MLA - Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies

Organization: Modern Language Association

The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association invites authors to enter the competition for the ninth Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies. The prize, established by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund, is awarded each odd-numbered year to the author of an outstanding scholarly book on any phase of Italian literature or culture or comparative literature involving Italian. This shall include works that study literary or cultural theory, science, history, art, music, society, politics, cinema, and linguistics, preferably but not necessarily relating other disciplines to literature.