A wonder of scenery, source of inspiration for numerous writers. Hemmingway describes upper Lake Maggiore in "Farewell to arms". Piero Chiara owes much of his inspiration to the Verbania area, Dickens never stops praising Isola Bella.
Lake Maggiore has a certain feeling with literature and demonstrates it through events dedicated to it. Events that prove to be ever more successful.
This is the case for the two main awards dedicated to narrative, essay-writing and poetry: The Stresa Narrative award, with published narrative and essay works and today one of the major national literary awards; the Guido Gozzano International poetry award, held in Villa Carlotta in Belgirate.
In addition: The Alessandro Manzoni poetry award in Baveno and the Gian Vincenzo Omodei Zorim literary award (the doctor - writer), not forgetting the conference of local publishing "La fabbrica della carta" annually in Villadossola.
