Ostana is acomune (municipality) in theProvince of Cuneo in theItalian regionPiedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest ofTurin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest ofCuneo. Its population has been in decline and in January 2016 it recorded its first birth since the 1980s.[3]
Every year at the beginning of the June, the city hosts theOstana Prize - Writings in the Mother Tongue [in Italian:Ostana Premio Scritture in Lingua Madre]. It is an annual prize and cultural initiative organized by the Municipality of Ostana and by the Cultural Association Chambra d'Oc. It is dedicated to languages and to literary authors who use a "mother tongue", a present-day minority language of territorial belonging, in their works. The event began in 2008 and is held in Ostana, a municipality in theValle Po (Italy), every year at the beginning of June. It is open to the public with free admission.[5][6][7][8]
