Premio Brancati
{{Short description|Italian literary award}}
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The Premio Brancati Zafferana, more concisely known as the Premio Brancati, is a literary prize named in memory of the Italian writer Vitaliano Brancati.{{Cite web |last=REDAZIONE |first=IT ALIA |title=Zafferana Etnea, Premio Letterario Brancati Zafferana |url=https://www.assarca.com/news.asp?p_id=3593 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.assarca.com |language=it}}
Background
The Premio Brancati was launched in 1967. Originally a single award,{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} the prize has been given since 1996{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} in the categories of narrative fiction, non-fiction, poetry,{{Cite web |title=Premio letterario Brancati-Zafferana - Università di Catania - L'Agenda |url=http://www.agenda.unict.it/open_page.php?sez=articolo&id=6157 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.agenda.unict.it |language=it}} and, since 2015, emerging young writer.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-29 |title=Premiati i vincitori del Premio letterario Brancati {{!}} Gli Amanti dei Libri |url=http://www.gliamantideilibri.it/premiati-i-vincitori-del-premio-letterario-brancati/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |language=it-IT}} The winners in each category are announced over the course of several days at a convention held in September every year in Zafferana Etnea in Sicily, Italy, where Brancati customarily spent part of each year{{Cite web |date=2017-05-18 |title=Gli Appunti di meccanica celeste sono in finale al Premio Brancati |url=https://www.catanzaroinforma.it/arte-e-cultura/2017/05/18/gli-appunti-di-meccanica-celeste-sono-in-finale-al-premio-brancati/99909/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=CatanzaroInforma |language=it}} and where one of his novels, Paolo il caldo, was set.