Federico Italiano's Godzilla e altre poesie Shortlisted for 2026 Premio Strega Poesia
The seventh poetry collection by Federico Italiano, titled *Godzilla e altre poesie* (Guanda, 2026), has been nominated for the Premio Strega Poesia, with the winner set to be revealed on 13 October. This work draws inspiration from Italiano's childhood recollections of the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986, experienced while living close to the Trino Vercellese nuclear facility. He compares the menace of radioactivity to Godzilla, symbolizing a disconcerting loss of the known. The collection explores modern fears such as climate change and species extinction, along with motifs of love and mortality. Born in Novara in 1976, Italiano teaches at Sapienza University of Rome and has authored multiple previous books, earning accolades like the Premio Giuseppe Tirinnanzi and Premio Ceppo Poesia.
Fatti principali
- Godzilla e altre poesie by Federico Italiano is on the five-book shortlist for the Premio Strega Poesia.
- The winner will be announced on 13 October.
- The collection was published by Guanda in 2026.
- Italiano was born in Novara in 1976.
- He teaches comparative literature at Sapienza University of Rome.
- He previously worked at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and taught at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
- His other books include Nella costanza (2003), L'invasione dei granchi giganti (2010), L'impronta (2014), Un esilio perfetto. Poesie scelte 2000-2015 (2015), Habitat (2020), and La grande nevicata (2023).
- He has won the Premio Giuseppe Tirinnanzi and the Premio Ceppo Poesia.
- He co-edited a 2019 Hanser anthology of young European poetry with Jan Wagner.
Entità
Artisti
- Federico Italiano
- Jan Wagner
- Raoul Schrott
- Maria Oppo
Istituzioni
- Premio Strega Poesia
- Guanda
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- Hanser
- Premio Giuseppe Tirinnanzi
- Premio Ceppo Poesia
- Artribune
Luoghi
- Novara
- Italy
- Vienna
- Austria
- Munich
- Germany
- West Ticino
- Trino Vercellese
- Saluggia
- Dora Baltea
- Chernobyl
- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
- Tokyo