Winners of the 2024 Campiello Junior Award Revealed
The third edition of the Campiello Junior Award came to an end today in the Sala del Ridotto of the Teatro Comunale in Vicenza.
The event devoted to young people and reading drew in a sizeable number of students from schools in the area. It was presented by the journalist Valentina de Poli, the director of Topolino for eleven years, together with the author and director Davide Stefanato. The ceremony was broadcast live on the Premio Campiello YouTube channel.
The 240 young readers on the popular jury, from all across Italy as well as from abroad, voted for their favourite book, ultimately selecting the two winners of this edition:
For the 7-10-year category: Angelo Petrosino, Un bambino,una gatta e un cane, Einaudi Ragazzi
For the 11-14-year category: Daniela Palumbo, La notte più bella, Il Battello a Vapore
Members of the Selection Jury of the Award also attended the event: the writer Pino Boero, president of the Jury; Chiara Lagani, actress and playwright; Michela Possamai, professor at the IUSVE University of Venice and former member of the Advisory Committee of Campiello Giovani, and David Tolin, bookseller and member of the ALIR Board.
Speakers also included Enrico Carraro, president of the Fondazione Il Campiello and of Confindustria Veneto, Mariacristina Gribaudi, chair of the Management Committee of the Premo Campiello and Antonio Calabrò, director of the Pirelli Foundation.
The two winners will receive the award in September during the Campiello 2024 Awards Ceremony.
To relive the event, click here.
The third edition of the Campiello Junior Award came to an end today in the Sala del Ridotto of the Teatro Comunale in Vicenza.
The event devoted to young people and reading drew in a sizeable number of students from schools in the area. It was presented by the journalist Valentina de Poli, the director of Topolino for eleven years, together with the author and director Davide Stefanato. The ceremony was broadcast live on the Premio Campiello YouTube channel.
The 240 young readers on the popular jury, from all across Italy as well as from abroad, voted for their favourite book, ultimately selecting the two winners of this edition:
For the 7-10-year category: Angelo Petrosino, Un bambino,una gatta e un cane, Einaudi Ragazzi
For the 11-14-year category: Daniela Palumbo, La notte più bella, Il Battello a Vapore
Members of the Selection Jury of the Award also attended the event: the writer Pino Boero, president of the Jury; Chiara Lagani, actress and playwright; Michela Possamai, professor at the IUSVE University of Venice and former member of the Advisory Committee of Campiello Giovani, and David Tolin, bookseller and member of the ALIR Board.
Speakers also included Enrico Carraro, president of the Fondazione Il Campiello and of Confindustria Veneto, Mariacristina Gribaudi, chair of the Management Committee of the Premo Campiello and Antonio Calabrò, director of the Pirelli Foundation.
The two winners will receive the award in September during the Campiello 2024 Awards Ceremony.
To relive the event, click here.
