I am Alfonso Guida with Diary of a self -taught (Glove), Giancarlo Pontiggia with The subject of the dispute (Garzanti), Jonida Priftti with Border sisters (Marco Saya), Marilena Renda with Persephone cinema(Italian archipelago) And Tiziano Rossi with The brusìo (Einaudi), the five finalists of Strega poetry award 2025. There cinquina was announced tonight, May 7thal Maxxi L’Aquila – National Museum of the Arts of the 21st century.
THE books were selected from Scientific committee composed of Maria Grazia Calandrone, Andrea Cortellessa, Mario Desiati, Elisa Donzelli, Roberto Galaverni, Vivian Lamarque, Melania G. Mazzucco, Patricia Peterle, Stefano Petrocchi, Laura Pugno, Antonio Riccardi And Gian Mario Villalta.
In ‘Diary of a self -taught’ Of Guide “a Ihis Earththe experiences lived These are the threads that weave the Plot of a lifetimethat in this poetry He exposes himself and makes himself available to listening to the other, through one tongue Of ‘stone‘made of theAspro landscape of Lucania»Explains the motivation.
‘The matter of dispute’ Of Pontiggia «It is, without hesitation, a preocratic book: that here is another way to say sapientialfrom the wisdom of a present time and future in which poetry And philosophyclosely united in ancient times and then for a long time forced to wander separate for the world, they can finally meet ».
‘Border sisters’ Of Prifts: «This is not the first paper book of an author who owes his notoriety – underground And subtracciawe would miss it, but quite widespread – rather to performative side: between music, Spoken Word, sound poetry And declamation more traditionally ‘lyric‘. Nevertheless Border sisters we read like a debutin the effort to define as much as possible a ‘positionhowever destined to stay, and fortunately, split And polymorphic: just like the biography of those who make his debut in writing in one Earth and in one tongue other than those in which it grew ».
‘Persephone Cinema’ Of Make “Talk to a contemporary reader already accustomed to Readings of the mythnot only in prose. With the of the they heroes of classicism they have already ventured poets of the caliber of Anne Carson And Kae Tempestproducing Narrations in verses dense and eloquent. This book compact and enigmatic instead compares with the periodic sinking And re -emerge fromdarkness Of Persephone sinking into unstoppable also the plot (“The mystery you cannot say “), and then let it emerge micro loads of light».
Tiziano Rossi“dean of our poetry dubbed the chief of the ninetiesand so the new chapter It is said ‘penultimate act‘, I do not ignore theresidual experience of theminimum‘experimented in prose. In the eighties he said his almost peer, Christopher Lascanthat in ‘era of disturbance‘La daily life Become a survival exerciseAnd ‘the ego contracts‘. That of long self -portrait in a “lane” Beckettiana It is reduced to aperpetuate yourself‘from’insects‘, O Other infinitesimal lives capable only of onetalk‘O with onebuzz‘, what is his terminal ‘Poetic drizzle‘»
At the eveningconducted by Fabio Emilio Torsello And Mara Sabia from the Sect of extinct poetsintervened Paola Macchi, General Secretary of the Maxxi Foundation And Pierluigi Biondi, Mayor L’Aquila, Giuseppe La Boria, Regional Director Marche Abruzzo Bper Banca. THE candidates they read some texts taken from Works in the race with the musical interventions Of Whalebones (Francesco Diodati And Stefano Calderano). A’large jury composed of about 100 personalities of culture will determine thewinning work which will be proclaimed the next October 8th to Romeat the House of architectureat the Monumental complex of the Roman Aquarium.
THE jurors they will receive i books thanks to Feltrinelli bookcases and they will be able to express theirs preference through electronic vote. There cinquina will be guest in different Italian locations particularly active in the area in the Promotion of reading. These are the stages: May 16th al Turin International Book Fair6.15 pm Purple room, July 11th to Civitavecchia; The July 17th to ChaffIn the Archaeological complex of Nora; The July 22nda South party, San Marco in Lamis. Others will follow appointments in fall: The 17-21 September to Pordenonelegge; The September 27th to Teramo.