The ceremony of International Literary Award Casino of Sanremo Antonio Semeria will open on Saturday 22 June in the Casino Opera Theater with the awarding of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the two Grand Trophies. They will be delivered respectively to the prof Vittorio Colettito Carmine Abate for the novel “A happy country” (Mondadori) and others Giuseppe Lupo for the opera “Tabacco Clan” (Marsilio)
“Having passed the tenth anniversary mark, the Prize sails surrounded by the great attention of the hundreds of writers and poets who participated, uniting their voices with that of this literary moment which completes the cultural offering of our Casino. In this context, not only great protagonists of contemporary knowledge but also diversified literary expressions are brought to the attention of the ever-growing public, offering them an authoritative stage – Says the President and CEO Dr. Gian Carlo Ghinamo – Ppraising the increasingly strong success of this cultural event, we thank the Honorary Committee for its closeness, chaired by HE the Prefect of the Province of Imperia, Dr. Valerio Massimo Romeo. A heartfelt thank you to Prof. Stefano Zecchi, to the technical jury, to the popular jurors and to all those who honor us with their participation and collaboration. Our warmest congratulations to Prof. Vittorio Coletti, who will celebrate his brilliant literary career with us and to Carmine Abate and Giuseppe Lupo for the importance of their works“.
The technical jury of the Sanremo Antonio Semeria Casino International Literary Award has also chosen the three finalists who will appear before the popular jury, responsible for deciding the final ranking.
These finalists, in alphabetical order of the “Unpublished poetry”
Paul Catholic with the anthology Second order song ( Milan)
Sarita Massai with the anthology The time for courage (Sovicille)
Federico Pacchioni with the anthology Countries and characters (Chapman University California)
Jury Mention a Anna Littardi with the anthology Life is nothing but a deception (Imperia).
For the section Unpublished fiction:
Costa wins for the work Hard times for the cats of Palermo (Agrigento)
Laura Giorgi for the work Sea of Lapis Lazuli (Grosseto)
Giuseppe Pellizzeri for the work The long night of Dr. Lo Cascio (Messina)
Honorable mention to Olimpia Tedeschi for the work Like the stars (Naples)
Jury Mention for Donato Maglio for the work Flowers also grow in Auschwitz (Genoa)
Three themed stories120 years of Sanremo Casino” chosen to be published in the anthology that will be released in 2025:
Franca Acquarone for the story 1923 The Girl with the Roses (Wedge)
Roberto Carvelli for the story Rays and Chips ( Rome )
Marco Corradi for the story Written in the sand (Sanremo)
Two awards will be given to as many publishing houses rooted in the territory for their lasting commitment to supporting literature.
The ceremony scheduled for Saturday 22 June at 4.00 pm in the Opera Theater of the Sanremo Casino will be moderated by the journalist, essayist and writer Mauro Mazza, with the contribution of Paola Monzardo, Carlo Sburlati, Marino Magliani, Matteo Moraglia, Marco Mauro and Marzia Taruffi.
The award, which honors the presidency of prof. Stephen literary” by Luigi Pastonchi. Antonio Semeria promoted the cultural initiatives, well aware of how the Gaming House had to protect and preserve its heritage and its image as a literary salon and play centre.
The event will be enlivened by the presentation of the project “Sanremo Quartet”, a string quartet (2 violins, Viola and Cello) built by the master luthier Fabrizio Ragazzi. Each instrument is dedicated to a musician who was a member of the famous “Sanremo Quartet” which in the 1930s represented one of the most important artistic expressions of the city of the Casino, directed and created by the first violin, the already well-known Aldo Ferraresi. The “Quartetto di Sanremo” Project is also a historical publication edited by Freddy Colt. The luthier Fabrizio Ragazzi was born in Ferrara in 1965. He graduated with top marks in Violin and Viola and has carried out an intense concert activity both in Italy and abroad, collaborating with symphonic opera bodies and musical academies. He alternates the musical profession of instrumentalist with that of teacher and luthier. After about 20 years of orchestral activity as “Prima viola” in the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, he is now a violin teacher at the “Centro Levante” comprehensive institute in Sanremo. In 2018, at the 9th ANLAI competition for 100 years of violin making in Bulgaria, he received the “ANLAI Award” for his personality and loyalty to the Ferrara violin-making tradition.
Roll of Honor of the Award: Giordano Bruno Guerri, Marcello Veneziani, Mauro Mazza, Gennaro Sangiuliano, Marco Buticchi, Andrea Vitali, Mara Fazio, Bruno Morchio, Mario Vattani, Saverio Simonelli., Enrico Vanzina, Mario Baudino, Elena Pontiggia, Riccardo Nencini , Maurizio Maggiani, Pupi Avati, sen. Elena Cattaneo, Carlo Miccichè, Claudio Paglieri, Mons. Giulio Dellavite.
“Semeria” Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Giuseppe Conte, to prof. Francesco Sabatini, to prof. Aldo Andrea Mola.
The Honorary Committee of the Award is composed as follows: President HE the Prefect of Imperia, Dr. Valerio Massimo Romeo, the Commissioner Dr. Andrea Lo Iacono, the President of the Court of Imperia, Dr. Edoardo Bracco, the Mayor of Sanremo Alberto Biancheri, the Admiral Sergio Liardo, the Magnificent Rector prof. Federico Delfino, the Minister of Culture Dr. Gennaro Sangiuliano, writer, essayist, Dr. Demetrio Brandi, artistic director of Luccautori, the senator Avv. Gianni Berrino, the Councilor for Culture, the Board of Directors of the Sanremo Casino composed of the President and CEO Dr. Gian Carlo Ghinamo, from the advisors lawyer. Lucia Artusi and Dr. Eugenio Nocita.
The technical jury is made up as follows: President Matteo Moraglia, historian. Honorary President Prof. Francesco de Nicola, professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Genoa. Members: Prof. Elisa Rosa Giangoia, teacher, writer, essayist, Paola Monzardo Semeria, Dr. Donatella Salucci, Dr. Armando Nanei, Dr. Giuseppe Felice Peritore, the journalist Mauro Mazza, former director of Tg1, writer and essayist, prof. Aldo A. Mola, the writer Mario Baudino, the journalist Carlo Sburlati, former patron of the Acqui History Prize, the writer Marino Magliani, Marco Mauro, surgeon, passionate historian, the lawyer. Prof. Tito Lucrezio Rizzo, Fabrizio De Ferrari, journalist and publisher, Marzia Taruffi, head of the Press-Culture Office of the Gaming House, General Secretary of the Award.
