Benedict Pignatelli

Featured Works

Ancient dolmen stone structure in a grassy field with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

A Restless Mind in Solitude

View of the rooftop of a building with chimneys and windows through a window with black metal bars.

A Cold Night in Paris

a game from the gods

A moka pot coffee maker and a ceramic cup on a wooden surface, with low lighting creating shadows.

Deadlines

Blurred photo of a person with a focused fist extended towards the camera, black-and-white image.

The Trial

A sheep with large, curled ram's horns and a thick, woolly coat standing outdoors in a grassy area with blurred trees in the background.

An Pocán

A mountain goat on a rocky ledge overlooking green mountains and snow-capped peaks in the background.

Ibex

Two croissants on beige plates, a cup of black coffee, and a croissant on a white saucer with utensils on a beige table.

Breakfast in Paris

The rear of a black vehicle with a muddy tire on a dirt road.

Manly Tears

Secrets Heard

Plonk

The Door of the Sidhe

A Weekly Shop

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Benedict Pignatelli

Benedict is a thirty year old writer from Ireland, currently based in Paris.

He has been longlisted for the Bridport Prize (2021), Fish Short Story Prize (2024), the Masters Review Winter, and Summer, Short Story Awards (2024/25), and the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Award (2026).

He has written for Chelsea Magazine, the Literary Review, The Reviews Hub, Theatre Weekly, Injection Magazine, New Sounds Press, The Splice, and Distilled Post (editor). He has had short stories accepted by CafeLit, 10X10, the Corvus Review, Stray Words, InkFish, Neun, TheSportScribe, Ripple Effect Radio, La Piccioletta Barca and the Bull Magazine.

He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Menteur Magazine. He graduated an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction, from the Paris School of Arts and Culture.

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