- Strega Prize, Sandro Veronesi leads the sestina
- Strega Prize, surprise sestina
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01 July 2020There will be a duel between the super-favorite Sandro Veronesi and his 'Colibrì' (La Nave di Teseo) and Gianrico Carofiglio with 'The measure of time' (Einaudi), whose prices are growing, at the final evening of the 2020 Witch Prize, tomorrow July 2 at the Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, in Rome. On the eve of the edition of the most coveted Italian literary recognition, in the era of the pandemic, the challenge to victory that will be broadcast live on Rai3 with the conduct of Giorgio Zanchini and a special tribute to Andrea Camilleri, one year after his death on July 17, 2019.Will Marco Carrera, called Colibrì di Veronesi or Guido Guerrieri di Carofiglio in a year that sees six finalists in the running, prevail? In application of a clause of the regulation on the presence of small and medium-sized publishers, if they are not among the top five, Jonathan Bazzi was fished for the final with 'Fever' (Fandango) which led to a sestina where there is another Einaudi title with Valeria Parrella's 'Almarina' , which also entered the race on an equal footing with Carofiglio.
In favor of Veronesi the choice of how to divide the votes between Turin and Rome of the Ostrich publishing house could play. And some hard work could also be given by the former Mondadori number one Gian Arturo Ferrari with his debut novel 'Italian Boy', in which at 76 he mixes real and invented events in an autobiographical training book that marks Feltrinelli's return to the witch after years of absence. Bring the titles of the Mondadori Group to three in the race Daniele Mencarelli with 'Everything asks for salvation' (Mondadori), already winner of the 2020 Young Witch Award, in which he tells the week of Daniele, 20 years old, in compulsory health treatment with five other men edges of the world.
Maintaining the historic location of the award, on July 2 in Villa Giulia there will be no general public of the other years, at most 80 people present in compliance with the health rules. And as in the good old days, the jury table and the legendary blackboard where the marks are marked, will be moved to the balcony of the Nymphaeum where the prize was held from 1953 to 1962. The Strega 2019 Antonio Scurati Prize will preside over the seat. The TV interviews with the finalists will be made at the so-called Loggia dell'Ammannati.