Renaissance De Cecco

by Viviana De Cecco, Italy

A person in a black jacket with long dark hair is standing outdoors with arms outstretched, holding yellow flowers in each hand during sunrise or sunset over a misty body of water with a city skyline in the background.

A rebirth after the storm of pain, suffering, and fear that can afflict young women in the modern world.

Viviana De Cecco is a writer, translator, language teacher and visual artist. She was the second-place winner of Sunlight Press Magazine’s 2024 Photography Contest and Best of The Net 2026 with her photo “Sardinian Crane Flower”. Her visual art appeared as cover art or interior illustration in Tint Journal, Orange Rose Mag, Zoetic Press, Ink in Thirds, Mud Season Review, Ink Nest Poetry (Cover Art), Acta Victoriana, Double Speak Magazine, among others. Her fiction and translations have also appeared in Double Speak Magazine, Yuvoice.org, Allyourstories, Hiraeth Magazine, The Polyglot Magazine, Poets' Choice, Azonal Translation, among others.