The Alziator award is back and back in attendance. The fifteenth edition that bears the name of the Cagliari scholar, anthropologist and prestigious writer, signed by the Sardinian Union, marks the restart, accompanied by the joy of rediscovering the pleasure of encounters, albeit in compliance with the rules of protection and protection imposed by Covid .

Window to the world

As always, Maurizio Porcelli, president of the Alziator Foundation, will coordinate meetings and appointments. Starting today, at 5 pm, at the THotel in Cagliari, with a successful journalist and writer like Magdi Cristiano Allam. His testimony opens a window to the world, especially to what is happening in Afghanistan. Born in Cairo, journalist, columnist, with some important political experiences in the 2000s, his meeting will start from the story of the latest book “Stop Islam” and will be a journey into the universe of a geographical portion that continues to worry the planet. For Allam, Muslims as people must be respected. But Islam as a religion is incompatible with secular laws. A hot topic also in the light of the dramatic news stories that are still very current: the death of Giulio Regeni, the unjust detention of Patrick Zaki and the latest in chronological order involving poor Saman Abbas.

"Sardinian legends"

In November, the 5th, the guest of the Prize will be Tonino Oppes who will talk about his latest book published by Condaghes “Sardinian legends in the moonlight”. A long career as a Rai journalist, Tonino Oppes writes and talks about his works around Italy. Following an appointment with a double presentation on a religious theme. The protagonists are Luciano Regolo, co-director of Famiglia Cristiana and author of several best sellers, and the journalist Gianni Garrucciu, the only Sardinian writer who has made three Popes speak.

Sardinian authors

Among the Sardinian authors stands out the name of Maria Francesca Chiappe, journalist of the Sardinian Union. His "Articles for ladies" in which he analyzes the chronicles on women taken from the Sardinian Union collections, published on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the newspaper, was the starting point for a beautiful and successful theatrical piece, edited and performed by Elisa Pistis. Leaving politics and economics, Franco Mannoni discovered a vocation for writing. He will present the third novel "The beautiful journey". Another protagonist will be Giuseppe Luigi Nonnis, a life as a principal at the forefront in the dissemination of writing and the history of the capital city and of Sardinia. While the historian Alberto Monteverde will talk about Sardism with his latest essay dedicated to Camillo Bellieni and Emilio Lussu with a preface by Governor Christian Solinas.

Giovanna Maglie

Four more appointments in December. For the first time in Cagliari Maria Giovanna Maglie will arrive, with her latest book “The damned of Covid. Terrified, ignored, abandoned, impoverished. The Chinese monster in 12 extreme stories ”, a volume that traces a nightmare year and a half through twelve exemplary and terrible stories. Starting with the Christian doctor from Wuhan who challenged the Chinese authorities by first sounding the alarm, and who was silenced, arrested and then rehabilitated only after death from coronavirus.

Former deputy Daniele Capezzone will be at the Alziator Award with his two latest works, "Likecrazia: the political show in times of peace and Coronavirus" and the very recent "For a new right Antitasse, pro liberty, on the side of the forgotten by left".

Nereid Rudas

On 4 December, the grand gala at the Thotel during which Sardinian and national writers will participate, and guests such as the entrepreneur Oscar Farinetti and the presenter Andrea Delogu. The coveted awards will be delivered, according to the will of Nereide Rudas, a renowned scientist, a woman of culture who strongly wanted a festive appointment dedicated to the city of Cagliari.

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