Mariagrazia De Luca, Ph.D. Student in Italian Studies, has been awarded the Charles Hall Grandgent Award from the Dante Society of America for her essay “From Forced Readers to Freedom Writers: Responding to Dante in Postcolonial Somalia.”  The prize is offered for “the best essay submitted by a student enrolled in any graduate program in the US, US territories, or Canada.” Congratulations, Mariagrazia!