“The delicate age” by Donatella Di Pietrantonio gained the Strega Award – Il Put up

The delicate age by Donatella Di Pietrantonio who gained the Premio Strega, probably the most influential Italian literary award. The novel, revealed by the Einaudi publishing home and which is a few lady who’s dedicated to rebuilding a relationship together with her twenty-year-old daughter in the course of the coronavirus lockdown, obtained 189 votes. Within the second place, Winter by Dario Voltolini (La nave di Teseo), stopped at 143. Di Pietrantonio is 62 years previous and is an creator recognized and appreciated by numerous readers ranging from success The Arminutawhich gained the 2017 Campiello Prize and was one of many books most talked about in that yr: since then it has offered round 400 thousand copies.

The opposite books that had been introduced this yr had been Who says and who’s silent by Chiara Valerio (Sellerio), in third place with 138 votes, The correction of the universe by Raffaella Romagnolo (Mondadori), who obtained 83 votes, A novel with no particular person by Paolo Di Paolo (Feltrinelli), who obtained 66 votes, and Autobiogrammatics by Tommaso Giartosio (decrease facsimile), which took 25.

Di Pietrantonio was already nominated for Premio Strega in 2014, with My lovely (Elliot), and in 2021, when she reached the final of the 5 with South City (Einaudi), which is taken into account the sequel to The Arminuta as a result of it has the identical characters as most important characters. Even his first novel, My mom is a river (Elliot, 2011), was beneficial for the Strega Award however was not chosen among the many last twelve candidates, the so-called “twelve”.

The Strega is a recognition that’s awarded yearly to a e-book revealed within the earlier yr. It’s crucial Italian literary prize, each for its historical past – it has been there since 1947 – and since it’s virtually the one one which has a major impression on e-book gross sales. Bookshops often show the books of the candidates after which the winner with particular yellow bands that point out participation within the competitors, and plenty of purchase them, trusting the flexibility to decide on appropriate jobs.

That is the thirteenth time that the Strega prize has been awarded to a e-book written by a girl because the first version. Final yr the e-book was the winner Come your aria at Ada d’Adamo (Elliot). Within the final twenty years it’s the sixth time {that a} e-book revealed by Einaudi has gained the Strega: it’s the publishing home that has gained it often from 2000 till at the moment.

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