In 2022 the Giana Anguissola Literary Competition will cross the finish line of the XIII edition.
The event is dedicated to the writer, who at the turn of the last century, achieved notoriety thanks to her novels for adults and children, her television scripts and her articles as a journalist on some of the main national newspapers.
In his career he won numerous awards including the Viareggio Prize in 1933 with the novel “Il romanzo di molto gente”, in 1954 the Soromptimist prize with the re-edition of “Gli eredi del Circo Alicante”, and in 1959 with “Priscilla” the Prize of the Presidency of the Council and the Mention of the International Board on Books for Young People.
Giana Anguissola spent the summer in her summer residence, the Castello Anguissola di Travo, where she gave life to her works.
The Municipality of Travo has therefore decided to pay homage to the writer with a Literary Competition dedicated to her.
All information and how to participate on the website www.gianaanguissolatravo.it
As part of the Literary Competition, the Giana Anguissola Literary Evenings were born, the summer festival of literature, culture and entertainment that has been animating the village of Travo for years in July and August.
Also in 2022 the meetings will be held in Piazza Trieste, the suggestive courtyard of the castle and the church.
Among the protagonists of the past editions we remember, the economist Carlo Cottarelli, Prof. Elsa Fornero, the psychologist Paolo Crepet, the journalists and writers Alessandro Milan, Michele Serra and Ritanna Armeni, the writer Gabriele Dadati, the actors Corrado Tedeschi and Salvatore Marino and many others.
