To reward literary courage

by Patrizia Riello Pera, Padova, ITALY

🇬🇧 English

The Strega Prize was born with a clear poetic mission: to reward literary courage. And its first winner, Ennio Flaiano, perfectly embodies this ambition. Tempo di uccidere is a stark, unsettling novel that explores the dark side of human consciousness through Italy’s colonial experience in Ethiopia. Flaiano creates a protagonist crushed by guilt, fear, and the absurdity of war, offering the reader a relentless reflection on moral fragility. His writing is sharp, almost cinematic, able to evoke the dust, the heat, the anguish of the Africa imagined by Italians of the time. The novel marks a break from the celebratory literature of the previous decades: here there is no heroism, only fallibility and a fractured humanity. Flaiano inaugurates the Strega Prize in the name of painful clarity and intelligence. His victory remains symbolic: post-war Italy was finally ready to face itself.

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🇮🇹 About Me (Italiano)

Sono Patrizia Riello Pera, scrittrice, illustratrice e blogger indipendente.
Ho collaborato con diversi editori e oggi mi dedico al self-publishing, unendo passione per la narrativa, la poesia e l’arte visiva.
Partecipo a fiere internazionali del libro e ho ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui il Leone d’Oro della Cultura e della Letteratura, il Premio Europeo Oscar Wilde e il Premio d’Arte Internazionale Minerva 2025.
Nel 2024 sono stata proposta per la candidatura al Premio Nobel per la Letteratura.
Attraverso il mio lavoro promuovo la bellezza della parola, dell’immagine e della libertà espressiva.

📚 Scopri di più sul mio sito ufficiale: https://patriziarielloperalibri.it

🇬🇧 About Me (English)

I’m Patrizia Riello Pera, an independent writer, illustrator, and blogger.
After working with several publishing houses, I now focus on self-publishing, combining a passion for fiction, poetry, and visual arts.
I’ve taken part in international book fairs and received major awards such as the Golden Lion for Culture and Literature, the European Oscar Wilde Award, and the Minerva International Art Prize 2025.
In 2024 I was proposed for nomination to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Through my art and writing, I aim to celebrate words, images, and the freedom of artistic expression.

📚 Visit my official website: https://patriziarielloperalibri.it

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