Language
English
The 24th “Favelà” Literary Prize has been announced.
The Italian Community of Dignano, in collaboration with the Dignanese Family, announces the 24th edition of the "Favelà" Literary Prize. Submissions for the Literature, Translation, and Youth Prize categories must reach the Italian Community of Dignano, Piazza del Popolo 4, 52215 Dignano, Croatia, no later than June 30, 2026. Submissions for the Video Prize category must be submitted by 11:59 PM on June 30, 2026, to cidignano@gmail.com. All Dignanese residents of Dignano and around the world are invited to submit their...
23rd edition of the Favelà literary prize for the Istrian dialect of Dignano
“A mesarì de la nostra veita/i me soin catà in 'd ouna saraja scoura,/perso i vivi la carisada dreita/Ah, contà coumo ca jera a la si doura/'sta saraja salvadiga e crouda e forta /ca al pensier la torna a fa pagoura”: even if we admit that we didn't immediately identify the Bumbara version of the first canto of Dante's Inferno, we cannot remain immune to the rich and supple style that unmasks the beauty of the literary spirit of the Supreme Poet. This time Favelà, alias Carla Rotta, author of an unthinkable and happily “unforgivable” translation, has truly gone beyond expectations: aside from reconfirming the noble work of recognition...
The 21st edition of the «Favelà» Competition has concluded
It has known ups and downs in its more than twenty-year history, but it resists. The small square behind the bell tower of the Church of San Biagio in Dignano was the setting for the final act of the 21st edition of the Favelà Literary Award. A competition strongly desired in all these years by the local Italian Community and the Dignanese Family of Turin. Welcoming those present were the president of the Italian Community of Dignano, Maurizio Piccinelli, the president of the Dignanese Family of Turin, Giuliana Donorà and the president of the City Council, Romina Bilić. All agreed in underlining the importance of this award that highlights...
Favelà 2022, leaving a written testimony is a must
The square behind the bell tower of the church of San Biagio in Dignano hosted the closing ceremony of the «Favelà» Competition created two decades ago by Forlani and Donorà “Favelà” turns twenty. A milestone that, perhaps, at the beginning, not even the maestro Anita Forlani and Maestro Luigi Donorà, the creators of the Competition, expected would be reached. But then it didn’t even matter. Only one thing was certain: the sweet “favelà”, the Istrian dialect, the ancient Bumbara dialect had to be saved from oblivion. At all costs. Thus the forces of Dignano from… home and from Turin joined together, namely the Community of Italians of Dignano and the Dignano Family and was born…
«Favelà»: recovery and protection of the ancient dialect of Dignano
The square in front of Palazzo Bradamante in Dignano hosted the closing ceremony of the dialect literary award. This year, there were no senior authors. This year, in Dignano, jo favelà la piasa. This is because the closing evening of the “Favelà” competition, organized by the local Italian community together with the Dignanese family, did not take place as usual in the small square behind the bell tower, but in the square in front of Palazzo Bradamante, which is a truly spectacular setting. At the beginning of the evening, the president of the association, Livio Belci, the president of the Dignanese family, addressed those present with speeches of circumstance...
