Also the Salento Giorgia Tramacere, 18 years old, resident in Leverano (LE) and student of the 5E class of the Giuseppe Palmieri Classical High School of Lecce, is among the winners of the XII edition of the Certamen latinum “Vittorio Tantucci”, which took place last 20 April 2024 in the Aula Magna “Santa Caterina da Siena” of the LUMSA University, in Rome.
The young student was awarded the third national prize ex aequo for the poem “Floris elogium”. Next to her, Giulia Minardi also stands out, class 2B Archita classical high school of Taranto, first National Prize – two-year section for the poem “Non finem transeo”.
THE COMPETITION – The Certamen, intended for students of secondary school classes who study Latin language and literature and divided from this year into two sections (two-year and three-year periods), is dedicated to the figure of Vittorio Tantucci, an illustrious Latinist who reached the The pinnacle of success with the Latin Arethusa syntax also spread to America, Germany, Switzerland and even Africa thanks to the work of the president of Senegal, the humanist Senghor, who was an admirer of it.
THE AWARDS – As part of the Conference, awards and mentions were awarded to the winners of the two sections of the Certamen “Vittorio Tantucci” 2024:
Award to teachers and scholars of the Latin language
National award to Francesco Grotto for the poem “Lampyrides”, in which the disappearance of the fireflies becomes the symbol of a darkening of fundamental existential values
The following Honorable Mentions are also awarded:
to Mauro Pisini for the poem “Inquieti animi excercitia”
to Marco Sbardella for the poem “Hominis precarii confessiones”
Award to secondary school students taught in Latin for works on the themes of the value of work, responsibility in the face of technology and trust as universal human goods.
Two-year section
First National Prize to Giulia Minardi, class 2B Archita classical high school of Taranto for the poem “Non finem transeo”
Second National Prize to Giulia Braglia, Sofia La Barbera, Mirko Maiorino, Sebastian Marazzi, Ludovica Ruozi, class 2F Piero Gobetti Scientific High School of Scandiano (RE) for the essay “Ex verbo respondeo”
Three-year section
First National Prize to Andrea Franco, Luca Gragnoli, Giulia Cundari, class 4E Goffredo Mameli Classical High School of Rome for the Video worthy of Walt Disney “Est modus in labore”
Second National Prize to Valeria Villani, class 3C Adolfo Pansini Classical High School of Naples for the essay “Labor et amor”
Third National Prize ex aequo to Davide Mario Bonacina, class 5F Paolo Sarpi Classical High School of Bergamo for the essay “Robiginis flos”
Third National Prize ex aequo to Giorgia Tramacere, class 5E Giuseppe Palmieri Classical High School of Lecce for the poem “Floris elogium”
Special Honorable Mention to
Paolo Cupelli, class 5B Cornelio Tacito classical high school of Rome for the essay “Labor omnia vicit”
Giulio Rolli, class 3P Lucio Anneo Seneca Classical High School of Rome for the poem “Susurrus pacis”
Giovanni Ghisleri, class 5E Liceo Classico Arnaldo di Brescia for the poem “Promethei epistula ad mortam”
Pietro Biello, class 5B Mariano Buratti Classical High School of Viterbo for the poem “Nostri temporis laboris opus”
Tommaso Patrizi, class 3C Liceo Classico Ublio Elio Adriano of Tivoli (RM) for the poem “De laboris paradoxo”
