Rome, 8 June 2022 – Witch Prize 2022, Sara final to seven, for the first time in history. First Mario Desiati, with 244 votes for his ‘Spatriati’ (Einaudi). Behind him Claudio Piersanti with ‘Quel cursed Vronskij’ (Rizzoli), which won 178 votes; third Marco Amerighi with ‘Randagi’ (Bollati Boringhieri) and 175 votes, fourth Veronica Raimo with ‘Niente di vero’ (Einaudi), with 169 votes, which won the prize Young witch. Ex equo with 168 votes Fabio Bacà with ‘Nova’ (Adelphi) e Alessandra Carati with ‘And then we’ll be safe’ (Mondadori). Fished out Veronica Galletta with ‘Nina sull’argine’ (Minimum Fax), which won 103 votes.
The election of the winner will take place Thursday 7 July in Rome, at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia.
The vote on 8 June, for the second time at Roman Theater of Beneventoconducted by Stefano Coletta and live streaming on Raiplay, surprised everyone with the surprise of two ex aequo in fifth place and a repechage in seventh.
It had already happened in 2020 that the five would widen to six books by virtue of article 7 of the voting rules for which, if among the five there are only large publishers, the first of the authors published by a small and medium-sized publisher can be rescued. But seven had never been reached.