World Literary Awards

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

Edition 58 (1987)

Literature prizeNovelPoetryCriticismDebut/Newcomer prizeInternational prize (international category)Special prize

Winners

3 people
Mario Spinella まりお すぴねっら Winner

Mario Spinella's novel pivots on the memory of the Eastern Front in World War II, moving between lived experience and retrospective reckoning.

The memory of war refuses to stay in the past.

400 pages
novelwarmemoryWorld War II
Valerio Magrelli ゔぁれりお まぐれっり Winner

Valerio Magrelli's poetry collection moves between the forms of nature and the texture of language, fixing subtle shifts of perception in verse.

Tiny shifts in perception sharpen the outline of language.

126 pages
poetrynaturelanguageperception
Nino Pirrotta にーの ぴろった Winner

An essay collection in musicology that traces the relationship between music and poetry from Willaert to Malipiero, mapping the intersection of theater, verse, and compositional practice.

Musical choices reveal the history shared by poetry and theater.

372 pages
musicologypoetrytheaterRenaissancemodern music