Premio Strega 2020 – excerpts of the 12 works long-listed for the prestigious literary prize are now available in English, thanks to a collaboration between the Fondazione Bellonci and 5 Italian Cultural Institutes: our own London one, as well as Melbourne, Washington DC, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The books are: La nuova stagione, by Silvia Ballestra, Città sommersa, by Marta Barone, Febbre by Jonathan Bazzi, La misura del tempo, by Gianrico Carofiglio, Ragazzo Italiano, by Gian Arturo Ferrari, Giovanissimi by Alessio Forgione, Breve storia del mio silenzio by Giuseppe Lupo, Tutto chiede salvezza by Daniele Mencarelli, Almarina by Valeria Parrella, Vita, morte e miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio by Remo Rapino, Il colibrì by Sandro Veronesi, L’apprendista by Gian Mario Villalta; the translators are Virginia Jewiss, Antony Shugaar, Alex Valente, Malcolm Angelucci, Anne Milano Appel and Elena Pala.