Gregor von Rezzori

“The Gregor von Rezzori Prize for Translated Fiction commemorates a writer who has been a great influence on writers all over the world for his stilish prose, for the grace and formal beauty of his work”

International Prize Vallombrosa
Gregor von Rezzori

Ernesto Ferrero, President of the Jury is happy to announce the shortlist for the Premio Vallombrosa – Gregor von Rezzori 2009:


David Albahari,  L’Esca (Zandonai)
Mamac

Deborah Eisenberg, Il crepuscolo dei supereroi (Alet)
Twilight of the Superheroes

Richard Ford, Lo stato delle cose, I narratori (Feltrinelli)
The Lay of the Land

Andrew Sean Greer, La storia di un matrimonio (Adelphi)
The Story of a Marriage

Jhumpa Lahiri, Una nuova terra (Guanda)
Unaccustomed Earth

Ingo Schulze, Bolero berlinese (Feltrinelli)
Handy, Dreizehn Gesichten in Alter Manier



Andrea Landolfi, President of the Translation Section, is happy to announce  
the Winner of the Translation Prize:

Claudia Zonghetti for the translation of
Vita e Destino by Vasilij Semënovič Grossmann
(Adelphi)

Events

21st of May, 5.30 p.m. L’Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane – SUM will host a meeting with the finalists of the Premio Vallombrosa – Gregor von Rezzori at Palazzo Strozzi,

22nd of May, 6.00 p.m. The Provincia di Firenze which is sponsoring the prize will host a Lectio Magistralis by Carlos Fuentes “A Writer’s Day” in the Luca Giordano room at Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

23rd of May, 11.00 a.m. The prize will be awarded during the ceremony at the Abbazia di Vallombrosa. The winner will receive €. 15.000 and a working sojourn at the Santa Maddalena Foundation.

The proclaimed winner was: Jhumpa Lahiri 

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