The novel “One day all this will be yours” by Lidia Ravera is the most voted in the third edition of the “Orbetello Book Prize” and has therefore won the award
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Attention and emotion on stage also for the delivery of the Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Björn Larsson, one of the most well-known and appreciated Scandinavian authors also in Italy.
“It is always encouraging to receive a prestigious award, because behind it there are readers who take literature seriously – said Bjorn Larsson –. It is even more important when the award is not given only for the latest ‘novelty’ or what ‘everyone is talking about’. In this world made of fragments and a sea of bits, an award like the Orbetello award reminds us that literature should not have an expiration date”. The winners received a sculpture that faithfully reproduces the end part of the cast iron columns that delimit the area of the Chiusi Gardens and is made with care and passion by a historic Orbetello craftsman Ilio Campidonico. A special mention was received by Valeria Parrella with “Piccoli miracoli e altri tradimenti”.
“It is a recognition that comes to a writer with great experience and ability to construct stories that bet on the public life/private life dialectic”, declared Paolo Di Paolo, president of the selection jury.
“I continue to express my personal satisfaction with the Orbetello Book Prize – declared Maddalena Ottali, municipal councilor for Culture –. I am enthusiastic and proud to see how this prize consolidates the relationship between the territory, the public and citizens, both those involved in the jury and the users of the event”.
