For the first time they will be at the same time in New York Innocenzo Cipolletta, president of the Italian Association Editori (AIE), Giuseppe Iannaccone, president of the Center for Book and Reading, and Luciano Lanna, director of the same Center. Their exceptional presence will offer the opportunity for a wide-ranging comparison with American publishers, writers and translators on the strategies necessary to increase knowledge, translation and dissemination of Italian literature in the United States.
The meeting, entitled “Out of Italy: Recent Trends in Italian Literature and the Publication and Promotion of Italian Authors in the US”, will be held on Wednesday, September 16 at 11:00 at the Italian Institute of Culture in New York, on Park Avenue. The works will be opened by the institutional greetings of the Consul General of Italy in New York, Giuseppe Pastorelli, and the director of the Italian Institute of Culture of New York, Claudio Pagliara.
The debate will also include Michael Reynolds, Executive Publisher of Europa Editions, and Katie Raissian, Executive Editor of Scribner, two leading American publishing houses in bringing Italian literature to the attention of the American public. The discussion will address the latest trends in Italian narrative, the criteria that guide the choices of U.S. publishers and the tools needed to ensure that an Italian author can successfully reach the American market.
The day will continue at 18:00 with the final ceremony of the first edition of the SuperBook Prize, to which will also be present Innocenzo Cipolletta, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Luciano Lanna. The prize was born to identify, among the winning works of the main Italian literary awards, the book with the greatest potential to conquer American readers.
The two finalists are Anna Mallamo, author of Col Dark I see her (Einaudi, 2025), winner of the SuperMondello Award, and Wanda Marasco, author of Behind this World (Neri Pozza, 2025), winner of the Campiello Prize.
The name of the winner will be announced by Maestro Daniele Rustioni, recently appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and Chairman of the jury of SuperBook, in the presence of both authors. Following, Anna Mallamo and Wanda Marasco will talk about their novels and opportunities to reach the American audience. The interventions will be held in Italian with simultaneous interpretation. The evening will end with a reception.
Designed by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, with the support of the Book and Reading Centre and the patronage of AIE and the International Book Fair of Turin, SuperBook is an initiative designed to elevate the presence of Italian literature in the United States. Every year, the winners of the top ten Italian literary awards are invited to New York for a series of meetings and conversations with readers, critics, translators and publishers. The first edition was held from 26 to 29 March 2026 with the participation of eight writers: Andrea Bajani, L’anniversario, Feltrinelli, Premio Strega; Nicolò Cavallaro, Il lama dell’Alabama, Hacca Edizioni, Premio POP Premio Opera Prima; Teresa Ciabatti, Donnaregina, Mondadori, Premio Rapallo BPER Banca; Nicola H. Cosentino, There is a lot of hope, Guanda, Premio Internazionale Flaiano; Diego De Silva, The titles of a lifetime together, Einaudi, Premio Viareggio-Répaci; Anna Mallamo, In the dark I see her, Einaudi, SuperMondello Award; Wanda Marasco, Behind this World, Neri Pozza, Premio Campiello; Leonardo San Pietro, Festa con casuario, Sellerio, Premio Mondello Giovani.
A jury composed of 13 eminent personalities of the academic, literary and cultural world American — able to read books in Italian — rated the books in the race and selected two finalists. The winning author will receive $10,000 in support of the translation and promotion of his book in English, with the aim of expanding the spread of Italian narrative in one of the most competitive publishing markets in the world.
L’articolo Italian publishing in New York to promote our literature with <i>Out of Italy</i> proviene da IlNewyorkese.
