Viareggio Prize (Premio Viareggio / Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci) Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci
Edition 47 (1976)
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3 peopleAn Italian novel that layers family memory and portraits of women, rendered with Tobino's characteristic tenderness.
Family memory gives shape to a gallery of women.
213 pages
familymemorywomenItalian fiction
Dario Bellezza's poetry collection turns desire, death, and self-loathing into a fierce act of self-dissection.
Death and desire collide in a bare, unflinching voice.
poetrydesiredeathself-analysis
A delicate prose collection by Sergio Solmi, bringing together criticism and essays on French literature, especially Laforgue.
Criticism and essay move through the tonal world of poetry.
587 pages
French literaturecriticismessaysLaforgue