Un new way of looking at the Bildungsroman. And such a novel writing, between irony and introspection, that he pushed Veronica Raimo to publish one of the publishing phenomena of the year. His first novel for Einaudi, Nothing truehe won the Young Witch Award. And now the Viareggio Award in the section Storytelling.
The ceremony with the president Paolo Mieli
The 93rd edition of the Viareggio-Rèpaci Award saw the triumph of Veronica Raimo. Yesterday evening, Sunday 31 July, the awards ceremonyin the presence of the president of Viareggio-Rèpaci, Paolo Mieli.
After the piers of the last edition, this 93rd edition was instead held in Piazza Maria Luisa, in front of the historic Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte (which this year celebrates 100 years) and close to the iconic Bar Galliano. A place full of stories and magic.
“Veronica Raimo is a writer full of talent and courage”
Veronica Raimo’s coming-of-age novel convinced the jury. Paolo Mieli commented. “Veronica Raimo is a writer full of talent and courage. Already winner of the Young Witch Prize, her novel is this year’s publishing phenomenon. A significant victory, just as all the other authors have been of great depth ». In the final with her there were Elena Stancanelli with The diver (The ship of Theseus) e Vanni Santoni with The truth about everything (Mondadori).
The writer Veronica Raimo during the final evening of the LXXVI edition of the Premio Strega, Rome, 7 July 2022. ANSA / GIUSEPPE LAMI
The Viareggio-Rèpaci Award is among the oldest in Italy and was won, among others, by Umberto Saba, Elsa Morante, Italo Calvino, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia And Alda Merini.
The other prizes awarded, including poetry and non-fiction
While Veronica Raimo took first place in fiction, there have been other awards. The last image (Rizzoli) of Silvia Ronchey triumphed in the non-fiction. There poetryon the other hand, it saw the affirmation of the collection Before being born (Fazi) of Claudio Damiani.
Wlodek Goldkorn he then won the International awardthe political columnist Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli took home the Journalistic Award And Pietro Castellitto was awarded for the first work The Hyperboreans (Bompiani).
Finally, the birth of the new archive of the Viareggio-Rèpaci Award. A space, inside the Guglielmo Marconi municipal library, which includes over 1400 works. A journey through time that also allows you to retrace the history of prize born on the beach and conceived by Leonida Rèpaci.
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