Premio letterario internazionale Viareggio Rèpaci

Viareggio-Rèpaci

Description

História e Fundação

O Premio Letterario Internazionale Viareggio-Rèpaci, fundado em 1933, é um dos mais antigos e respeitados prémios literários de Itália. Inicialmente conhecido como Premio Viareggio, foi renomeado em homenagem ao escritor Leonida Rèpaci, que foi um dos seus fundadores e um dos seus mais fervorosos defensores. O prémio tem sido um pilar na promoção da literatura italiana e internacional, reconhecendo obras que se destacam pela sua excelência artística, profundidade temática e impacto cultural.

Critérios de Seleção e Júri

Os critérios de seleção são rigorosos, focando-se na qualidade literária intrínseca da obra, na originalidade da escrita, na relevância das temáticas abordadas e na capacidade do autor de inovar e de dialogar com a tradição literária. O júri é composto por académicos, críticos literários, escritores e figuras proeminentes do mundo cultural italiano, garantindo uma avaliação criteriosa e informada.

Categorias do Prémio

O prémio distingue anualmente obras em diversas categorias, sendo as mais proeminentes:

  • Narrativa: Reconhece romances e contos que demonstram mestria na arte de contar histórias, profundidade psicológica dos personagens e riqueza estilística.
  • Poesia: Celebra coleções poéticas que exploram novas formas de expressão, abordam temas universais com sensibilidade e inovação, e contribuem para a evolução da linguagem poética.
  • Ensaio: Distingue obras de não-ficção que oferecem análises perspicazes sobre questões sociais, culturais, históricas ou filosóficas, apresentadas com rigor intelectual e clareza expositiva.
  • Narrativa de Estreia (Opera Prima): Uma categoria crucial que visa impulsionar novos talentos, premiando obras de autores emergentes que demonstram um potencial literário excecional e uma voz autêntica.

Relevância e Impacto Cultural

A relevância do Viareggio-Rèpaci transcende as fronteiras italianas. Ao longo das décadas, o prémio tem sido um palco para a descoberta e consagração de inúmeros autores que se tornaram referências na literatura contemporânea. A sua capacidade de identificar tendências literárias e de premiar obras que antecipam debates culturais confere-lhe um papel de vanguarda no panorama literário. A cerimónia de entrega, tradicionalmente realizada em Viareggio, é um evento cultural de grande prestígio, atraindo escritores, editores, críticos e amantes da literatura de todo o país e do estrangeiro.

Uma curiosidade interessante é a forte ligação do prémio à cidade de Viareggio e à sua história cultural, especialmente durante o período fascista, quando o prémio serviu como um espaço de resistência e afirmação da liberdade de expressão.

Legado e Permanência

A persistência e a adaptação do prémio ao longo de mais de oito décadas atestam a sua resiliência e a sua importância duradoura no ecossistema literário.

Winners

2025
Weisert

Weisert --

Ruvido umano
2024
Weinbaum

Weinbaum --

Paradiso

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2023
Stella Terrill Mann

Stella Terrill Mann --

L'amore da vecchia
2022
weev

weev --

Prima di nascere

Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer, also known by his pseudonym weev, is an American grey hat hacker and Internet troll.

2021
Weekend Update

Weekend Update --

Quanti - Truciolature scie onde. 1999-2019
2020
Wee Willie Keeler

Wee Willie Keeler --

Da sponda a sponda

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2019
Webster

Webster --

O caro pensiero
2018
Wayne's World

Wayne's World --

Sincope
2017
Wayne W Dyer

Wayne W Dyer --

La traversata del Gobi
2016
Wayne Van Dyck

Wayne Van Dyck --

Viaggio mentre morivo
2015
Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight --

Jucci

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2014
Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky --

Mancanze

high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961)

2013
Wayne Gretski

Wayne Gretski --

Ablativo
2012
Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer --

Salva con nome

Wayne Dyer is a professional footballer currently playing for Romulus.

