Taobuk hosts the award ceremony for the inaugural edition of the Strega Prize for Non-Fiction, promoted by the Festival together with the Bellonci Foundation and Strega Alberti Benevento. This prize was created to celebrate the value of non-fiction as a genre that keeps the book alive at the heart of cultural debate, transforming it into a tool for knowledge and reflection. An event that reaffirms the commitment of the Strega Prize to promote all forms of writing and invites the discovery of works that challenge and inspire, revealing the potential of words to shape contemporary thought.
Hosted by Eva Giovannini, journalist, reporter, and anchor for Rai.
Speakers
Antonella Ferrara, President e Artistic Director of Taobuk – Taormina International Book Festival
Giovanni Solimine, President of the Bellonci Foundation
Stefano Petrocchi, Director of the Bellonci Foundation
Giuseppe D’Avino, President of Strega Alberti Benevento
Anne Applebaum, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner for Non-Fiction (2004), and recipient of the 2025 International Non-Fiction Award
With the presence of the five finalists:
Alessandro Aresu, Geopolitica dell’intelligenza artificiale (Feltrinelli)
Anna Foa, Il suicidio di Israele (Laterza)
Vittorio Lingiardi, Corpo, umano (Einaudi)
Simone Pieranni, 2100. Come sarà l’Asia, come saremo noi (Mondadori)
Luigi Zoja, Narrare l’Italia. Dal vertice del mondo al Novecento (Bollati Boringhieri)
Presentation of the 2025 International Premio Strega for Non-Fiction to Anne Applebaum, journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner for Non-Fiction (2004).
INFORMATION
Free admission, subject to availability.
Please note that dates and times may be subject to change.
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