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19th Edition
June 10th – 13th, 2025
The Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze was conceived in 2007 under the initiative of The Santa Maddalena Foundation. At the time it took place in the Abbey of Vallombrosa, and in 2010 it moved to Florence. It is made up by three days of events, conferences and meeting between writers and the public in the most evocative venues the city has to offer. It culminates in a ceremony where the best work of foreign fiction published in Italy in the previous year receives an award, along with the best translation into Italian. Past winners include Hisham Matar, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, George Saunders, Annie Ernaux, and Richard Powers. One of the main events of the Prize is the annual Lectio Magistralis, which in the past has been delivered, among others, by Michael Cunningham, Zadie Smith, Emmanuel Carrère, Margaret Atwood, and Colm Tóibín. The jury for the Foreign Fiction section is composed of Beatrice Monti della Corte President, Andrea Bajani, Alberto Manguel, Maaza Mengiste, Maylis de Kerangal, and Colm Tóibín. The jury for the Prize for the Best Translation into Italian is made up of Andrea Landolfi and Paola Del Zoppo.
THE WINNER IS: FERDIA LENNON

for his admirable
Eroi senza gloria (Glorious Exploits)
(NN Editore, trans. by Valentina Daniele)
FOREIGN FICTION SHORTLIST
The Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze is conceived and organized by the Santa Maddalena Foundation, chaired by Beatrice Monti della Corte. Under the patronage of Regione Toscana, it is supported by Consiglio Regionale, Comune di Firenze, Fondazione CR Firenze, Centro per il Libro e la Lettura, Hawthornden Foundation, BCC Credito del Valdarno.
In collaboration with: Opera di Santa Croce, Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux, Testo, Pitti Immagine, Todo Modo, Biblioteca delle Oblate, Libreria Florida, Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza Virgilio Sieni, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Università per Stranieri di Siena, DFCLAM Università di Siena, Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori. Media partner is Rai Cultura and Technical sponsor is Unicoop.
This initiative is part of the Estate Fiorentina 2025 events program promoted by the City of Florence.
Kaveh Akbar
Martire! (Martyr!)
La Nave di Teseo
trans. by Chiara Spaziani
Jenny Erpenbeck
Kairos
Sellerio
trans. by Ada Vigliani
Ferdia Lennon
Eroi senza gloria (Glorious Exploits)
NN Editore
trans. by Valentina Daniele
Adam Thirlwell
Il futuro futuro (The Future Future)
Feltrinelli
trans. by Andrea Buzzi
Leo Vardiashvili
Vicino a una grande foresta (Hard by a Great Forest)
Bompiani
trans. by Patrizia Managò
The Prize for the Best Translation into Italian
was awarded by the jury composed of Beatrice Monti della Corte, Andrea Landolfi, and Paola del Zoppo to:
Ilide Carmignani
for her translation of
Libro di Manuel
di Julio Cortázar
SUR Edizioni
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Fausto Russo Alesi will read a few excerpts
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Caterina Toschi
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