The press conference for the second edition of the Michele Selvaggio Literary Prize was held on Saturday 1st June in the Goccioloni hall of the Terme di Telese (BN). During the conference, the finalists of the historical essay competition were announced, which saw the participation of over 150 works from all over Italy.
The journalist Jonathan Checola of Anteprima24 moderated the press conference. Speakers included Emilio Bove, president of the Historical Institute of Sannio Telesino; Vincenzo Benevento, CEO and founder of Erbagil (main sponsor of the event), and the entire Award Jury, composed of President Antonio Martone, Pasquale Carlo, Nicola Ciervo, Giuseppina Renda and Tiziana Selvaggio.
The finalist works are (in alphabetical order):
Carrara Silvia, Corrente Marcello – Poetry of trauma, poetry of mud. Psychiatric medicine from the Victorian age to the Great War: a paradigm shift V. 1, Poetry of trauma, poetry of mud. The shipwreck of the soul: the experience of war trauma at the time of the Great War in the diaries, letters and war poems of S. Sassoon and W. Owen V. 2 (La Quercia Fiorita Editore)
Criscione Giovanni – The Modica massacre (29 May 1921). An unsolved case from a hundred years ago (Sicilia Punto L Edizioni)
Sodano Giulio – Elisabetta Farnese. Duchess of Parma, Queen Consort of Spain, Matron of Europe (Salerno Editrice)
The order of the podium will be revealed during the awards ceremony which will be held on June 15th at 6.30 pm at the Palazzo del Genio in Cerreto Sannita (BN).
Giovanni Criscione’s book reconstructs the history of the Passogatta massacre: a fascist and state massacre whose truth remained buried in the archives for over a hundred years. “I would like to express – declares the author – my heartfelt thanks to the publisher Sicilia Punto L and to all those who believed in this book. Being among the finalists of a prestigious award, one of the few dedicated to non-fiction, is an important recognition that fills me with joy. This recognition is not only a personal achievement, but is also and above all a tribute to the memory and historical truth that I have tried to bring to light.”
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