[From the Italian language press]:Un premio che è anche un segnale di attenzione verso aspetti della civiltà Islamica passati in secondo piano in questi tempi di fanatismo.
Il Giornale – Torino, Italia - sabato 23 giugno 2007
A prize which is also a sign of attention towards ovelooked aspects of the Islamic civilization in these days of fanaticism.
It is awarded today, Saturday June 23, in the Castle of Grinzane Cavour (Cuneo), the prize to the winners of the 26th edition of the literary Prize Grinzane-Cavour.
The Prize Debutant Author has gone to the French-turkish writer Yasmine Ghata for her novel *La Notte dei Calligrafi* (The Calligraphers' Night).
Published in France (2004) and now in Italy by Feltrinelli, it is the story of the last great Turkish calligrapher, Rikkat Kunt, a Sufi woman (grandmother to the author) who describes the path of ascesis and mystical uplifting intertwined with the technicalities of the best-known among all Islamic arts.
The book presents a deeply fascinating dimension of Islam.
“Calligraphy is Allah’s breath, and the arabesque is the human life” says Ms Ghata.
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