’s website: www.albertrusso.com Photography websites: www.viewbug.com/member/albertrusso https://albertuccio.see.me/ Researchers and students of literature may now access the Albert Russo Literary Archives in Brussels, Belgium, the capital of the European Union: ARCHIVES & MUSÉE DE LA LITTÉRATURE Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier Boulevard de l'Empereur 4 -1000 Bruxelles - Belgique   search / rechercher: Auteur Albert Russo http://www.aml-cfwb.be/rechercher/catalogue Ranker: 300+ World’s best LGBT writers: http://www.ranker.com/list/gay-authors-list-of-famous-lgbt-writers/kron34?page=1