GIUSEPPE CONTE
2009 & 2011
Published works include the poetry books L’Ultimo aprile bianco (The Last White April); L’Oceano e il Ragazzo; and Le stagioni (The Seasons), which won the Montale Prize; the novels Il terzo ufficiale (The Third Officer In Command), which won the Hemingway Prize; and La casa delle onde (The House of the Waves), selected by the Strega Prize; the essay entitled L’adultera, (The Adulteress), which won the Manzoni Prize; the anthologies La lirica d’Occidente (Western Lyric Poetry) and La poesia del mondo (The poetry of the World); and the travel book Terre del mito (Lands of myth).