Luis García Montero (International Poetry Award)
Valerio Magrelli (Lifetime Achievement Italian Poetry Award)
Simona Mancini (Debut Work Award)
Rebecca Garbin (Unpublished Poets Award)
The Award Ceremony, led by the Rector Magnificent of the Bologna University, will be held on June 13, 2023, at 5.30 pm, Sala di Ulisse, Palazzo Poggi, via Zamboni 33
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The Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, in order to honour the memory of Elena Violani Landi, poet and patron of the University, establishes a poetry award in four categories, whose evaluation is assigned to the Board Members of the Centre for Contemporary Poetry:
to a foreign poet who has distinguished him/herself in terms of the quality of their work
to an Italian poet who has distinguished him/herself in terms of the quality of their work
to debutant poets, reserved to the best first work published in the period specified in the call text
to poets whose age is 25 or less by the call’s deadline, who participate with a 15-20 poem collection
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Deadline: April 8, 2022
Deadline: April 8, 2022
Leaflet
Download the invitation with event details
Deadline: June 30, 2021