Prix mondial Cino Del Duca winners
Alain Carpentier
Alain Frédéric Carpentier M.D. Ph.D. is a French surgeon whom the President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery calls the father of modern mitral valve repair.
Alain Frédéric Carpentier M.D. Ph.D. is a French surgeon whom the President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery calls the father of modern mitral valve repair.
Alejo Carpentier
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Carlos Chagas Filho
Carlos Chagas Filho (September 19, 1910 – February 16, 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian physician, biologist and scientist active in the field of neuroscience.
Carlos Chagas Filho (September 19, 1910 – February 16, 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian physician, biologist and scientist active in the field of neuroscience.
Denis Parsons Burkitt
Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon, was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon, was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
François Nourissier
François Nourissier was a French journalist and writer.
François Nourissier was a French journalist and writer.
Georges Dumézil
Georges Dumézil (4 March 1898, Paris – 11 October 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society.
Georges Dumézil (4 March 1898, Paris – 11 October 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society.
Germaine Tillion
Germaine Tillion (May 30, 1907 – April 18, 2008) was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government.
Germaine Tillion (May 30, 1907 – April 18, 2008) was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government.
Henri Amouroux
Henri Amouroux (1 July 1920 Périgueux, Dordogne – 5 August 2007 Le Mesnil-Mauger) was a French historian and journalist.
Henri Amouroux (1 July 1920 Périgueux, Dordogne – 5 August 2007 Le Mesnil-Mauger) was a French historian and journalist.
Henri Gouhier
Henri Gouhier was a French philosopher, a historian of philosophy, and a literary critic.
Henri Gouhier was a French philosopher, a historian of philosophy, and a literary critic.
Ignazio Silone
Ignazio Silone (1 May 1900 - 22 August 1978) was the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician.
Ignazio Silone (1 May 1900 - 22 August 1978) was the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician.
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades.
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades.
Jean Clair
Jean Clair is the nom de plume (pen name) of Gérard Régnier (born October 20, 1940 in Paris, France).
Jean Clair is the nom de plume (pen name) of Gérard Régnier (born October 20, 1940 in Paris, France).
Jean Guéhenno
Marcel-Jules-Marie Guéhenno, known as Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist, writer and literary critic.
Marcel-Jules-Marie Guéhenno, known as Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist, writer and literary critic.
Jean Hamburger
Jean Hamburger was a French physician, surgeon and essayist.
Jean Hamburger was a French physician, surgeon and essayist.
Jean Leclant
Jean Leclant (8 August 1920 – 16 September 2011) was a renowned Egyptologist who was an Honorary Professor at the College of France, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions and ...
Jean Leclant (8 August 1920 – 16 September 2011) was a renowned Egyptologist who was an Honorary Professor at the College of France, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions and ...
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, known as Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, known as Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires.
Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, philosopher of technology, and influential literary critic.
Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, philosopher of technology, and influential literary critic.
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal.
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (; born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Liter...
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (; born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Liter...
Michel Jouvet
Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet (born 16 November 1925 in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France) is Emeritus Professor of Experimental Medicine at the University of Lyon.
Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet (born 16 November 1925 in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France) is Emeritus Professor of Experimental Medicine at the University of Lyon.
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (born 20 August 1930, Lorient, France) is a developmental biologist, famed for her studies of chimeras, which have led to critical insights regarding higher animal nervo...
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (born 20 August 1930, Lorient, France) is a developmental biologist, famed for her studies of chimeras, which have led to critical insights regarding higher animal nervo...
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano is a French novelist.
Patrick Modiano is a French novelist.
Pierre Ryckmans
Pierre Ryckmans (born 28 September 1935, in Brussels, Belgium), who also uses the pen-name Simon Leys, is a writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic.
Pierre Ryckmans (born 28 September 1935, in Brussels, Belgium), who also uses the pen-name Simon Leys, is a writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic.
Thierry Maulnier
Thierry Maulnier was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic.
Thierry Maulnier was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic.
Victor Frederick Weisskopf
Victor Frederick Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Victor Frederick Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
William Styron
William Clark Styron, Jr. was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work.
William Clark Styron, Jr. was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work.
Yaşar Kemal
Yaşar Kemal, is a Turkish writer.
Yaşar Kemal, is a Turkish writer.
Yves Pouliquen
Yves Pouliquen was born 17 February 1931 in Mortain, France.
Yves Pouliquen was born 17 February 1931 in Mortain, France.
Zhen-yi Wang
Zhen-yi Wang is a Chinese pathophysiologist, hematologist, and the Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.
Zhen-yi Wang is a Chinese pathophysiologist, hematologist, and the Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.
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