Gregor von Rezzori

“Gregor von Rezzori seems to have come as close as any one man could to embodying what they call Weltliteratur - a literature without frontiers - and the Vallombrosa Prize is beautifully in keeping with the spirit of his books”

International Prize Vallombrosa
Gregor von Rezzori
First Edition /26th -28th of May 2007

Ernesto Ferrero, President of the Jury is happy to announce the shortlist for the Premio Vallombrosa Gregor von Rezzori 2007:

Hisham Matar, Nessuno al mondo (In The Country of Men) (Einaudi)
Daniel Kehlmann, La misura del mondo (Die Vermessung der Welt) (Feltrinelli)
Marisha Pessl, Teoria e pratica di ogni cosa (Special Topics in Calamity Physics) (Bompiani)
Zadie Smith, Della Bellezza (On Beauty) (Mondadori)

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

Bruno Ventavoli for the translation of La ballata di Iza by Magda Szabo
(Einaudi)

Announcement of the winner
Hisham Matar was proclaimed the winner.