Omar Pirrera

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Carmelo Pirrera, pen name Omar Pirrera (10 December 1932 – 23 January 2021) was an Italian poet, writer, and essayist.^[1][2][3]

He contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy while living in a retirement home. He died of the virus in Vallo della Lucania in January 2021, at the age of 88.^[1]