Sabino Cassese, with the book "Misery and Nobility of Italy. Dialogues on the State of the Nation" (Solferino), is the winner of the new Alberto Arbasino Prize, initiated by the Municipality of Voghera and Mayor Paola Garlaschelli, together with writer Giorgio Montefoschi, jury president, and with the contribution of the Cariplo Foundation.
Cassese, 88 years old, Minister of Public Function in the Ciampi government and emeritus judge of the Constitutional Court, was awarded, the motivation emphasizes, as "an internationally renowned jurist, a man of institutions, a refined European intellectual who with his latest book 'Misery and Nobility of Italy' draws a memorable portrait of our country". The award ceremony took place this afternoon in the Voghera Theater, reopened to the public after a meticulous restoration after forty years of closure, now named after another illustrious citizen, Valentino Garavani.
During the meeting, preceded by institutional greetings from Mayor Paola Garlaschelli and the Councilor for Culture Carlo Fugini, the present jurors - Elisabetta Rasy, Raffaele Manica, Alessandro Masi, and president Montefoschi - shared memories and testimonies with the public to celebrate Alberto Arbasino. Present in the room were Giorgio Pinotti, editor in chief at Adelphi who, since the nineties, has followed Arbasino's works in the publishing house, and Carlo Alberto Brioschi, editor of Italian fiction and non-fiction for Solferino, who published Sabino Cassese's latest book. The meeting was coordinated by Antonio Calabrò, director of the Pirelli Foundation.