"The proclaimed winner was: Jhumpa Lahiri", 01 June 09
The proclaimed winner was: Jhumpa Lahiri
"Ernesto Ferrero, President of the Jury is happy to announce the shortlist for the Premio Vallombrosa – Gregor von Rezzori 2009:", 19 March 09
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)
The 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)
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"Shortlist edition 2008", 30 March 08
The shortlist for the second edition of the Premio Vallombrosa - Gregor von Rezzori,, supported by the Provincia di Firenze, awarded annually for the best new work of international fiction published in Italy is announced today…
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"La Nacion", 10 June 07
Lanacion (Argentina)
El hombre del espejo
Gregor von Rezzori, uno
de los mayores y menos divulgados escritores mitteleuropeos del siglo
XX, es reivindicado por el autor de Microcosmos como gran profeta de la
metamorfosis que sufre Occidente hoy...
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"The Indipendent", 01 June 07
Indipendent (UK)
Boyd Tonkin: A Week in Books
You seldom expect reality to match - let alone surpass - the radiant images of classic literature. In the first book of Paradise Lost, for instance, Milton describes Satan's seething legion of rebel angels as "Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks/ In Vallombrosa". The poet was recalling his travels in Tuscany in 1638, where he met - or so he claimed - the persecuted Galileo...
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