Gadda-inspired awards launch
A University journal on Italian writer Carlo Emilio Gadda is launching a creative writing contest for local schoolchildren.
The competition is one of a series of prizes launched to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies.
Engaging with young minds
The inaugural Junior Gadda Prize is being run in partnership with book retailer Blackwell's.
It is targeted to secondary school pupils who are being encouraged to submit a detective fiction story set in Rome.
Four finalists will be invited to a workshop held at a public event on 19 June at the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Scholarly recognition
The Edinburgh Gadda Prize will also reward scholarly work in the field of Italian literature.
The three academic award categories are:
- The Crolla Amato Gadda Prize to reward the best published scholarly work on Gadda
- The Gadda First to be given to the best early career scholarly work on Gadda
- Novecento in Saggio to recognise the best published scholarly work on 20th-century Italian fiction.
About the Journal
The Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies is hosted by the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
Its editorial chair is the University’s Head of Italian Studies, Federica G Pedriali, Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies.
Since the online journal was established in 2000 it has received more than 3,500,000 visits.