Viareggio Prize (Premio Viareggio / Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci) Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci
Edition 70 (1999)
Literature prizeNovelPoetryCriticismDebut/Newcomer prizeInternational prize (international category)Special prize
Winners
3 people
Ernesto Franco
Winner
An Italian novel that follows a family’s history through labor, technology, and urban memory.
A personal story quietly interweaves with the transformations of modernity.
familylaborcity lifeItalian fiction
Patrizia Cavalli
Winner
A quiet, intimate poetry collection linking everyday life with theatrical metaphor.
Everyday scenes rise up as if they were scenes on a stage.
125 pages
poetrydaily lifetheaterItalian literature
Alessandro Portelli
Winner
A historical study of the Ardeatine massacre in Rome and the transmission of its memory through testimony.
Testimony accumulates until the shape of the event and the weight of memory emerge.
448 pages
historymemorytestimonyWorld War II