Dacia Maraini is to receive the 2026 Tonino Guerra Award. The event will take place on Saturday 7 November at the Cinema Fulgor in Rimini, the cinema where Federico Fellini saw his first film.

The awards ceremony begins on Friday 6 November at 9.30 pm in the Sala Giulietta at the Fulgor. Laura Delli Colli and Raffaele Milani will introduce the Tonino Guerra Award and present the film *Teresa la ladra*. On Saturday 7 November at 5.00 pm, the documentary “Dacia, vita mia – dialoghi giapponesi” will be screened, in the presence of the director Izumi Chiaraluce. This will be followed at 6.30 pm by a discussion with Dacia Maraini and the award ceremony. Admission to all events is free.

Dacia Maraini is one of the most widely read and recognised voices in Italian literature, but fiction is only one part of her work: she has written essays, poetry and plays, and her works have inspired films that have left their mark. Her books have been translated into over 22 languages and published in as many countries.

The Prize is chaired by Laura Delli Colli and was established by Andrea Guerra, the president, together with the Board of the Tonino Guerra Study Centre Museum. “His voice is also a valuable contribution to the debate on Tonino Guerra’s poetic and human legacy,” explains Andrea Guerra, noting that this is precisely the theme that guides the Award’s selections. Before Maraini, the award was presented to Luis Sepúlveda and Carmen Yáñez, followed by the film directors Marco Tullio Giordana, Werner Herzog and Aleksandr Sokurov, who, a year ago, received the gold heraldic ring bearing the imprint of the previous winner.

The Prize precedes the seventh edition of the Luoghi dell’Anima Festival, running from 9 to 13 December 2026, under the artistic direction of Steve Della Casa and Paola Poli.

Contact details
Tonino Guerra Museum | Study Centre
Piazza Ganganelli 22, Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN)
nelmondoditoninoguerra@gmail.com