The sixth edition of the Literary Award Christmas 
was held Friday, March 11, at the Aula Magna del Liceo Classico "F. Maurolico "in Messina, the awards ceremony of the sixth edition of the National Literary Award
" Maria Pina Christmas , this year dedicated to fiction published and unpublished. The
Award Maria Pina Christmas, organized with great commitment and competence by writer Maria Lucrezia
Magistri, was created to commemorate the distinguished figure of a talented writer and poet Messina, also known in literary circles National:
Maria Pina Christmas , who died suddenly in 2004. Author of numerous novels, short stories and poems, Christmas
Maria Pina was also careful literary critic and translator of works by French and English, and has also published several essays on various important literary magazines. It recalled the life and work, the President of the Jury, Professor Anna Maria Crisafulli
Sartori, prior to the awards, which were assigned as follows:
Pino Loperfido from Caldonazzo (Tn), first prize for his novel "The mechanics of unhappiness
"
Joy Valenti, Rome, 2nd prize for his novel "
Colors on the theme"
Luca Guarino , da Moncalieri, 3° premio per il romanzo “
Il forestiero della vita ”. E per la narrativa inedita:
Giuseppe Vetromile , 1° premio per il racconto “
In attesa di niente ”;
Ambra De Prisco , da Napoli, 2° premio per il racconto “
La trasmigrazione ”;
Sergio Busà , da Messina, 3° premio per il racconto “
Il profumo della tempesta ”. I premi consistevano in somme di danaro (rispettivamente 500, 400 e 300 euro per la sezione romanzo edito; 400, 300 e 200 euro per la sezione fiction novel), made available by the grandsons (Charles and Lucretia M. Magistri) the writer Maria Pina
Christmas to honor his memory and to disseminate the literary work.
The jury, presided as has been said by Professor Sartori
Crisafulli, was composed by Katia
Bonfiglio, professor of Italian and Latin;
She Imbalzano, literary critic, and writer, Rina
Pandolfo. He read excerpts of the winning entries Mrs. Clelia
Rol while young masters
Alessia Pital (harp) and Francis Tusa
(violin), have entertained the large audience present in the room with various piacevolissimi interventi musicali.
