Professor Rosemary Salomone has been named the winner of the Premio Pavese 2023 in non-fiction by the Fondazione Cesare Pavese in Italy for her book, The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language (Oxford University Press, 2021). She is only the second American to have received the award named after the renowned Italian author, poet, and translator Cesare Pavese. Previous recipients include the philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco and the journalist and essayist Giuseppe (Beppe) Severgnini. She will receive the award on September 27^th at an event hosted by the Fondazione Cesare Pavese at New York University’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo.