1994

       

From left, Cristina Comencini, whose Passione di famiglia was published in "Narratori"; the writer Manuel Vazquez Montálban, who published I mari del Sud and Le ricette dei Pepe Carvalho, Spain's most famous private detective; The sociologist Gianfranco Bettin, who describes the horrors of the former Yugoslavia in Sarajevo,Maybe, and (right) the poet Stephen Spender, guest of honour at the inauguration of Libreria Feltrinelli International, a new bookshop in Florence.


Antonio Tabucchi met with great success, both at home and abroad, with his novel Sostiene Pereira, for which he received two awards, the Premio Viareggio and Premio Campiello; the film bearing the same title, directed by Roberto Faenza and starring Marcello Mastroianni, was immediately released.

(left): Inge Feltrinelli with Christan Bourgois, Tabucchi's French publisher; (right): Gary Fisketjon with the writer Irene Dische.
Right, a poster announcing publication of Novecento. Un monologo by Alessandro Baricco.

Three significant books published this year are: L'ultima lacrima by Stefano Benni; In alto a sinistra by Erri De Luca; Imperium by the Polish writer Ryszard Kapuscinski. New authors published this year included: the young writer Silvia Ballestra, Ermanno Cavazzoni, Enrico Franceschini and Paolo Di Stefano.

The following joined the editorial staff: Patrizia Nanz, as non-fiction editor, Alessandra Mascaretti and Maddalena Ceretti.