World Literary Awards

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

Edition 62 (1991)

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Winners

3 people

Set against a Jewish family and the atmosphere of Rome, the novel layers private memory over social tension. It builds through close observation of detail and quietly brings out the fractures in identity and relationships.

Family memory and urban tension collide within a single story.

140 pages
fictionfamilyJewish identitymemoryRome

A poetry collection carried by sonic precision and restrained feeling. Rather than drifting into easy lyricism, it sharpens its images and delicately brings out the atmosphere of memory and desire.

The sound of language itself shapes the poem.

125 pages
poetrymusicalitymemorydesirerestraint
Grazia Livi Winner

An essay that traces the history of feminist thought and the evolution of women's ideas, moving from Simone de Beauvoir to major twentieth-century women writers. It combines biographical reading with intellectual history to reconnect those voices across time.

It reconnects women's voices within the flow of intellectual history.

276 pages
essayfeminismintellectual historywomen writersmemory