Strega Prize: posthumous victory for Ada D’Adamo
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The anger and love that bind two women, wrapped around each other, in an absolute and mutual dependence: Daria, the daughter, who communicates only through her irresistible smile, and Ada, the mother. It is the touching memoir “Come d’aria (Elliot) by Ada D’Adamo that wins the 77th edition of the Premio Strega with 185 votes.
Nymphaeum of Villa Giulia
The proclamation took place during the night at the Ninfeo di Villa Giulia in Rome by the president of the polling station, Mario Desiati, winner of the Strega 2022. 561 jurors out of 660 eligible voted, equal to about 85%. The award was presented by Giuseppe D’Avino, president of Strega Alberti Benevento, a company that has supported the organization of the literary recognition since the first edition, to Alfredo Favi, Loretta Santini and Elena Stancanelli, respectively husband, editor and friend of the deceased writer at the age of 55 last April 1, two days after learning that she had entered the dozen of the Strega
. “I think Ada is sending a message to everyone, to young people, to women, she is doing it her way. She has always used low tones, at the moment she is silent but what I know is that her words will go a long way ”, said her husband Alfredo Favi. In the 77-year history of the Prize, it is the third time of a posthumous victory: it had already happened with “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa in 1959 and with “Passage in the shade” by Maria Teresa Di Doccia in 1995.
Second place went to Rosella Postorino with “I limited myself to loving you” (Feltrinelli), with 170 votes; Andrea Canobbio with “The night crossing”, with 75 votes; Maria Grazia Calandrone with “Where you didn’t take me”, with 72 votes; Romana Petri with “Stealing the night”, with 59 votes.
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