The Sardinian writer Carmen Salis in the final at the Nadia Toffa Award
Originally from Cagliari and resident in Capoterra, she is in competition with "Gianna, she was my sister"Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
There is a Sardinian writer among the finalists of the Nadia Toffa Literary Journalism Prize: Carmen Salis , from Cagliari living in Capoterra , is among the five authors of the published books category who will go to Palermo on 3 December to take part in the final act of the competition. .
The award , organized by the Archetipa association with the patronage of the Order of Journalists of Sicily - named in memory of the journalist of the Hyenas who died in August 2019 - is dedicated to published, unpublished, journalistic investigative books and poems with particular attention to women's world.
Carmen Salis is competing with her “ Gianna, she was my sister ”, published by Amico Libro. The book recalls the most difficult years of the author's sister and the problems related to her mental health: a story that reveals all human frailties, and highlights how too often for society those suffering from mental problems are relegated to the margins.
"I wrote this book to remember Gianna - says Carmen Salis - but several years after her death I felt the duty to tell her story for all those people and their families who fight against prejudices related to mental illness".