The 2025 edition of the Strega Prize with the first group of 32 titles proposed by the friends of Sunday where there is also the former Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini. The deadline for the presentation of the applications is February 28th. Here is the list of proposed titles (among these are the Messina Mario Falcone and Nadia Terranova).
1. Andrea Bajani, the anniversary (Feltrinelli), proposed by Emanuele Trevi.
2. Dario Buzzolan, shack and puppets (Mondadori), proposed by Massimo Gramellini.
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4. Emanuele Canzaniello, Breviary of the Indie (Wojtek), proposed by Giuseppe Montesano.
5. Piera Carlomagno, wherever I will go (Solferino), proposed by Valeria Parrella.
6. Giuseppe Cerasa, Sicilian curtain. Stories of women, passions, secrets, mafia and heroes without glory (Aragno), proposed by Antonio Monda.
7. Antonella Cilento, the Babylonian (Bompiani), proposed by Sandra Petrignani.
8. Simona Dolce, the real name of Rosamund Fischer (Mondadori), proposed by Filippo La Porta.
9. Paola Fabiani, Coralliium (Helicon), proposed by Marcello Rotili.
10. Mario Falcone, Leuta (Arkadia), proposed by Gianpiero Gamaleri.
11. Angelo Ferracuti, the son of Forrest Gump (Mondadori), proposed by Lorenzo Pavolini.
12. Dario Franceschini, Aqua and Tera (the ship of Teseo), proposed by Romano Montroni.
13. Michele Gambino, one piece at a time. History of a journalist and his time (Manni), proposed by Carlo d’amicis.
14. Giorgio Ghiotti, house you were (Hacca), proposed by Giulia Caminito.
15. Wanda Marasco, from behind this world (Neri Pozza), proposed by Giulia Ciarapica.
16. Renato Martinoni, memories of sounds and lights. History of a poet and his madness (Manni), proposed by Pietro Gibellini.
17. Michele Masneri, Paradiso (Adelphi), proposed by Gian Arturo Ferrari.
18. Paolo Nori, I close the door and scream (Mondadori), proposed by Giuseppe Antonelli.
19. Piergiorgio Paterlini, Confiteor (Piemme), proposed by Lorenza Foschini.
20. Gianluca Peciola, the line of silence. History of family and armed struggle (Solferino), proposed by Gioacchino de Chirico.
21. Alessandro Perissinotto, the war of the crossbar (Mondadori), proposed by Alessandro Barbero.
22. Nikolai Prestia, the conscience of the plants (Marsilio), proposed by Daniele Mencarelli.
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24. Stefano Rapone, stories written by naked women (Rizzoli Lizard), proposed by Beppe Cottafavi.
25. Elisabetta Rasy, lost this sea (Rizzoli), proposed by Giorgio Ficara.
26. Paolo Ruffilli, fires of Lisbon (Passigli), proposed by Maurizio Cucchi.
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29. Nadia Terranova, what I know of you (Guanda), proposed by Salvatore Silvano Nigro.
30. Giorgia Tolfo, Wild Swimming (Bompiani), proposed by Laura Pugno.
31. Giorgio Van Staten, the rebel. Extraordinary life of Nada Parri (Laterza), proposed by Edoardo Nesi.
32. Grazia Verasani, Hotel Madridda (Marsilio), proposed by Enrico Deaglio.