The National Award for the Fiaba Hans Christian Anderson – Baia delle Favole is an important event.
The name of the award is due to the fact that Anderson lived in Sestri Levante in 1835.
In 1967 this event was idealized in order to highlight the importance of a literary type that is fairy tales, which is very popular but not studied. |
This award has seen winners that are important to the Italian culture such as: Alberto Moravia, Vittorio Zucconi, Sergio Zavoli, Mario Soldati, Vittorio G. Rossi, and Emanuele Luzzati.
Throughout the years, along side the award other cultural events that are tied to children have been organized.
In fact, the latest novelties are:
• “The International Event of children’s book’s,” which offers the best selection of books and special attention is paid to Mediterranean countries. |
• The “Anderson Festival,” which is an international event for street artists and in the last years it has become of the most important events of this type in Italy. Each year thousands come to enjoy exhibitions of qualified and innovative international companies.
The last event of the Anderson Award was presided by the President of the Italian Republic. |
