una five almost all female the one who will fight to conquer the Witch Award 2023. There are four writers going to the final on 6 July at Villa Giulia in Rome.
Strega Prize 2023, four writers in the five finalists
Leading the ranking is there Rossella Postorino with I was just loving you (Fetrinelli), they follow Ada D’Adamo with Like air (Elliott) E Maria Grazia Calandrone with Where you didn’t take me (Einaudi) respectively with 217, 199.
Fourth place goes to a man, with 175 votes Andrew Canobbio with The night crossing (The Ship of Theseus) and with 183 votes, Roman Petri with Steal the night (Mondadori) which obtained 167 votes.
The five finalists of the Literary Award have been announced (credit sito Premio Strega)
The authors continue even beyond the fifth place
But that’s not all, because if you continue along the ranking you keep finding women: sixth place was in fact conquered by Igiaba Sciego with Cassandra in Mogadishu and the seventh of Silvia Ballestra with The Sybil. Life of Joyce Lussu.
In the last twenty years the only two Strega won by female writers were that of 2003 by Melanie Mazzucco For Life and of Helena Janeczek For The girl with the Leica in 2018.
Women and small publishing houses
But not only because this time a p could also triumphsmall publishing house such as Elliottborn in 2007 and in its first Strega final, thanks to Like air Of Ada D’Adamothe writer who died on April 1st at the age of 55, already winner of the Young witch.
Roman Petri era already been a finalist at the Strega in 1998 with He comes to the houses (Marsilio), while the Milanese poetess is a possible outsider Calandrone with a novel about one’s mother afterwards Shine like life of 2021.
The announcement of the Strega Prize on 6 July
It was the choice of the 5 titles from a shortlist of 12 finalists the vote of the collectives, of foreign readers and of Amici della Domenica, 600 in total the beneficiaries of which 596 have exercised it. Mario Desiati, winner a year ago with Expatriateswas chairman of the polling station.
There proclamation of the Strega 2023 prize will be held on 6 July at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia Rome which will also be broadcast live on Rai2 this year.
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