Biella marks twenty-five years of books about working life
The Literature and Industry Prize celebrates a quarter-century of dialogue between economic change and writing.
The Biella Literature and Industry Prize celebrated its first twenty-five years on 31 October at Palazzo Gromo Losa in Biella, Italy. The event, titled The Enterprise to Be Told, brought together Maria Cristina Origlia, Paolo Bricco, Ernesto Galli della Loggia and Enrico Mattiazzi to reconsider Italian history through the relationship between industry and literature. Founded in 2001, the prize alternates between fiction and non-fiction, recognising books that examine economic and social transformation without separating it from literary quality. The anniversary was more than a commemoration: it reaffirmed that factories, professions, innovation and conflicts surrounding work are narrative material. This perspective gives books the task of preserving collective experiences that are too often left outside cultural storytelling.