Sally Hayden (c) Rachel Meagher
It has always been the highlight of near/far, and tomorrow Saturday 11 May, from 9pm at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, the 20th Tiziano Terzani International Literary Prize will be awarded to the investigative journalist and Irish reporter Sally Hayden, awarded for her reportage “And the fourth time we drowned”, published in Italy by Bollati Boringhieri with the translation by Bianca Bertola. The evening-event for the awarding of the Terzani Prize seals an initiative born from the initiative of near / far, in agreement with the family of the Florentine journalist and writer, in the aftermath of his death, twenty years ago (28 July 2004). Once again it will be an intense and varied evening, which will offer the opportunity to meet the winner of the 2024 edition in person, Sally Hayden will be the protagonist of a dialogue with Annalisa Camilli, investigative journalist, and Angela Terzani Staude, president of the Jury, will deliver personally the prize to the winner. A video greeting to the public of the Award will come from the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who on the occasion of the 20th anniversary, receives a Special Mention from the Jury for his memoir “A Thousand Years of Joys and Sorrows”, published in Italy by Feltrinelli.
Ai Weiwei
The public will be told about the Terzani Prize in the interview by the journalist Marco Del Corona, former Beijing correspondent for the Corriere della Sera and member of the Terzani Prize Jury. «Sally Hayden – they explained the reasons – has given us a rigorous reportage, and at the same time of very powerful human truth, which presents us with the detailed picture of what is happening beyond the Mediterranean in the concentration camps of the Third Millennium, forcing us to question ourselves on one humanitarian scandal that sees us responsible as European citizens and as Italians.” «I am extremely honored – declared Sally Hayden – to be the winner of the 2024 Terzani Prize. My reportage, over the years in which I worked on the book, focused on highlighting the abuses that are carried out in our name and on make the voices of vulnerable people who suffer in those places heard. It has shown that we are involved in crimes against humanity, and I hope that this Award will bring more people in Italy to know about this tragic reality. I dedicate this Award to all those who risked their lives to send information from Libya and North Africa.”
Angela and Tiziano Terzani
The young actress Caterina Bernardi will read a significant passage from the volume. While a short excerpt from the book will be read by the actor Massimo Somaglino, who also directs the evening, hosted by the actor Alessandro Lussiana.
SALLY HAYDEN
Sally Hayden is an Irish journalist. He is currently Africa correspondent for the «Irish Times», but has also written for «Financial Times», «Time», «Washington Post», «Guardian», «New York Times», also collaborating for CNN International, BBC , VICE News, Al Jazeera and Newsweek. You were part of the Transparency International Anti-Corruption Award Committee and in 2019 you were included in the Forbes “Under 30” list of media in Europe.
His first book, And the Fourth Time We Drowned, was nominated as best essay of the year by «New Yorker», «Guardian», «Kirkus» and «Financial Times» and won numerous international awards, including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, the Michel Déon Prixe, the Post Irish Book of the Year Award and the Post Irish Book Award for Nonfiction.
THE VICINO/LANTANO ORCHESTRA DEBUT TOMORROW!
Another important surprise of the evening should not be forgotten: the debut of the Vicino/Lontano orchestra, a new musical formation that brings together some of the most talented young musicians from Friuli Venezia Giulia, created on the occasion of the 20th edition of the Terzani Prize: Nicoletta Taricani vocals , Carla Scandura cello, Mirko Cisilino trumpet, Giulio Scaramella piano, Alessio Zoratto double bass and Alessandro Mansutti drums.
