Strega Prize Ragazze e Ragazzi 2022

Lisa Lundmark, Nadia Terranova, Mara Cerri and Francesco D'Adamo are the winners of the seventh edition of the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi. The announcement of the winners and award ceremony, offered by Strega Alberti Benevento, took place this afternoon at Più Libri Più Liberi, the trade show dedicated to small and medium-sized publishers.

 

Lisa Lundmark with Jenny lo squalo, illustrated by Charlotte Ramel (La Nuova Frontiera Junior) for the 6+ category, i.e., readers aged 6 and 7, received 9 votes out of the total 11 (the illustrator collected the prize); Nadia Terranova and Mara Cerri with Il segreto (Mondadori Ragazzi) for the 8+ category, readers from 8 to 10 years, with 14 votes out of 33, and Francesco D'Adamo with Giuditta e l'orecchio del diavolo (Giunti Editore) for the 11+ category, readers aged 11 to 13, with 325 votes out a total 778, were the books receiving most votes among reader from the 153 plus schools, reading groups and libraries making up the jury in Italy and abroad (Munich, Offenbach am Main, Paris, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Vienna). 

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The translation prize, offered by BolognaFiere, was awarded to Lucia Barni for her book Jenny lo squalo.

During the award ceremony, hosted by the writer and former winner of the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi, Alessandro Barbaglia, the finalist authors, illustrators and translators were joined by Fabio Del Giudice (Director of the Italian Publishers' Association), Giovanni Solimine (President of the Maria and Goffredo Bellonci Foundation), Angelo Piero Cappello (Director of the Centre for Books and Reading), Alberto Foschini (Past President of Strega Alberti Benevento and member of the Premio Strega Management Committee), Elena Pasoli (Exhibition Manager of the Bologna Children's Book Fair-BolognaFiere) and Simone Maci (Director, Centre West Region, BPER Banca).

For the second year running, the ceremony took place in the auditorium of the La Nuvola Congress Centre, attended by some 1,200 pupils, members of the juries from all over over Italy, namely Rivalta di Torino, Verbania, Piacenza, San Benedetto del Tronto, Florence, Rome and the surrounding area, Frosinone, Caserta, Potenza, Cosenza, Bari, and Lecce. It was a great success for an event that since its first edition has aimed to involve an increasing number of young readers.

During the meeting, Alessandro Barbaglia reminded the audience that two Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi 2022 Prizes had already been awarded: for the Best Debut book category, Miss Dicembre e il Clan di Luna by Antonia Murgo (Bompiani) and for the Best Picture Book category, Il Viaggio by Peter Van den Ende (Terre di mezzo). The winners of these two competition categories were chosen by the members of the Scientific Committee, chaired by Giovanni Solimine and made up of Marco Bartolomucci, Laura Bellacicco, Flavia Cristiano, Fabio Geda, Grazia Gotti, Maria Greco, Martino Negri, Elena Pasoli, Ilaria Tagliaferri, and Viriginia Tonfoni. The Committee also selects the finalist books in the 6+, 8+ and 11+ categories.

BPER Banca again this year awarded special prizes as part of the "La Banca che sa leggere" project, aimed to stimulate critical judgement and hence cultural growth among the younger generations. BPER awarded cash prizes for the best reading activities to the Scuola Città Pestalozzi of the Istituto Comprensivo Centro Storico Pestalozzi in Florence (6+ Category) and to the Scuola Primaria Europa Unita of the Istituto Comprensivo Tetti Francesi in Rivalta di Torino (8+ Category). The prize for the best critical review was awarded jointly to Daniel Dario Iafrate of the Istituto Comprensivo, via Padre Semeria, Rome and Matilde Matone of the Istituto Comprensivo Giovanni Falcone, Grottaferrata (11+ Category).

Thanks to the renewed collaboration with IBS.it La Feltrinelli, the Award's technical sponsor, each of the approximately 2000 young jurors received a 5-euro voucher towards the purchase of the books selected, while the schools involved received a copy of the finalist books to add to their school library.

The finalist books in the three competition categories are:

6+ Category

  • David Almond, La Guerra è finita, translated by Giuseppe Iacobaci (Salani).
  • Lisa Lundmark, Jenny lo squalo, illustrated by Charlotte Ramel, translated by Lucia Barni (La Nuova Frontiera Junior).
  • Jane Riordan, Winnie Puh. C’era una volta un orsetto, translated by Giuseppe Iacobaci (Nord-Sud).

8+ Category

  • Antonia Murgo, Miss dicembre e il Clan di luna (Bompiani).
  • Rieke Patwardhan, La banda della zuppa di piselli. Il mistero della nonna, translated by Valentina Freschi (Emons Edizioni).
  • Nadia Terranova and Mara Cerri, Il segreto (Mondadori Ragazzi).

11+ Category

  • Francesco D’Adamo, Giuditta e l’orecchio del diavolo (Giunti Editore).
  • Enne Koens, Sono Vincent e non ho paura, translated by Olga Amagliani (Camelozampa).
  • Elle McNicoll, Una specie di scintilla, translated by Sante Bandirali (Uovonero).

Applications are now open for the eighth edition of the prize. Entry form are already available on the website :www.premiostrega.it/PSR for publishers wishing to propose their books, and schools wishing to join the 2023 jury.

The Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi is promoted by the Maria and Goffredo Bellonci Foundation and Strega Alberti Benevento - organisers of the Premio Strega - with the Centro per il libro e la lettura and BolognaFiere-Bologna Children's Book Fair, in partnership with BPER Banca and IBS.it La Feltrinelli.

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BEST DEBUT BOOK AWARD

Antonia Murgo, author of Miss Dicembre e il Clan di luna (Bompiani) is the winner of the 2022 Best Debut Book of the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi. 

The Committee had selected the three filalists books from the sixteen titles entered by publishers:

  • Elle McNicollUna specie di scintilla (A kind of Spark), translated by Sante Bandirali, Uovonero;
  • Camille MonceauxLe cronache dell’acero e del ciliegio (Les chroniques de l'érable et du cerisier), translated by Fabrizio Ascari (L’ippocampo);
  • Antonia MurgoMiss Dicembre e il clan di luna (Bompiani)

The winner received a plaque and cash prize offered by Strega Alberti Benevento.

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THE BEST NARRATIVE IN PICTURES PRIZE

The Scientific Committee - chaired by Giovanni Solimine and comprising Marco Bartolomucci, Laura Bellacicco, Angelo Piero Cappello, Flavia Cristiano, Fabio Geda, Grazia Gotti, Martino Negri, Elena Pasoli, Ilaria Tagliaferri and Viriginia Tonfoni - has selected the three finalists for the best narrative picture-book prize.

  • Michał SkibińskiHo visto un bellissimo picchio (I saw a beautiful woodpecker), illustrations by Ala Bankroft, translation by Silvia Mercurio, Einaudi Ragazzi 
  • Øyvind Torseter, Mule Boy e il Troll dal cuore strappato, (Mule Boy) translated by Alice Tonzig, Beisler 
  • Peter Van den Ende, Il viaggio, Terre di mezzo (The Wanderer)

The winner of this category, announced at the 2022 Bologna Children's Book Fair, on 23 March, is Peter Van den Ende, for Il viaggio.  

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The first selection of books in the 6+, 8+, 11+ competition categories was announced:

6+ CATEGORY

1.David Almond, La guerra è finita (Salani), translation by Giuseppe Iacobaci

2.Daniele Aristarco, Le avventure di Alessandro Mignolo (Einaudi Ragazzi)

3.Giuseppe Festa, Arma letame. Gli animali di Strambosco (Piemme Junior)

4.Martine Laffon, Cookie credi ai tuoi sogni (Terre di mezzo), translated by Eleonora Armaroli

5.Lisa Lundmark, Jenny lo squalo (La Nuova Frontiera Junior), translated by Lucia Barni

6.Jane Riordan, Winnie Puh. C’era una volta un orsetto (North-Sud), translated by Giuseppe Iacobaci

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8+ CATEGORY

1.Sara Beltrame, Rita e il giro della morte (Edizioni Piuma)

2.Anton Bergman, La Ester più Ester del mondo (Beisler Editore), translated by Samanta K. Milton Knowles

3.Nicola Cinquetti, L’incredibile notte di Billy Bologna (Lapis Edizioni)

4.Nadine Debertolis, La casa dalle 36 chiavi (Edizioni EL), translated by Costanza Piccoli

5.Otto Gabos, Ridi, Romeo! (Einaudi Ragazzi),

6.Samuel J. Halpin, Il bosco dei ragazzi senza colore (Terre di mezzo), translated by Claudia Valentini

7.Antonia Murgo, Miss dicembre e il Clan di luna (Bompiani)

8.Sally Nicholls, Un'isola tutta per noi (Edizioni San Paolo), translated by Anna Becchi

9.Rieke Patwardhan, La banda della zuppa di piselli. Il mistero della nonna (Emons Edizioni), translated by Valentina Freschi

10.Nadia Terranova and Mara Cerri, Il segreto (Mondadori Ragazzi)

11.Amy Timberlake, Tasso e Puzzola (Harper Collins), translation by Sara Ragusa

12.Salvatore Vitellino, Un anno da Nabbo (Giunti Editore)

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11+ CATEGORY

1.Elizabeth Acevedo, Poet X (Sperling & Kupfer), translated by Simona Mambrini and Anna Rusconi

2.Elisa Castiglioni, La ragazza con lo zaino verde (Il Castoro)

3.Francesco D'Adamo, Giuditta e l'orecchio del diavolo (Giunti Editore)

4.Keren David, Le cose che ci fanno paura (Giuntina), translated by Lucrezia Pei

5.Annet Huizing. La casa del contrabbandiere (La Nuova Frontiera Junior), translated by Anna Becchi

6.Pádraig Kenny, I mostri di Rookhaven (Edizioni EL), translation by Lucia Feoli

7.Enne Koens, Sono Vincent e non ho paura (Camelozampa), translated by Olga Amagliani

8.Elle McNicoll, Una specie di scintilla (Uovonero), translation by Sante Bandirali

9.Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia e lo squalo (Mondadori Ragazzi), translated by Marta Barone

10.Camille Monceaux, Le cronache dell'acero e del ciliegio (Vol. 1) - La maschera del Nō (L'Ippocampo), translated by Fabrizio Ascari

11.Antonella Sbuelz, Questa notte non torno (Feltrinelli Editore)

12.Martina Wildner, Sonnambuli, maledizioni e lumache (Pelledoca Editore), translated by Anna Becchi

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