Mariposa wins the most prestigious cultural award for Italian music in the year in which the Elsa Morante Award is dedicated to “La Storia”, a song destined to remain in history wins.
Dacia Maraini's jury triples the music prizes and awards them to the three authors of "Mariposa": Carlo Di Francesco, Alfredo Rapetti Mogol and the extraordinary Fiorella Mannoia.
They too will be on May 15th with the winners of the other sections at the Rai Auditorium in Naples, directed by Antonio Parlati
The jury of the prestigious Elsa Morante Award, chaired by Dacia Maraini and composed of: Marco Cerbo, Enzo Colimoro, Lino Guanciale, David Morante, Tiuna Notarbartolo, Antonio Parlati, Fiorenza Sarzanini, Teresa Triscari, has tripled the Morante Musica award, choosing as winners the authors and the performer of a song that becomes a manifesto of the strength and fragility of women, at a time when talking about History (the common thread of this year's Morante) also means, above all, talking about women's history. The song is "Mariposa" and the authors are Alfredo Rapetti Mogol, son of art and co-author, this year, among other things, of "Onda alta", the song by Dargen D'Amico; Carlo Di Francesco, successful multi-instrumentalist and music producer, and she, the lady of Italian music, whose songs are always full of meaning and a deep cultural value: Fiorella Mannoia.
The three winners of the Elsa Morante Music Awards will be on May 15 at 10,00:XNUMX at the Rai Auditorium in Naples together with the other winners of the various sections of the Award. For now, the Elsa Morante Kids Awards have been announced, which will be read by thousands of young readers in Italy and around the world who make up the Morante network. These are “Il signor conchiglia” (never again will we leave the lives of children to the sea and to the night) (Salani). by Gianluca Caporaso, “Elsa Morante Kids Award – prose and poetry”, “History of the world, from the big bang to today” (La Nave di Teseo) by Giordano Bruno Guerri, “Elsa Morante Kids Award – History” and “Love harder, the Iranian girls walk in front of us” (Solferino) by Barbara Stefanelli, “Elsa Morante Kids Award – for Social.
About ten thousand kids from all over the world (among others from Albania, France, United States, etc.) will be able to read them and choose their favorite book that will win the additional Elsa Morante Schools Award. In the next few days the jury will announce the winners of the remaining sections.
A thousand kids will attend the final event live. For everyone else it will be possible to follow the live broadcasts on the Facebook and Instagram channels of the Elsa Morante Award and Rai.
The Elsa Morante Award 2024 will be hosted by Alessandro Incerto and Tiuna Notarbartolo.
The event, organized by the Elsa Morante Prize Cultural Association and Rai Campania, is coordinated by Iki Notarbartolo; Gilda Notarbartolo directs the communication, Umberto Amicucci takes care of the graphic design, and is realized in partnership with: the Totò Morgana Foundation, Sire – Ricevimenti d'autore, Ninni-Scognamiglio Diagnostic Center, Diagnostica Anniballo, Arec, Ascione Coralli, Officine Grafiche F Giannini & Figli, Accademia Medeaterranea, Il Confronto, La Dante in Cambridge, Fnism.
