World Literary Awards

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Viareggio Prize (Premio Viareggio / Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci) Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci

Edition 57 (1986)

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Winners

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Marisa Volpi まりさ うぉるぴ Winner

A short-story collection that moves between painting and memory, blending real artists with imagined figures. It opens a dense fictional world that suits Marisa Volpi's debut as a writer.

A striking debut collection where memory and art overlap.

191 pages
memoryartshort storiesnarrative
Mario Socrate まりお そくらーて Winner

A poetry collection that reconsiders everyday experience from a deliberately partial perspective. It moves between participation in the world and a cool distance, quietly drawing out the outlines of ethics and feeling.

It asks what the world looks like from one particular viewpoint.

88 pages
poetryperspectiveeveryday lifeethics
Giorgio Candeloro じょるじょ かんでろーろ Winner

A comprehensive history of modern Italy, told across eleven volumes from the Risorgimento to the founding of the Republic. It traces political, social, and economic change through Candeloro's long-term historical vision.

An eleven-volume panorama of modern Italian history.

Italian historyRisorgimentofascismthe Republic
Agostino Richelmy あごすてぃーの りけるみ Special Award

A poetry collection with a restrained, incisive voice that recalls Saba and Rebora. It combines classical sensitivity with a modern feel, leaving a lasting impression through concentrated language.

A poetry collection that carries on tradition while speaking with a sharp, clear voice.

153 pages
poetrytraditionrestraintlanguage