Alex Caldiero

Alissandru Francesco "Alex" Caldiero (born 1949) is a poet,polyartist, sonosopher, and scholar of humanities[clarify] and intermedia.

He attended Queens College in Flushing, New York, and was apprenticed to the sculptor Michael Lekakis and the poet-bard Ignazio Buttitta.

Caldiero has traveled through Sicily, Sardinia, Turkey, and Greece collecting proverbs, tales, and folk instruments.

[2] His work has been reviewed by The Village Voice and The New York Times and he is included in A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes.

His notable performance of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" on the 50th anniversary its first reading drew a record poetry crowd at a local book store.