Bancarella Award 2021 to Ema Stokholma, all the winners

Ema Stokholma is the winner of the 69th edition of the Bancarella Award with the book ‘Per il mio bene’ (HarperCollins), which obtained 140 votes. The independent booksellers, who constitute the originality of the historical literary recognition, have chosen the complicated, difficult, abusive and excessively charged life of Morwenn Moguerou, aka Ema Stokholma, 37. From well-known and beloved radio presenter to winner of the Bancarella Award, the voters were able to “grasp the sweetness of this girl who talks about herself by describing all the most delicate and personal pages of her life”. The final classification saw Marino Bartoletti’s (Gallucci) ‘Dinner of the Gods’ in second place with 93 votes; tied third place with 79 votes for ‘I am the witch’ by Marina Marazza (Solferino) and ‘Non salvarmi’ by Livia Sambrotta (Sem); followed by ‘Art is liberation’ by Tomaso Montanari and Andrea Bigalli (Edizioni Gruppo Abele), with 65 votes, and ‘The ballad of the eternal city’ by Luca di Fulvio (Rizzoli), with 51 votes. on the evening of Sunday 18 July in Piazza della Repubblica in Pontremoli (Massa Carrara), as usual, very crowded albeit in compliance with the anti-Covid regulations in force. Among the personalities present, the parliamentarian Cosimo Maria Ferri, ‘landlord’, the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, and the mayors of Pontremoli, Città del Libro, Mulazzo, Cradle of booksellers, and the nearby Municipality of Filattiera. “An exciting edition with first-rate performers, a moved Ema Stokholma who pays tribute to a great job of selecting and organizing the award. We will see you again in 2022 when we celebrate the 70th anniversary of this wonderful award”, commented the president of the City of the Book Foundation, Ignazio Landi.