Published by Orlando d’Angelo
04/06/2024
«The fragile age» by Donatella Di Pietrantonio (Einaudi) wins the eleventh edition of the #PremioStregaGiovani. With 138 preferences out of 605 expressed, the Abruzzo writer’s book was the most voted by a jury of girls and boys between 16 and 18 years old from 103 upper secondary schools distributed in Italy and abroad.
Promoted by the Maria and Goffredo Bellonci Foundation and by Strega Alberti, in collaboration with BPER Banca, Media Partner Rai, technical sponsor Feltrinelli Librerie and SYGLA, the #PremioStregaGiovani aims to spread contemporary Italian fiction among young adult audiences, recognizing its and emphasizing their autonomy of judgement.
“I am happy to learn, together with the entire organisation, of the awarding of the Strega Giovani to Donatella Di Pietrantonio, member of the technical fiction jury of the Flaiano International Awards. The book by the Abruzzo writer “The Fragile Age” is an intense story of pain, a news story from many years ago, which happened in Abruzzo on Monte Morrone, which shook the consciences of a community unprepared for such execrable crimes and, through the his language, manages to retrace the events and leads us to reflect on violence and feelings”, is the enthusiastic comment of Carla Tiboni, president of the Flaiano International Awards.
