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E. Amato [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Public address: 
Berlin
Germany
DE
Email: 
poetessa@mac.com
Bio: 

E. Amato is a Berlin-based published poet, award-winning screenwriter, and established performer, with three poetry collections released by Zesty Pubs: Swimming Through Amber, Will Travel, andDaughters of Invention. She has been featured in KCET’s LA Lettersas one of five emerging female writers. Her poetry is included in Tia Chucha Press’s The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles, Voices from Leimert Park Redux: Los Angeles Anthology, and1001 Nights: Twenty Years of Redondo Poets. 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
Favorite authors: 
Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Neal Stephenson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Hafiz, Octavia Butler, Arundhati Roy, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Carver, Shirley Jackson, Grace Paley, Tom Stoppard, Phillip Pullman, Milan Kundera, Michael Chabon, Donna Tartt, Bharati Mukherjee, Chitra Divakruni, Michael Ondaatje, Janet Fitch, A.S. Byatt, Banana Yoshimoto, Miranda July, Stephen King, Patrick Neate, Jane Austen, Gary Shteyngart, Chinua Achebe
Twitter/X: 
https://twitter.com/e__amato
Born in: 
NY
New York
Raised in: 
NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.eamato.com [2]
Prizes won: 
  • Genre Winner - SciFi/Fantasy, Creative Screenwriters Unique Voices
  • Shortlisted, Amazon Studios Writer Slam - TV Drama Pilot
  • Top 100, Table Read My Screenplay
  • Quarterfinalist, Creative Screenwriters Emerging Voices Genre Competition
  • Semifinalist, Creative Screenwriters Unique Voices
  • Special Merits Award, LIFF Screenplay Competition 
  • Finalist, Saguaro Film Festival Screenplay Competition
What I'm reading now: 
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Identifies as: 
American
European American
Feminist
Irish American
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
At Risk Youth
Disability
Illness/Wellness
Immigration
Incarcerated Individuals
Teenagers
Women

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/e_amato [2] https://www.eamato.com