The Winner of the 2019 Italian Prose in Translation Award: The Eight Mountains

The Winner of the 2019 Italian Prose in Translation Award: The Eight Mountains

The Winner of the 2019 Italian Prose in Translation Award: The Eight Mountains

This year's winner of the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA) is The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti, translated from the Italian by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre (Atria Publishing Group & Harvill Secker). This year’s judges were Allison Grimaldi-Donahue, Alta L. Price, and Zakiya Hanafi. This year’s winner was awarded at the ALTA’s 42nd annual conference, Sight and Sound, held at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Rochester in Rochester, NY.