On the occasion of the award ceremony of the Bressani Prizes 2010 in Vancouver,

Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Vancouver
in collaboration with the
Italian Cultural Centre
Regione Lazio Cultural Society
presents

A Literary Evening with the
Winners of the Bressani Prize 2010

December 1st, 6:15 pm

Istituto Italiano di Cultura
500-510 West Hastings St.

Vancouver

The evening will feature readings in English by:

Michelle Alfano, Winner of the Bressani Prize for Short Fiction
with her novella Made Up Of Arias

Caterina Edwards, Winner of the Bressani Prize
for the category "Emigration from Italy" 

with her memoir Finding Rosa

Michael Mirolla, Winner of the Bressani Prize for Fiction
for his novel Berlin

Pasquale Verdicchio, Winner of the Bressani Prize for Poetry
with his collection This Nothing’s Place

Guest author Genni Gunn will also be reading
from her latest novel, Solitaria
.
Admission is free, no pre-registration required

2010 F.G. Bressani Literary Prize:

The Italian Cultural Centre is proud to announce the winning authors and works of the 2010 edition of the biennial F.G. Bressani Literary Prize:

Pasquale Verdicchio, This nothing’s Place
Category: POETRY

Michael Mirolla, Berlin
Category: FICTION

Michelle Alfano: Made Up of Arias
Category: SHORT FICTION

Caterina Edwards, Finding Rosa
Category EMIGRATION FROM ITALY

The winning authors will be presented with their awards on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 7:00pm in the museum the Italian Cultural Centre. A cocktail reception will follow the presentations. Professor Emerita at UBC Stefania Ciccone, Professor Emerita at SFU Grazia Merler, Italian Government Lettore at UBC, Dr. Mario Inglese, and former Director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Margherita Repetto, acted as jury for the shortlisted candidates of the 2010 edition of the biennial F.G. Bressani Literary Prize.

The biennial F.G. Bressani Prize was instituted to stimulate and enhance the literary production of works by Canadian authors of Italian origin or ancestry to add to the richness of the Italian immigrant experience in Canada by celebrating its literary expression and to honour and reflect aspects of Italian heritage and culture within our ethno-culturally diverse society.

This edition was presented in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultural in Vancouver and the Regione Lazio Cultural Society of BC.

The Prize is named after the Jesuit priest, Father Francesco Giuseppe Bressani, (1612 -1672) the first Italian missionary to Canada, who wrote Breve Relatione, and who can be considered the precursor of Italian-Canadian writing.