Rosella Postorino with Mi limitavo ad amare te (Feltrinelli) leads the finalist of the Strega prize, with 217 votes. This was followed by the late Ada D'Adamo with Come d'aria (Elliot), Maria Grazia Calandrone with Dove non mi hai portato (Einaudi), Andrea Canobbio with La traversata notturno (La nave di Teseo) and Romana Petri with Rubare la notte (Mondadori). The proclamation in Benevento, at the Roman Theater. The election of the winner on July 6 at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia.
Ada D'Adamo, with Come d'aria (Elliot), received 199 votes; Maria Grazia Calandrone, with Dove non mi hai porta(Einaudi), 183 preferences; Andrea Canobbio, with La traversata notturno (La nave di Teseo), 175 votes; Romana Petri, with Rubare la notte (Mondadori), 167 votes. These are the votes obtained by the other books in the competition: Igiaba Scego, Cassandra in Mogadishu (Bompiani), 158 votes; Silvia Ballestra, The Sibyl. Life of Joyce Lussu (Laterza), 145 votes; Andrea Tarabbia, Il continente bianco (Bollati Boringhieri) 136 votes; Gian Marco Griffi, Ferrovie del Mexico (Laurana Editore), 135 votes; Maddalena Vaglio Tanet, Tornare dal bosco (Marsilio), 117 votes; Carmen Verde, Una minima infelicità (Neri Pozza), 89 votes; Vincenzo Latronico, Le perfezioni (Bompiani), 67 votes.
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Ada d'Adamo died, in the dozen of the Premio Strega 2023 - Books - Fiction
55 years old, long ill, her story in the memoir Come d'aria (ANSA)
