Discuss Literature with Alessandro D’Avenia

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Ended:December 3rd 2021, 11:12am EST

Winner: Aanonimo

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The Prize

Alessandro D’Avenia will meet the winner for a coffee and a chat about books in Milan in spring 2022.

The winner can bring a friend to the meeting.

Alessandro D'Avenia is a much loved teacher and writer. He made his debut in 2010 with the novel White as Milk, Red as Blood, which has been translated into 26 languages and was turned into a film for the cinema in 2013. This book was followed by other best and long sellers such as Things that No One Knows, What Hell is Not, The Art of being Fragile, Every story is a Love Story and finally The Appeal starring Homer Romeo, a professor at a blind school, who understands pupils better than other teachers.

Alessandro teaches literature at a Milanese high school and writes a weekly column on the front page of Corriere della Sera, entitled Ultimo Banco, a space for reflection on schools, education and literature.

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The Cause

For over 15 years OBM ONLUS has been committed to offering aid to women, children and families who come to the Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital in Milan, helping to make their experience gentler as they are treated, offering them a welcoming environment and giving them access to healthcare excellence and technological innovation. OBM ONLUS operates daily in 3 specific areas to provide optimal solutions for children, babies and their parents, so that they can receive the best care to grow up healthy and happy:

1) giving the hospital a human touch by creating colorful play areas for children, offering a warm welcome to aid treatment and reduce the stress of hospital stays;

2) providing assistance to families by offering psychological support and hospitality to make their experience less traumatic;

3) aiding technological development within the hospital by purchasing medical and diagnostic equipment.

The hospital is still in the middle of the COVID emergency. There have been better times but now we have a lot of sick children. We have decided to strengthen the neonatology area, so that every newborn can be welcomed in the safest way possible. COVID has seen an increase in premature births and so the hospital needs more special cots to help the newborns grow strong. Our goal is to donate an Infant Warmer to the Buzzi Neonatology department, a station complete with all the necessary equipment to be used in the dedicated COVID area or moved to the delivery room.

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