36° Edition of Salone Internazionale dell'Umorismo
Theme of the year: WHO OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO THROW AWAY
This year's fixed theme is an inspiration and a provocation, partly irreverent and partly committed, which comes out of the traditional indications of the past. The choice particularly stimulated the younger and nonconformist participants. There is Teresa Vergari who wants to throw away Alitalia (it took almost forty years ...) or Danilo Paparelli who wonders about himself or Süleyman Özkonuk who wants to eliminate the big cities, or Frantisek Mraz who gets rid of all the superfluous of modernity: in short, diversified interpretations.
In Guillermo Mordillo, Argentina, the coveted Palma d'Oro Trophy for drawing, while Frantisek Mraz, Czech Republic, wins the Golden Date for the Fixed Theme and Hans Stenzel designs the manifesto. Dino Verde wins the Palme d'Or for Humorous Literature with "A thousand and one notes".
In addition to the usual clamor, this year there are a couple of new features: due to work on the Palazzo del Parco, the award ceremony will take place at the Roof Garden of the Sanremo Casino (first migration). Not only that, the Palme d'Or for humorous literature is not awarded because "the works presented do not have the required literary characteristics" according to the final judgment of the jury!
However, "the show must go on" and the gracefulness of Maria Giovanna Elmi RAI presenter who is in charge of the award ceremony, the 40th anniversary of the Peynet Fidanzatini for which the Communist Party of Bordighera (!) even asks for the conferral of honorary citizenship , the Palme d'Or to Guillermo Mordillo, the presence of the Minister of Tourism, Nicola Signorello, make 1983 a satisfactory edition.
