The Giuseppe Dessì Literary Award of Villacidro is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and is also preparing for a new edition this season: the grand finale in autumn and the registrations are now open. Yesterday, the Dessì Foundation announced the new call for entries.
The Award, as per tradition, is divided into two sections, Fiction and Poetry . Participation is reserved for works published in Italian after January 31, 2024. The publications must be sent, in 11 copies, by May 10 to the Organizing Secretariat of the Dessì Foundation, at via Roma 65, 09039 Villacidro (SU).
The selection of the works is entrusted to a qualified jury chaired by Anna Dolfi, the greatest expert on the work of Giuseppe Dessì (who has led the jury since 2010) and composed of university professors Duilio Caocci, Gino Ruozzi and Nicola Turi, the poet and literary critic Giuseppe Langella, the journalist Luigi Mascheroni, the linguist and writer Francesca Serafini, the novelist and librarian Fabio Stassi and a representative of the Dessì Foundation.
