The Turin International Book Fair (Italian : Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino) is Italy's largest trade fair for books, held annually in mid-May in Turin, Italy.
Founded in 1988 as Book Showroom (Italian: Salone del Libro), it is one of the largest book fairs in Europe, involving more than 1,400 exhibitors and 341,000 visitors in 2015. [1] [2]
It was founded in 1988 with the name Salone del Libro by the entrepreneur Guido Accornero and the bookseller Angelo Pezzana. The opening ceremony was held on May 18, 1988, at the opera house Teatro Regio, with the Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky.
It has been held first at Torino Esposizioni and then, since 1992, at Lingotto Fiere.
From 1999 to 2009, because of disagreements with owner of the trade name Salone del Libro, the organization changed its name to Fiera del Libro (from 2002, Fiera Internazionale del Libro). Since 2010 it is called again Salone Internazionale del Libro.
From 1999 to 2016 the director has been the Italian writer Ernesto Ferrero, winner of the Strega Prize in 2000 with the novel N.
From October, 2016, the director is the Italian writer Nicola Lagioia, also winner of the Strega Prize in 2015 with the novel La ferocia (a.k.a. "The ferocity").
Every year a guest of honor is named for the fair. A special exhibition hall is set up for the guest country, and the major publishing houses are present at the fair.
| Year | Guest of honour/ Hosted countries | Main Theme | |
| 2014 | Holy See | Christian literature | "Good in plain sight" |
| 2015 | Germany | German literature | "Italy's wonders" |
| 2016 | Arab states | Arabian literature | "Visions" |
| 2016 | Focus: Another Side of America | American literature | "Over the border" |
The Milan Furniture Fair is a furniture fair held annually in Milan. It is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. The exhibition showcases the latest in furniture and design from countries around the world. It is considered a leading venue for the display of new products by designers of furniture, lighting and other home furnishings. The show, also known as "Salone", "Milano Salone" and "Milan Design Week", is held every year, usually in April, in the FieraMilano complex in the Milan metropolitan area town of Rho. Besides the Salone, in April every odd year Euroluce exhibition takes place and every even year EuroCucina and the International Bathroom Exhibition are held along the Milan Furniture Fair.
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Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
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Alexandra Gennadievna Petrova is a Russian poet and writer. She graduated in the Faculty of Philology from the University of Tartu. She lived in Jerusalem Israel from 1993 to 1998 and has lived in Rome since 1998. She was a finalist for the Andrei Bely Prize in 1999 and in 2008 and a Laureate of the Prize in 2016 for her novel Appendix.
The International Expo of Sport was held in Turin, Italy, from 25 May to 19 June 1955. Recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions as a Specialised Expo, it focused on the theme "Sports", and welcomed 120,000 visitors. Delegates from eleven countries participated in the event, which was organised under the umbrella of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turin:
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Giorgio Ficara is an Italian essayist and literary critic. He is Full Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Turin.
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