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As per tradition, the festival is opened by a conversation with its star. The writer and essayist Andrea Tarabbia dialogues with Sorj Chalandon and will introduce him and his multifaceted literary universe to the public.
Further details and content are found in the monography accompanying the festival: an interview with the writer conducted by Andrea Tarabbia, a text by Federica Manzon, the writer and editorial director of Guanda, and a text of the translator Silvia Turato.
The monograph volume Dedica a Sorj Chalandon, edited by Claudio Cattaruzza, is on sale (€10.00) during the event or on this website.

Andrea Tarabbia
This writer, essayist and translator is also a novelist who has written: Il demone a Beslan (2011 and 2021); Il giardino delle mosche (2015 – Manzoni Prize 2016 and Finalist for Campiello Prize 2016), Madrigale senza suono (2019 – Campiello Prize 2019), Il Continente bianco (2022). He has edited and translated Diaboliad by Mikhail Bulgakov (2012) and the anthology Racconti di demoni russi (2021).

PRESENTATION OF THE CITY SEAL TO SORJ CHALANDON
Official ceremony

In an official ceremony, the protagonist of Dedica 2025 receives the Seal of the City of Pordenone, a prestigious award conferred on “persons recognized for their extraordinary social, cultural and political achievements”.
Internationally-acclaimed personages awarded the City Seal during previous Dedica festivals include Amin Maalouf, Vassilis Vassilikos, Assja Djebar, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Anita Desai, Amos Oz, Nadine Gordimer, Paul Auster, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Cees Nooteboom, Wole Soyinka, Javier Cercas, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Luis Sepúlveda, Yasmina Khadra, Björn Larsson, Atiq Rahimi, Gioconda Belli, Paolo Rumiz, Mathias Énard, Maylis de Kerangal, Arturo Pérez-Reverte.and Kader Abdolah.

The City Seal
Features an open door showing the river Noncello, with twin golden crowns overlooking it. The door symbolises the town’s importance as a harbour that guaranteed connection and trade with Venice and the Adriatic sea. The twin golden crowns point at the total judiciary sovereignty of the town.
The open door has now become the symbol of an open-minded town, eager to take part to cultural exchanges with the consideration and curiosity that every citizen must possess when approaching different cultures.