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Agrigento: “Scala dei Turchi – Dina Russiello” literary award for the Syracusan writer Giovanna Strano

The work “The devil on the fourth string - Nicolò Paganini and his Cannon” by the writer Giovanna Strano receives the prestigious “Premio Scala dei Turchi – Dina Russiello”

Agrigento: “Scala dei Turchi – Dina Russiello” literary award for the Syracusan writer Giovanna Strano.

Il romance It was born in Parma from the synergy created between the Società dei Concerti di Parma, the publisher Massimo Soncini, the tireless cultural promotion carried out by Anna Poletti Zanella Cavaliere della Repubblica and the support of Davide Battistini for Sinapsi Group.

Selected from hundreds of publications participants in the prize, the work is premiata under a ceremony held in the magical location of Roman Villa of Realmonte, located near the Scala dei Turchi, with the participation of countless prominent personalities in the national cultural, political and social sphere. The event, organized by the Italian/French writer Pascal Schembri, yes ranks among the cultural initiativesturals which will flow into the busy program planned for Agrigento Italian Capital of Culture 2025.

Il prize assigned to the publication is crowned from a wide-ranging artistic path, who sees the contamination of languages through the creation of artefacts created by the Fashion-art Designer Gisella Scibona, whose refined style in technique and use of materials tends to reproduce fashion accessories as works of art. Some of his artistic coffees are inspired by literature, including the works of the writer Giovanna Strano; in fact, during the ceremony the artistic crow's nest dedicated to the novel about Nicolò Paganini was presented to the public.

He participated in the event, among the most welcome guests, Anna Poletti Zanella President of the JB Boudard Cultural Association, President of the Women's Committee of the Blue Ribbon of Parma and Knight of the Republic for culture.

Agrigento: Premio letterario “Scala dei Turchi – Dina Russiello” per la scrittrice siracusana Giovanna Strano

Il romance transports the reader into a world of harmony and sounds, with the obvious intent of manifest the magic of music through that of words. When reason is unable to explain the extraordinary abilities of some great men, who have marked the path of humanity with their talent, suspicion, slander and lies take over. This is what happened to a genius undisputed figure of music of all time: Nicolò Paganini.


Gifted with excellent musical talents, from birth he lived an intense life, marked by success and acclaim from great figures of the historical context of the 1800th century, but also punctuated by countless episodes of illness that marked a life of suffering. Paganini is not beautiful, yet the charm that envelops the person, capable of sending audiences into ecstasy during performances, attracts women of various lineages, such as sisters Elisa and Pauline Bonaparte, making him one of the most ambiguous characters of all time. Indissoluble companion of his extraordinary life is what he himself calls the Violin cannon, a Guarneri del Gesù ended up in his hands thanks to a donation from a French magnate.

Paganini will play with the ambiguous, with rumors circulating that he enjoys the support of demonic forces, leveraging the people's curiosity who will rush in crowd at concerts. Such conjectures they will persecute him till death, and even afterwards, marking the vicissitudes of the burial. His only great love is his son Achille, who will remain by his side until the end of his days. But music dominates everything, as the profound reason for existence.

Il award given at work represents a fundamental stage in the network of synergies created between Parma and Sicily, laying the foundations for further contaminations that are expected to take place outside national borders, with particular reference to Paris, where Pascal Schembri has close relationships with the Italian Consulate in France.

Agrigento: Premio letterario “Scala dei Turchi – Dina Russiello” per la scrittrice siracusana Giovanna Strano

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