Grinzane Cavour Prize Explained
The Grinzane Cavour Prize (1982–2009) 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
Best Italian Fiction
Finalists, winners in bold
- 1982
- 1983
- Giorgio Vigolo La Virgilia
- Raffaele Crovi Fuori del paradiso
- Cesare Greppi I testimoni
- 1984
- 1985
- Sebastiano Vassalli La notte della cometa
- Paolo Barbaro Malalali
- Giuseppe Bonura Il segreto di Alias
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- Roberto Pazzi Vangelo di Giuda
- Cecilia Kin Autoritratto in rosso
- Alberto Vigevani La casa perduta
- 1991
- Giorgio Calcagno Il gioco del prigioniero
- Roberto Mussapi Tusitala
- Ferruccio Parazzoli 1994 - La nudità e la spada
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- Rossana Ombres Un dio coperto di rose
- Guido Ceronetti D.D. Deliri Disarmati
- Laura Pariani Di corno o d'oro
- 1995
- Luca Doninelli Le decorose memorie
- Alberto Arbasino Mekong
- Francesco Biamonti Attesa sul mare
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- Daniele Del Giudice Mania
- Silvana La Spina L'amante del Paradiso
- Alessandro Tamburini L'onore delle armi
- 1999
- Aurelio Picca Tuttestelle
- Sergio Givone Favola delle cose ultime
- Fabrizia Ramondino L'isola riflessa
- 2000
- Filippo Tuena Tutti i sognatori
- Luca Doninelli La nuova era
- Laura Pariani La signora dei porci
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- Michele Mari Verderame
- Elisabetta Rasy L’estranea
- Serena Vitale L’imbroglio del turbante
Best Foreign Fiction
Finalists, winners in bold
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- Alfredo Conde Xa vai o griffon no vento
- Thorsten Becker Die Bürgschaft
- Tatyana Tolstaya На золотом крыльце сидели… (On the Golden Porch, and Other Stories)
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
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
Best Young Author
International Award
Best Non-fiction
Grinzane Publishing Award
Reading Prize, Fondazione CRT
Special Prize
Intercontinental Dialogue Award
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Bollettino Salesiano – novembre 1998 – COMMEMORAZIONI. 11 October 2011. Italian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119040846/http://biesseonline.sdb.org/bs/1998/11colaj.htm. 19 January 2012.
- Web site: Grinzane Cavour: sipario sul premio. Nominato il liquidatore. March 2009. 24 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090531090653/http://www.asca.it/regioni-GRINZANE__SIPARIO_SUL_PREMIO__NOMINATO_IL_LIQUIDATORE-380891--.html. 31 May 2009. dead.
- Web site: Torna il Grinzane per gli scrittori che parlano delle radici. la Stampa. 8 March 2010. 8 March 2010. 18 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120118150836/http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/Libri/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=54&ID_articolo=2451&ID_sezione=81&sezione=. dead.