Lori Crasnich was born in a village called Torsa, in northern Italy, in 1951. In 1955, his family came to England, settling in Birmingham.
In 1977, on a whim, he moved to Cornwall and worked as a waiter, where he met his Cornish wife, Maureen. They were in the pub trade for 15 years and married for 20 years, before their marriage broke up.
Lori is now living back in Birmingham, happily married to his new wife Phyllis. He has always enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, since the early ’eighties. He goes with the theory that we all have a story inside us, ‘screaming’ to get out.
'I began writing poetry/ditties shortly after moving down to Cornwall back in 1977. It's amazing how inspirational the lapping of the tidal waves can be. Whilst working on a building, I began writing poems about all the different workers on the toilet walls. These were humorous and inoffensi...
Cornwall has the most beautiful landscape you could wish to set your eyes on, made still more dramatic with the evening silhouette of St Michael’s Mount in the background.That was exactly the view Lori and his Cornish wife, Irene, had as they took over the tenancy of their first public house in t...
