Claim: Francesca Melandri was the recipient of the Rapallo Cariage Prize ( an Italian literary award) in 2012 for Piu alto del mare, and in 2010 she published her first novel, Eva dorme (Eva Sleeps).
Evidence: She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Più alto del mare in 2012. The Rapallo Carige Prize (Italian: Premio Rapallo Carige per la donna scrittrice) is an Italian literary award, established in 1985 by the Municipality of Rapallo and the Carige Bank (Banca Carige). In 2010 she published her first novel, Eva dorme (Eva Sleeps), set in the border regions of Northern Italy and Austria, a sweeping story about family, forgiveness, conflict and the search for truth.