World Literary Awards

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Edition 52 (1981)

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Winners

5 people
Enzo Siciliano えんつぉ しちりあーの Winner

A historical novel that brings eighteenth-century Rome into focus through meticulous detail. A young outsider's education and desire gradually take shape in the atmosphere of the old city.

In the heat of eighteenth-century Rome, learning and desire intersect.

191 pages
historical fictionbildungsromanRomedesirecross-cultural encounter
Maria Luisa Spaziani まりあ るいーざ すぱっつぃあーに Winner

A poetry collection that captures the feeling suspended between order and breakdown through restrained language. Its concise lines quietly bring out the movement of thought and memory.

It traces the outline of order while watching the feelings that spill beyond it.

123 pages
modern poetrymemoryorder and chaosintrospectionrestrained lyricism
Gennaro Sasso じぇんなーろ さっそ Winner

A substantial study that traces Machiavelli's life and writings from both intellectual and political history. It connects biographical fact with textual reading to build a three-dimensional account of how his political thought took shape.

It links biography and intellectual history to interpret Machiavelli's political imagination.

680 pages
intellectual historypolitical philosophyRenaissancebiographical studyItalian history
Massimo Griffo まっしも ぐりっふぉ Winner

An experimental metafiction that boldly intersects the narrator's voice with historical figures. It questions the outlines of reality and history while dismantling and rearranging the form of the novel.

A challenging novel in which the narrator and historical figures share the same stage.

306 pages
metafictionexperimental fictionhistory and mythpolitical imaginationidentity
Paolo Battino Vittorelli ぱおろ ゔぃっとれっり Special Award

A memoir that revisits the years of the Action Party while tracing the ideals and disappointments of postwar Italy. Personal memory anchors a quiet overlap between political fervor and historical weight.

It reconsiders the ideals and disappointments of a political movement through personal memory.

214 pages
memoirpolitical historypostwar ItalyAction Partymemory