2011
Washington Post Magazine

Washington Post Magazine --

Vanità della mente
2010
Washington Irving

Washington Irving --

Mandate a dire all'Imperatore

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2009
Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon --

Libro Grosso

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2008
Warren Wiersbe

Warren Wiersbe --

Poesie (1976-2007)
2007
Warren Olson

Warren Olson --

Marmo

The original 'Western Private Detective in South East Asia' and man featured in the best seller 'Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye'

2006
Warren Miller

Warren Miller --

Ferite e rifioriture

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2005
Warren Gamaliel Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding --

Tema dell'addio

29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)

2004
Warren Earl Burger

Warren Earl Burger --

Antifona

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

2004
Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding --

L'occhio dell'ala

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2003
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett --

Le cucine celesti

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2002
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty --

La stortura

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2002
Warren Bennis

Warren Bennis --

Kouros

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2001
Wanda Carter

Wanda Carter --

Verbale
2000
Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell --

Gente di corsa

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1999
Walter Williams

Walter Williams --

Sempre aperto teatro

Walter Williams, falsely claimed to be an American Confederate soldier born in 1842 and the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War.

1998
Walter Wangerin

Walter Wangerin --

Cumae
1997
Walter V. Kaulfers

Walter V. Kaulfers --

De chì
1996
Walter Stegner

Walter Stegner --

Ballate non pagate
1995
Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak --

La ballata di Rudi
1994
Stanislaus J. Lec

Stanislaus J. Lec --

Ogni terzo pensiero
1993
Walter Scott

Walter Scott GB

Visi e foglie

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1992
Walter Schirra

Walter Schirra --

A mosca cieca
1991
Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor --

Nostalgia dell'acqua

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1990
Walter S. Robertson

Walter S. Robertson --

Preghiera del nome
1989
Walter Bedell Smith

Walter Bedell Smith --

La camera da letto
1988
Stanilaus

Stanilaus --

Furistír
1987
Stefan Kanfer

Stefan Kanfer --

Nature e venature
1986
Walter Reuther

Walter Reuther --

Il punto di vista
1985
Walter Pater

Walter Pater GB

Il mannello di Natascia

Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 - 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic

1984
Walter Lord

Walter Lord --

Invasioni
1983
Steady Eddy

Steady Eddy --

Glenn
1982
St. Catherine of Sienna

St. Catherine of Sienna --

Stella variabile
1981
Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann US

Geometria del disordine

United States journalist (1889-1974)

1980
St. John Baptist de La Salle

St. John Baptist de La Salle --

Il nastro di Moebius
1979
Sister Mary Lauretta

Sister Mary Lauretta --

Il Galateo in Bosco
1978
James Boswell

James Boswell --

Al fuoco della controversia

Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)

1977
Spencer Kelly

Spencer Kelly --

Il tradimento

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1976
Walter Lippman

Walter Lippman --

Morte segreta
1975
Walter Linn

Walter Linn --

Mosche in bottiglia
1974
Walter Landor

Walter Landor --

Bestiario d'amore

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1973
Walter Kerr

Walter Kerr --

Liberare l'animale

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1972
Walter Goodman

Walter Goodman --

Io faccio il poeta

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1971
Walter Gagehot

Walter Gagehot --

Di brace in brace
1970
Walter Frederick Mondale

Walter Frederick Mondale --

Di certe cose che dette in versi suonano meglio che in prosa

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1969
Stan Getz

Stan Getz --

Autobiologia

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1968
Sovereign

Sovereign --

La luce ricorda
1967
Walter F. Ulmer

Walter F. Ulmer --

Poesie
1966
Sophie Tucker

Sophie Tucker --

La storia delle vittime

United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)

1960
Walter Elliott

Walter Elliott --

Le porte dell'Appennino

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1959
Kara Radon

Kara Radon --

Il seme del piangere

A philosopher only known from a book. No other information is known about her.

1959
Walter Elliot

Walter Elliot --

La bellezza intravista

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1958
Jean Francois Revel

Jean Francois Revel --

La terra impareggiabile
1957
James Webb

James Webb --

Le ceneri di Gramsci
1957
Jean Guehenno

Jean Guehenno FR

Poesie

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1957
Walter Dwight

Walter Dwight --

Quasi una vicenda
1956
Walter Dale Langtry

Walter Dale Langtry --

Versi e poesie
1955
Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite --

Poesie

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1953
Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin DE

Il trovatore

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1952
Kara Radon

Kara Radon --

Stanze della funicolare

A philosopher only known from a book. No other information is known about her.

1951
Walter Bedell Smith

Walter Bedell Smith --

La capanna indiana
1950
Walter Beakel

Walter Beakel --

opera complessiva
1949
Walter Anderson

Walter Anderson --

Sereno

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1949
Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot GB

Vento caldo

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1946
Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu

Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu --

Il Canzoniere

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