Award ceremony for the XII ‘Benno Geiger’ Poetry Transcribe Prize

The annual prize named after Benno Geiger celebrates the figure of this major twentieth-century intellectual, known for his work as a writer, poet, translator and art critic. The prize acknowledges and enhances his liter-ary and artistic contribution through his vast correspondence, which includes exchanges with numerous Italian and European figures, archived among the literary collections on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. A jury made up of writers, university lecturers and critics gives an award for a translated work published during the year, and also gives a prize to the best young translator. During the award ceremony, which is open to the public, a prologue is given by a member of the jury on a central theme of the contemporary literary tradition.