“Il Borgo si racconta”
È a 2020 project by PromoTuscia and Parole a Km 0, with Lazio Innova, Spazio Attivo Viterbo and the Municipality of Vitorchiano.
Forty participants from across Italy captured the distinctive identity of the village of Vitorchiano through stories written in a workshop led by author Carola Susani. The themes identified in the “suspended village” were: Vitorchiano in the Present, Vitorchiano in the Past, Vitorchiano in the Future.
The jury comprised Loredana Lipperini (author and radio presenter), Teresa Ciabatti (author, Il Corriere della Sera contributor, Strega Prize runner-up 2017), Daniele Mencarelli (poet and author, Strega shortlist 2019), Carola Susani (author), Raffaella Sarracino (Parole a Km 0) and Giulio Curti (Lazio Innova).
The panel selected three category winners from the 40 stories:
Present category
1st place Luisa Badolato with the story “I miei buoni motivi”
1st place Milvia Vincenzini with the story “La rupe”
Special mention: Cristina Pontisso with the story “Fino all’essere”
Past category
1st place Elena Cioce with the story “Promesse”
1st place Chiara Anselmi with the story “L’alfabeto di Antonia”
Special mention: Rosa Manganello with the story “Committenza a Vitorchiano”
Future category
1st place 1st place Paolo Ceccarini with the story “Museo di coppia”
1st place Marco Papacchini with the story “Vitorchiano un’isola del Pacifico”
Special mention: Giovanna Maria Guastini with the story “Vitorchiano, futuro da gioiello”
