Erica Cassano, La grande sete (Garzanti) March 4th
Laura Sgrò, Stupri sacri (Rizzoli) March 4th
Giulia Lombezzi, L’estate che ho ucciso mio nonno (Bollati Boringhieri) March 11th
Mario Giordano, Dynasty. Il crollo delle dinastie e dei potenti (Rizzoli) March 11th
Giacomo Sartori, Anatomia della battaglia (new edition) (Terra rossa) March 13th
Tommaso e Gianluca Nicoletti, Nel paese dove i maiali volano, i lupi galleggiano (ElectaKids) March 18th
Daniele Bresciani, La lince sa aspettare (Bompiani) March 19th
Edith Bruck, Le dissonanze (Guanda) March 21st
“Le Perfezioni” by Vincenzo Latronico has been longlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Published in the UK by Fitzcarraldo Editions under the title “Perfection”, the novel has been translated into English by Sophie Hughes.
Through the story of an Italian expat couple in Berlin, Latronico paints a sharp and melancholic portrait of a generation obsessed with aesthetics and the search for identity in a world dominated by social media.
The shortlist for the International Booker Prize will be announced on April 9, 2025, while the winner will be revealed on May 21, 2025.
Find out more about Perfection
Annalisa Camilli, Daniela Carucci, and Vivian Lamarque are among the five finalists in the KIDS category of the 2024 Inge Feltrinelli Award!
L’ultimo bisonte (La Nuova Frontiera) – Annalisa Camilli, illustrated by Irene Penazzi
A story of migration and hospitality.
Nullo, il bambino quasi invisibile (Sinnos) – Daniela Carucci, illustrated by Federico Appel
A journey of growth and self-acceptance.
Storia con mare cielo e paura (Salani) – Vivian Lamarque, illustrated by Nicola Gardini
A poetic fairy tale about fear and courage.
Now in its third edition, the Inge Feltrinelli Award, promoted by the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation and the Feltrinelli Group, celebrates the word as a tool for civil participation, with a special focus on female voices and new generations.
You have until March 8th to vote for your favorite book here: premioingefeltrinelli.it/il-tuo-voto/kids/
We are happy to announce that the John Florio Prize 2024, awarded by the Society of Authors for the best translations from Italian into English, has been won by Jenny McPhee for her translation of Elsa Morante’s Lies and Sorcery (New York Review of Books). The jury praised her ability to render Morante’s rich and complex prose with great precision and sensitivity.
Congratulations also to Brian Robert Moore, who won second place with his translation of A Silence Shared by Lalla Romano (Pushkin Press). The jury described his work as “a masterclass in creating characters that stay with the reader”.
An important acknowledgement that confirms the international interest in two great Italian authors of the 20th century.
Our Italian authors’ new books out in February 2025:
Elisabetta Rasy, Perduto è questo mare (Rizzoli) February 4th
Marco Belpoliti, Nord Nord (Einaudi) February 4th
Lidia Ravera, Volevo essere un uomo (Einaudi) February 11th
Tomaso Montanari, Libera Università (Einaudi) February 18th
Fabrizia Ramondino, Star di casa (Orizzonte Milton Editore) February 20th
Stefano Allievi, Diversità e convivenza. Le conseguenze culturali delle migrazioni (Laterza) February 21st
Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, Il cuore affamato delle ragazze (Mondadori) February 25th
Maurizio de Giovanni, L’antico amore (Mondadori)February 25th
