World Literary Awards

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Edition 77 (2006)

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Winners

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Gianni Celati Winner

A trio of stories about men drifting through the night city, mixing philosophy, desire, and comic observation.

Light, strange conversations continue as people wander the night city.

short storiesnight cityconversation

A compact poetry collection shaped by wounds and renewal, with a strong lyrical movement toward rebirth.

Language breathes again as if blooming back from injury.

wounds and renewallyricismrebirth

An art-historical study that examines Andrea Mantegna's visual importance and critical legacy from multiple angles.

The visual world of Mantegna is read together with its critical history.

art historyMantegnacriticism

An investigative nonfiction account of the Camorra's economic empire and violent reach, written with reportage intensity and literary force.

The book brings a criminal economy into view through field reporting.

331 pages
investigative nonfictionCamorraviolence