Born in Komiža at the island of Vis,[2] he graduated at Classical Gymnasium in Split, where he also edited poet magazine Vidik (Seesight). His main lyrical preoccupation is Adriatic Sea, together with its islands, harbours, straits and laridaes, as well as picturesque Dalmatian towns in which he describes simplicity and poverty (mižerija) of its inhabitants, from fishermen and workmen (težaci) to young lovers and old people, tradition-guardians.[3]
Fiamengo published sixteen collections of poems, among which some of the gathered evergreen status being performed by Oliver Dragojević (for whom he wrote 60 songs[4]), Meri Cetinić and other noted Dalmatian-music singers (esp. klapas): Piva klapa ispo' volta ("Klapa sings under the bridge"), Nadalina, Karoca gre, Nocturno, U prolazu ("Passingly"), Promenade ("The Walkways"). He promoted and conducted development of plenty amateur theatrical ensembles. Furthermore, his theatre critics weren't unnoticed. Fiamengo translated from Macedonian, mostly poetry of Konstantin Miladinov.[5]
^Stijepo Mijović Kočan (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 123.
