The Run Up to the 2nd Premio Campiello Junior: Finalists Selected
The two sets of three finalists were selected today for the 2nd edition of the Premio Campiello Junior, the literary award created by the partnership between the Fondazione Il Campiello, the Pirelli Foundation and Pirelli, for Italian works of fiction and poetry written for children aged 7-10 and for young people aged between 11 and 14. During a vote in the Auditorium of the Pirelli Headquarters in Milan, the Jury of the award, chaired by the writer Roberto Piumini with the jurors Chiara Lagani, actress and playwright, Martino Negri, professor of literature education and children’s literature at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Michela Possamai, professor on the course of educational and clinical psychology at the IUSVE University of Venice, and a former member of the Campiello Giovani jury, and David Tolin, bookseller and member of the ALIR board, nominated the 6 finalists.
Of the more than 100 books admitted for the “Campiello Junior 7-10 years” category, the following made it to the podium: Carlo Marconi, Poesie del camminare (publ. Lapis), Nicola Cinquetti, L’incredibile notte di Billy Bologna (publ. Lapis), Nadia Terranova, Il cortile delle sette fate (publ. Guanda). For the 11-14-year category: Ilaria Rigoli, A rifare il mondo (publ. Bompiani), Davide Rigiani, Il Tullio e l’eolao più stranissimo di tutto il Canton Ticino (publ. Minimum Fax), and Lilith Moscon, Bestiario Familiare (publ. Topipittori).
The finalist books will now be submitted to the judgement of the real protagonists of this award: a popular jury of 240 children, divided into two categories of 120 each. Young readers from every corner of Italy will be called upon to choose the winner of this new edition.
Roberto Piumini explained: “This year’s Premio Campiello Junior presents some new features: the children and young people each have their own category, because they are different as readers – the former more emotional and playful, the latter more complex and sometimes also troubled. And then there is the inclusion of a book of poems in each group of three. Here, the intention is twofold: on the one hand, to present poetry to children in an authoritative manner, for poetry can be examined and appreciated especially in primary schools, although it finds little room in bookshops. The second intention is to encourage and motivate the world of publishing. The Premio Campiello Junior could continue to broaden its scope, and qualify as an Expressive Word award, in the worlds of writing, publishing, reading and social interaction, which pondered considerations point to as a remedy against the issues our age of great clamour and few words.”
The winners will be announced in May 2023 and celebrated in September during the 2023 Campiello award ceremony. The Pirelli Foundation and the Premio Campiello will also involve the jury members and all young book-lovers in a series of events devoted to the world of books and publishing, in which the authors of the finalist books will also take part.
The two sets of three finalists were selected today for the 2nd edition of the Premio Campiello Junior, the literary award created by the partnership between the Fondazione Il Campiello, the Pirelli Foundation and Pirelli, for Italian works of fiction and poetry written for children aged 7-10 and for young people aged between 11 and 14. During a vote in the Auditorium of the Pirelli Headquarters in Milan, the Jury of the award, chaired by the writer Roberto Piumini with the jurors Chiara Lagani, actress and playwright, Martino Negri, professor of literature education and children’s literature at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Michela Possamai, professor on the course of educational and clinical psychology at the IUSVE University of Venice, and a former member of the Campiello Giovani jury, and David Tolin, bookseller and member of the ALIR board, nominated the 6 finalists.
Of the more than 100 books admitted for the “Campiello Junior 7-10 years” category, the following made it to the podium: Carlo Marconi, Poesie del camminare (publ. Lapis), Nicola Cinquetti, L’incredibile notte di Billy Bologna (publ. Lapis), Nadia Terranova, Il cortile delle sette fate (publ. Guanda). For the 11-14-year category: Ilaria Rigoli, A rifare il mondo (publ. Bompiani), Davide Rigiani, Il Tullio e l’eolao più stranissimo di tutto il Canton Ticino (publ. Minimum Fax), and Lilith Moscon, Bestiario Familiare (publ. Topipittori).
The finalist books will now be submitted to the judgement of the real protagonists of this award: a popular jury of 240 children, divided into two categories of 120 each. Young readers from every corner of Italy will be called upon to choose the winner of this new edition.
Roberto Piumini explained: “This year’s Premio Campiello Junior presents some new features: the children and young people each have their own category, because they are different as readers – the former more emotional and playful, the latter more complex and sometimes also troubled. And then there is the inclusion of a book of poems in each group of three. Here, the intention is twofold: on the one hand, to present poetry to children in an authoritative manner, for poetry can be examined and appreciated especially in primary schools, although it finds little room in bookshops. The second intention is to encourage and motivate the world of publishing. The Premio Campiello Junior could continue to broaden its scope, and qualify as an Expressive Word award, in the worlds of writing, publishing, reading and social interaction, which pondered considerations point to as a remedy against the issues our age of great clamour and few words.”
The winners will be announced in May 2023 and celebrated in September during the 2023 Campiello award ceremony. The Pirelli Foundation and the Premio Campiello will also involve the jury members and all young book-lovers in a series of events devoted to the world of books and publishing, in which the authors of the finalist books will also take part.