Strega Prize — The Strega Prize (Premio Strega) is the most prestigious Italian literary award. It has been awarded annually since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction by an Italian author and first published between 1 May of the previous year and 30 April.… … Wikipedia
Strega (liqueur) — Strega (or Liquore Strega), is an Italian herbal liqueur produced since 1860 by the S. A. Distilleria Liquore Strega in Benevento, Campania, Italy. Its yellow color comes from the presence of saffron in its recipe. Liquore Strega is 80 proof… … Wikipedia
Strega — may refer to: *Strega Prize, an Italian literary award * a female practitioner of Stregheria. *Strega a novel by Andrew Vachss. *Strega (liqueur) *Strega: A fictional group of Persona Users in the game Persona 3 … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
World Literary Prizes 2006 — ▪ Table World Literary Prizes 2006 All prizes are annual and were awarded in 2006 unless otherwise stated. Currency equivalents as of July 1, 2006, were as follows: €1 = $1.272; £1 = $1.836; Can$1 = $0.900; ¥1 = $0.009; SKr 1 = $0.138; DKr 1 = $0 … Universalium
World Literary Prizes 2007 — ▪ Table World Literary Prizes 2007 All prizes are annual and were awarded in 2007 unless otherwise stated. Currency equivalents as of July 1, 2007, were as follows: €1 = $1.355; £1 = $2.009; Can$1 = $0.939; ¥1 = $0.008; SKr 1 = $0.146; DKr 1 = $0 … Universalium
World Literary Prizes 2008 — ▪ Table World Literary Prizes 2008 All prizes are annual and were awarded in 2008 unless otherwise stated. Currency equivalents as of July 1, 2008, were as follows: €1 = $$1.578; £1 = $$1.994; Can$1 = $0.989; ¥1 = $0.009; SKr 1 = $0.166; DKr 1 =… … Universalium
Corrado Alvaro — in the 1920s. Corrado Alvaro (San Luca, 15 April 1895 – Rome, 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describes the hopeless poverty in his native… … Wikipedia
Lucrezia Lerro — is an Italian poet and author, born 1977 in the province of Salerno. In 2006, she was a finalist for the Strega Prize ( Premio Strega ) with the book Certi giorni sono felice (Pequod, 2005). In the same year with the same book she won the first… … Wikipedia
Natalia Ginzburg — née Levi (Italian pronunciation: [naˈtaːlja ˈdʒintsburg]) (July 14, 1916, Palermo October 7, 1991, Rome) was an award winning Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War… … Wikipedia
