E’ ON LINE IL BANDO DEL 29° PREMIO CONCORSO LETTERARIO GIUSEPPE DESSI’IT’S ON LINE THE 29th PRIZE COMPETITION LITERARY GIUSEPPE DESSI’

Primo passo ufficiale per il ventinovesimo premio “Giuseppe Dessì”: è infatti online il bando di partecipazione alla nuova edizione del concorso letterario intitolato allo scrittore sardo (nato a Cagliari nel 1909 e scomparso a Roma nel 1977), che il prossimo settembre, dal 16 al 21, vivrà il suo clou a Villacidro. Un appuntamento che si rinnova annualmente dal 1986 nella cittadina del Medio Campidano dove Dessì visse da giovanissimo e a cui guardò sempre come luogo delle proprie radici. E saranno, ancora una volta, cinque giornate dense di eventi e iniziative – incontri letterari, spettacoli, mostre – che culmineranno con la proclamazione e la premiazione dei vincitori.

First official step for the twenty-ninth prize ” Giuseppe Dessi ” : it is the online invitation to participate in the new edition of the essay contest entitled to the Sardinian writer ( born in Cagliari in 1909 and died in Rome in 1977 ), which in September , from 16 21 , will reach its climax in Villacidro . An appointment that is renewed annually since 1986 in the town of Middle Campidano Dessi where he lived as a young man and who always looked at as a place of their roots . It will be , once again , five days full of events and initiatives – literary events , shows, exhibitions – which will culminate with the proclamation and recognition for the winners.

The rules of the contest can be found on the website of the Foundation Dessi that , in addition to organizing the event, preserves , preserves and disseminates the figure and work of the author of “Land of Shadows” . The formula is the usual one : the prize is divided into two sections , Fiction and Poetry, and is attributed to text in Italian, published after January 31, 2013 . Works that are distinguished by the literary quality , even beyond the advertising and commercial success .

To participate in the selection , the authors or their publishers will send nine copies of their publications to the competition secretariat ( Fondazione Giuseppe Dessi , Via Roma, 65-09039 Villacidro ) by next June 15.

Led this year by Anna Dolfi ( eminent Italianist University of Florence and among the top scholars of the work of Dessi ) , will be the Giuriati Mario Baudino , Massimo Onofri, Stefano Salis , Duilio Caocci , Joseph and Joseph Langella Marras ( president Foundation Dessi ) to select the finalists , three for the poetry and the same for Fiction , a work certainly exciting but also challenging , what awaits the jury , whereas in the last edition of the works of the participants were well 511 .

The winners of the two sections of literature, together with laurel that in past years has crowned writers such as Sandro Petroni , Nico Orengo , Laura Pariani , Salvatore Mannuzzu , Marcello Fois , Michela Murgia , Niccolò Ammaniti , Salvatore Silvano Nigro , Gian Piero Bona, and poets the likes of Elio Pecora , Maria Luisa Spaziani , Giancarlo Pontiggia , Alda Merino , Eugenio De Signoribus , Gilberto Isella and Joseph Wolf , will receive a prize of five thousand euro .

The two categories strictly literary joins as always, the Special Jury Prize , this five thousand Euros , which is awarded every year to a leading figure in public life and national culture : its roll of honor includes , therefore, journalists , actors , intellectuals, politicians , leaders of different fields such as Luigi Pintor , Sergio Zavoli , Alberto Bevilacqua, Arnoldo Foa , Francesco Cossiga , Marco Pannella, Piero Angela, Ascanio Celestine , Giulio Rapetti Mogul and Philippe Davenport .

The twenty-ninth Dessi Prize is organized by the Foundation ” Giuseppe Dessi ” and the City of Villacidro under the auspices of the Regional Council of Sardinia, the Regional Public Education , the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and the Fondazione Banco di Sardegna .

For information , the organizing secretary responds to the numbers 0709314387 , 3474117655 , 3406660530 , and the email address fondessi@tiscali.it .