The Prize recognises narrative and creative talent, offering students the opportunity to express themselves through writing on the subjects that Andrea was passionate about: literature, history, cinema, art, travel and sport. Speakers will include Maria Lucia Formicola and Francesco Pappalardo, President and Vice-President of the Association respectively, and Professors Isabella Becherucci and Luigi Russo, Full Professor of Italian Literature and Associate Professor of Medieval History respectively at UER. This will be followed by presentations by Professor Carlo Serafini, Associate Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature at UniPegaso, entitled: ‘The necessity of the short story in the age of the image’, and by Professor Vittorio Capuzza, lecturer in Italian Literature at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, who will speak on the topic ‘Moral tales as a dying genre’. On the new edition of Giacomo Leopardi’s *Operette morali*.”
Event link: https://www.uer.it/eventi/premio-letterario-andrea-pappalardo-premiazione-della-vii-edizione/
