The Ostana Prize
Writings in Mother Tongue
Escrituras en Lenga Maire
is an appointment with the mother tongues of the world that every year brings together in Ostana, Occitan village with 85 inhabitants in the Po Valley at the foot of Monviso, for a festival of linguistic biodiversity.
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Girêsîra in Ostana: a musical tribute for the Firat Cewerî award ceremony
Kurdish television 'Rudaw Kurmanci', with two million viewers, broadcast a special announcement: Firat Cewerî has won the prestigious Ostana Prize for writers in their mother tongue. The video, published on 30 June 2024 on Rudaw Kurmanci's Facebook page, shows Firat Cewerî together with her...
Press review 2024
Browse newspaper and web articles, radio, videos and images 3 days, 8 authors from 5 continents, 1 goal: celebrate mother tongues
PROGRAMME
28th JUNE
16h
Opening with the presence of the authorities
Lo fuec es encà ros, song-hymn by the Ostana Prize Artistic Collective (P. Bertello, F. Giacchero, L. Pellegrino, M. Rey, M. Miret)
followed by
Female writing and worldview: from medieval “fin’amor” to contemporary Occitan literature
CONVERSATION with Miquèla Stenta (Occitan language)
by Gisèle Naconaski
followed by
Dinner en convivéncia at Lou Pourtoun
20:45h
Cinema, TV and new media: the Welsh experience
CONVERSATION with Roger Williams (Welsh language)
by Antonello Zanda
followed by
The screening of the film Y Sŵn (2023)
written and produced by Roger Williams, directed by Lee Haven Jones (89 min)
29th JUNE
10h
Ladin language in Val di Fassa: following the footsteps of tomorrow
CONVERSATION with Stefen Dell’Antonio Monech (Ladin language)
by Sabrina Rasom
11:30h
Padejais models: from Latvia, a poetry anthology in Latgalian
CONVERSATION with Jayde Will (Latgalian language)
by Mariona Miret
followed by
Lunch en convivéncia at Lou Pourtoun
14:30h
Young Romani poetry: writing to overcome the shame
CONVERSATION with Daniel Petrilă (Romani language)
by Marco Ghezzo
16:15h
Screening of the film Premio Italymbas, Babel Film Festival
L’ULTIMA HABANERA by Carlo Costantino Licheri
(Sardinian language, 2020, 18’)
17:15h
I am sick with a literary virus: my mother tongue is my refuge
CONVERSATION with Firat Cewerî (Kurdish language)
by Aldo Canestrari
followed by
Dinner en convivéncia at Lou Pourtoun
21h
The mother tongue is a form of music that works against rigid brains
CONVERSATION with Arnold De Boer “Zea” (Frisian language)
by Flavio Giacchero
followed by
Evening en convivéncia with the musicians-artists of the Ostana Prize
30th JUNE
10h
“N’tséé”: “I have the power to do”
THEATRICAL WALKING TOUR in CONVERSATION with Koumarami Karama (Dioula language)
by Oliviero Vendraminetto
with the Ostana Prize artistic and musicians collective
12:30h
Lunch en convivéncia at Lou Pourtoun
14h
AUTHORS’ AWARD CEREMONY
with artistic performances by the Ostana Prize Artistic Collective: Paola Bertello (voice), Flavio Giacchero (clarinet), Luca Pellegrino (guitar, voice), Marzia Rey (violin, voice), Mariona Miret (voice).
Hosted by Paola Bertello
PARTNERS
Comune di Ostana
The Ostana Prize celebrates the international support received
from the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages, and from two reference institutions in the linguistic field: the ELEN network (European Language Equality Network) and the NPLD network (Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity).
