2023-07-17 00:04:43
by SEVERINO COLOMBO
The author of «La Portalettere», published by Nord, has won the award now in its 71st edition. It is the second consecutive year for the publishing house which triumphed in 2022 with Stefania Auci. To Sara Simeoni the Bancarella Sport
Francesca Giannone is the winner of the 2023 Bancarella Prize with the novel La Portalettere, published by Nord. The announcement of the winner of the 71st edition of the Bancarella Award took place on Sunday 16 July, in Piazza della Repubblica, in Pontremoli (Massa Carrara). La Portalettere is a novel that takes inspiration from the writer’s family history, in particular from the story of her great-grandmother, the first postwoman in Salento. Pugliese, Giannone after graduating in Communication Sciences, studied cinema at the experimental center of cinematography in Rome; she attended the writing course of the «Fictions» Storytelling Workshop
The other finalists were: The year of rediscovered words by Bea Buozzi (Morellini Editore), a «chronoromanzo», a book that intertwines invented events with real events in the year 2022; the noir The king of memory by Massimo Cotto (Gallucci publisher), a story of pain and ghosts of the past; the historical thriller The Fifth Seal by Davide Cossu (Newton Compton), set in 15th-century Florence, built around a crime investigated by the architect Leon Battista Alberti; The distractions of Federica de Paolis (HarperCollins Italy), who investigates family relationships through the story of the disappearance of a child; and Gaber by Sandro Neri (Hoepli), which outlines the figure of the singer-songwriter Giorgio Gaber. In 2022 the Bancarella Award was won by Stefania Auci, with the novel The Winter of the Lions, also published by Editrice Nord.
The evening was hosted by the journalist Monica Marangoni to whom the finalists talked about each other and introduced the themes of their books; the musical accompaniment was by The Niro, stage name of the musician Davide Combusti, who dedicated a song to each finalist.
The winner obtained the highest number of preferences from the jury, and received the work San Giovanni di Dio, special protector of booksellers, ceramic created by Umberto Piombino. During the evening in Pontremoli, the notary in charge, Dr. Sara Rivieri had proceeded with the counting in public session of the ballots that the independent booksellers had voted for. A total of 179 ballots arrived, each containing three votes; 150 were opened with silent ballots while the last 29 ballots were opened live in front of the public.
These are the preferences obtained: Francesca Giannone 172 preferences, Massimo Cotto 86, Davide Cossu 79, Bea Buozzi 72, Sandro Neri 72 and Federica de Paolis 53.
The prize, organized by the Città del Libro Foundation chaired by Ignazio Landi and by the Unions of Pontremoli Booksellers and of the Bancarelle, is among the most important and popular in Italy. Alongside the Bancarella Award, other special awards, the Gerle d’Oro, were also presented on 16 July during the evening: to Giulia Faggian, wife of Marco Mattioli, commercial director of numerous national publishing houses; then to the booksellers Davide Giovannacci, of Biella; Giorgio Tarantola, of Sesto San Giovanni (Milan); and Alessia Panassi, whose bookstores are present in Val di Susa.
Past winners of the Premio Bancarella include Ernest Hemingway with The Old Man and the Sea for Mondadori which prevailed in the first edition of 1953, then Boris Pasternak in 1958 with Doctor Živago (Feltrinelli), Umberto Eco in 1989 with Foucault’s Pendulum (Bompiani ), Elizabeth Strout in 2010 with Olive Kitteridge (Fazi).
Finally, the Olympic champion Sara Simeoni is the winner of the sixtieth edition of the Bancarella Sport award. The blue jumper, unforgotten gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, received the prestigious award for Una vita in alto, published by Rai Libri, co-written with the journalist Marco Franzelli. Sara Simeoni prevailed with a gap of 15 votes over Bruno Conti, author together with Giammarco Menga of the book Un gioco da bambini (Rizzoli). In third place was placed A team (Fandago Libri) by Domenico Procacci followed by The new wars of football (Feltrinelli) by Marco Bellinazzo, Giuliano Giuliani, more than just a goalkeeper (66thand2nd publisher) by Paolo Tomaselli and Chris Amon. Bad luck doesn’t exist ′′ (Minerva) by Emiliano Tozzi.
July 17, 2023 (change July 17, 2023 | 00:16)
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