Literary award · Italy · since 2008
Premio Ostana
The Ostana Prize – Writings in the Mother Tongue (Italian: Ostana Premio Scritture in Lingua Madre), is an annual prize and cultural initiative organized by the Municipality of Ostana and by the Cultural Association Chambra d'Oc.
About Premio Ostana
The Ostana Prize – Writings in the Mother Tongue (Italian: Ostana Premio Scritture in Lingua Madre), is an annual prize and cultural initiative organized by the Municipality of Ostana and by the Cultural Association Chambra d'Oc. It is dedicated to languages and to literary authors who use a "mother tongue", a present-day minority language of territorial belonging, in their works. The event began in 2008 and is held in Ostana, a municipality in the Valle Po (Italy), every year at the beginning of June. It is open to the public with free admission.
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Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Blanca Inés Fernández Quintana | — |
| 2023 | Bernardo Atxaga | — |
| 2023 | Hawad | — |
| 2013 | Francesco Ferrucci | — |
| 2011 | Reʼuven Miran | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Premio Ostana for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q28934830 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).