Grinzane Cavour Prize
The Grinzane Cavour Prize was an Italian literary award established in 1982 by Francesco Meotto.[1] The annual award ceremony took place in the medieval castle of Grinzane Cavour. The goal of the prize was to attract young people to read. The voting system was divided into two phases: first, a jury of literary critics selected finalists, and then they chose an overall winner from the pool of finalists. Special prizes for best new author and lifetime achievement were also awarded.
The Grinzane Cavour Prize Association was dissolved on 31 March 2009 as a result of the implication of the organization's president, Giuliano Soria, in an embezzling scheme.[2] Soria used the Grinzane Cavour Prize to gain €4.5 million in government grants which he then appropriated for his personal use. The assets of the organization were acquired by the Monforte d'Alba Bottari Lattes cultural foundation at a bankruptcy auction in 2010.[3]
Prizes
Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1986 Giorgio Melchiori, English
- 1987 Oreste Macrì, Spanish
- 1988 Magda Olivetti, German
- 1989 Carlo Bo, French
- 1990 Eridano Bazzarelli, Russian
- 1991 Giovanni Bogliolo, French
- 1992 Pietro Marchesani, Polish
- 1993 Carlo Carena, Latin
- 1994 Giovanni Raboni, French
- 1995 Renata Colorni, German
- 1996 Glauco Felici, Spanish
- 1997 Agostino Lombardo, English
- 1998 Luca Canali, Latin
- 1999 Maria Luisa Spaziani, French
- 2000 Gian Piero Bona, French
- 2001 Umberto Gandini, German
- 2002 Ettore Capriolo, English
- 2003 Fernanda Pivano, English
- 2004 Hado Lyria, Spanish
- 2005 Serena Vitale, Russian
- 2006 Isabella Camera d'Afflitto, Arabic
- 2007 Renata Pisu, Chinese
- 2008 Giorgio Amitrano, Japanese
- 2009 Alessandro Serpieri, English
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Best Young Author
- 1990 Andrea Canobbio Vasi cinesi
- 1991 Luca Damiani Guardati a vista, Enzo Muzii Punto di non ritorno
- 1992 Marco Alloni La luna nella Senna
- 1993 Allen Kurzweil A Case of Curiosities
- 1994 Silvana Grasso Nebbie di ddraunara
- 1995 Giuseppe Culicchia Tutti giù per terra
- 1996 Alessandro Barbero Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle, gentiluomo
- 1997 Gianni Farinetti Un delitto fatto in casa
- 1998 Lorenzo Pavolini Senza Rivoluzione
- 1999 Rosa Matteucci Lourdes
- 2000 Younis Tawfik La straniera
- 2001 Richard Mason The Drowning People
- 2002 Davide Longo Un mattino a Irgalem
- 2003 Elena Loewenthal Lo strappo nell’anima
- 2004 Sayed Kashua Dancing Arabs
- 2005 Rupa Bajwa The Sari Shop, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi The Last Song of Dusk
- 2006 Steven Hayward The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke, Ornela Vorpsi Il paese dove non si muore mai
- 2007 Yasmine Ghata The Calligraphers' Night, Hélene Grimaud Wild Harmonies
- 2008 Léonora Miano Dark heart of the night
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Best Non-fiction
- 1996 Pietro Citati La colomba pugnalata
- 1997 Daria Galateria Le fughe del Re Sole
- 1998 Giuliano Baioni Il giovane Goethe
- 2000 Cesare Segre Per curiosita - una specie di autobiografia
- 2002 Paolo Cesaretti Teodora, Gian Carlo Roscioni Il desiderio delle Indie
- 2007 Alberto Manguel Diario di un lettore
Grinzane Publishing Award
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Reading Prize, Fondazione CRT
Special Prize
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Intercontinental Dialogue Award
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References
- ↑ "Bollettino Salesiano - novembre 1998 - COMMEMORAZIONI" (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ↑ "Grinzane Cavour: sipario sul premio. Nominato il liquidatore". March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ↑ la Stampa, ed. (8 March 2010). "Torna il Grinzane per gli scrittori che parlano delle radici". Retrieved 8 March 2010.
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