The precious volume published by Meridiani Mondadori bears the Clare Award once again in Lugano. And she does it with the usual richness of content and characters. In fact, in addition to the curator Mauro Novelli, three prestigious intellectuals will be present to present the book dedicated to the stories of Andrea Camilleri: the writers Antonio Franchini and Luca Crovi and the head of cultural activities of the Cantonal Library of Lugano, Luca Saltini.
The book presented by the Chiara Prize in Lugano
The new Meridiano Mondadori dedicated to Andrea Camilleri offers a precious cross-section to understand the caliber of the master of Italian literature, defining not only the greatness of his prose and the magic of his stylistic quality, but also - and perhaps in particular - the intellectual and ethical code that permeates all the novelist's work, offering the reader a plurality of themes and "pictures" of Italian society of the last century, of which he has often been a witness.
Fine storyteller, acute observer, ironic reporter of everyday life, Camilleri is back among us thanks to this important anthology, which makes us miss him a little less.
With this second volume of the Meridiani, the circle closes around Italy's most loved commissioner. “This volume completes the offering of Camilleri's works in Meridiani,” says the publishing house. The choice of texts, which proceeds from the previous volume of the Stories of Montalbano, covers a period of time during which over twenty novels and several short stories dedicated to Italy's most famous commissioner were published. The intellectual and ethical posture of its author, who has always been politically committed and up to the last minute intent on bearing witness to the highest values of civilized life, has certainly contributed to the publishing success of these books, together with the television transpositions starring Zingaretti".
This volume has also been entrusted to Mauro Novelli, who offers the reader a choice of six novels as many "variations on yellow", to be The turning point a riccardino, and a selection of the most significant stories published in volumes or anthologies, including those that tell the first investigations of the young Montalbano.
The speakers of the event
Antonio Franchini, former drafter of the Chronology for the first volume, has worked on the author's biography, updating and revising it in the light of the new documents that have emerged from the Camilleri archive.
Mauro Novelli teaches contemporary Italian literature at the State University of Milan, where he coordinates the Master's in Publishing. He is the author of essays and volumes in the nineteenth century, such as Eat your heart, Milan, il Saggiatore, dedicated to Carlo Porta, e Leopardi's window, Feltrinelli, a sentimental journey through the homes of Italian writers.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Manzonian Studies and of the Scientific Commission of the Prezzolini Archive in Lugano.
For the Meridiani Mondadori he edited the Stories of Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri and Works by Piero Chiara.
Antonio Franchini, born in Naples in 1958. He made his debut in 1991 with Comrades. Four short stories about growing up, Leonardo. It is from 1996 When we write when we are young, Undertrack. With Marsilio he published When will you kill yourselves, master? 1996 Water, sweat, ice City of Kyiv, Ukraine, The squatter City of Kyiv, Ukraine, Chronicle of the end City of Kyiv, Ukraine, Lord of Tears City of Kyiv, Ukraine, Memoirs of a book seller, 2011. For Mondadori Gladiator, 2005, for Gallucci The princess, the monkey and the elephant, 2009, for NN The old wrestler, 2020, with which he was a finalist for the Chiara Prize 2021. He lives in Milan and works in publishing.
Luca Crovi, an expert in genre literature, works for Bonelli Editore. Music critic for «Italia Oggi», «Il Giornale» and «Max», he has published Noir. Instructions for Use City of Kyiv, Ukraine, The champion's shadow City of Kyiv, Ukraine, The last song of the Naviglio, 2020. He has scripted comics. With All colors of yellow, 2002, from which the Radio2 broadcast won the 2005 Flaiano Prize.
Luca Saltini, head of cultural activities of the cantonal library of Lugano. She graduated in philosophy from Milan and a doctorate in literature from the University of Geneva. You have published, as author or editor, about fifteen volumes on historical and literary subjects. With The traveler of the word (2007) won the Cesare Angelini international literary prize. He published the novels Tattoo, The Camper Wrecker, Suburbs.
Here all the events of Chiara Award 2023.
The image
The close-up of Andrea Camilleri at the head of this article, kindly granted, was taken in 2010, when the Maestro was awarded the Chiara Lifetime Achievement Award.
