SettingsStrega Prize winners
Alberto Bevilacqua
Alberto Bevilacqua (born 27 June 1934, Parma) is an Italian writer and filmmaker.
Alberto Bevilacqua (born 27 June 1934, Parma) is an Italian writer and filmmaker.
Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle (November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist.
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle (November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist.
Alessandro Barbero
Alessandro Barbero (born April 30, 1959 in Turin) is an Italian historian, novelist and essayist.
Alessandro Barbero (born April 30, 1959 in Turin) is an Italian historian, novelist and essayist.
Claudio Magris
Claudio Magris (b. April 10, 1939, Trieste) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.
Claudio Magris (b. April 10, 1939, Trieste) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.
Corrado Alvaro
Corrado Alvaro (San Luca, 15 April 1895 – Rome, 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays.
Corrado Alvaro (San Luca, 15 April 1895 – Rome, 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays.
Dacia Maraini
Dacia Maraini (born November 13, 1936 in Fiesole) is an Italian writer.
Dacia Maraini (born November 13, 1936 in Fiesole) is an Italian writer.
Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera.
Dino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera.
Domenico Starnone
Domenico Starnone (born 1943) is an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist.
Domenico Starnone (born 1943) is an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist.
Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante (18 August 191225 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La storia (History).
Elsa Morante (18 August 191225 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La storia (History).
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (March 5, 1910 in Pescara – November 20, 1972 in Rome), was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic.
Ennio Flaiano (March 5, 1910 in Pescara – November 20, 1972 in Rome), was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic.
Enzo Siciliano
Enzo Siciliano (May 27, 1934 – June 9, 2006) was an Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual.
Enzo Siciliano (May 27, 1934 – June 9, 2006) was an Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual.
Ferdinando Camon
Ferdinando Camon (born in Montagnana 1935) is a contemporary Italian writer.
Ferdinando Camon (born in Montagnana 1935) is a contemporary Italian writer.
Fulvio Tomizza
Fulvio Tomizza (January 26, 1935 - May 21, 1999) was an Italian language writer.
Fulvio Tomizza (January 26, 1935 - May 21, 1999) was an Italian language writer.
Gesualdo Bufalino
Gesualdo Bufalino (Comiso, Italy, 15 November 1920 - 14 June 1996), was an Italian writer.
Gesualdo Bufalino (Comiso, Italy, 15 November 1920 - 14 June 1996), was an Italian writer.
Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani (March 4, 1916 – April 13, 2000) was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual.
Giorgio Bassani (March 4, 1916 – April 13, 2000) was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual.
Giovanni Arpino
Giovanni Arpino (27 January 1927 – 10 December 1987) was an Italian writer and journalist.
Giovanni Arpino (27 January 1927 – 10 December 1987) was an Italian writer and journalist.
Giovanni Battista Angioletti
Giovanni Battista Angioletti (27 November 1896 – 3 August 1961) was a twentieth-century Italian writer and journalist.
Giovanni Battista Angioletti (27 November 1896 – 3 August 1961) was a twentieth-century Italian writer and journalist.
Giovanni Comisso
Giovanni Comisso (October 3, 1895–1969) was an Italian writer.
Giovanni Comisso (October 3, 1895–1969) was an Italian writer.
Giuseppe Pontiggia
Giuseppe Pontiggia was an Italian writer and literary critic.
Giuseppe Pontiggia was an Italian writer and literary critic.
Goffredo Parise
Goffredo Parise (Vicenza, 8 December 1929 - Treviso, 31 August 1986) was an Italian writer and journalist.
Goffredo Parise (Vicenza, 8 December 1929 - Treviso, 31 August 1986) was an Italian writer and journalist.
Lalla Romano
Lalla Romano was an Italian novelist, poet, and journalist.
Lalla Romano was an Italian novelist, poet, and journalist.
Maria Bellonci
Maria Villavecchia Bellonci (Rome, 30 November 1902 – 13 May 1986) was an Italian writer known especially for her biography of Lucrezia Borgia.
Maria Villavecchia Bellonci (Rome, 30 November 1902 – 13 May 1986) was an Italian writer known especially for her biography of Lucrezia Borgia.
Mario Tobino
Mario Tobino (January 16, 1910, Viareggio, Province of Lucca – December 11, 1991) was an Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist.
Mario Tobino (January 16, 1910, Viareggio, Province of Lucca – December 11, 1991) was an Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist.
Massimo Bontempelli
Massimo Bontempelli (May 12, 1878 – July 21, 1960) was an Italian poet, playwright, and novelist.
Massimo Bontempelli (May 12, 1878 – July 21, 1960) was an Italian poet, playwright, and novelist.
Natalia Ginzburg
Natalia Ginzburg née Levi was an award-winning Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy.
Natalia Ginzburg née Levi was an award-winning Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy.
Niccolò Ammaniti
Niccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer.
Niccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer.
Paolo Giordano
Paolo Giordano (born 1982) is an Italian writer who won the Premio Strega literary award with his first novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers.
Paolo Giordano (born 1982) is an Italian writer who won the Premio Strega literary award with his first novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers.
Paolo Volponi
Paolo Volponi was an Italian writer and poet.
Paolo Volponi was an Italian writer and poet.
Pietro Citati
Pietro Citati (Florence, 1930) is a famous Italian writer and literary critic.
Pietro Citati (Florence, 1930) is a famous Italian writer and literary critic.
Primo Levi
Primo Michele Levi (pronounced ; July 31, 1919 – April 11, 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist and writer.
Primo Michele Levi (pronounced ; July 31, 1919 – April 11, 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist and writer.
Raffaele La Capria
Raffaele La Capria (born 3 October 1922) is an Italian writer, known especially for the three novels which were collected as Tre romanzi di una giornata.
Raffaele La Capria (born 3 October 1922) is an Italian writer, known especially for the three novels which were collected as Tre romanzi di una giornata.
Sandro Veronesi
Sandro Veronesi, born in Prato, Tuscany in 1959, is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist.
Sandro Veronesi, born in Prato, Tuscany in 1959, is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist.
Stanislao Nievo
Stanislao Nievo (born on 30 June 1928 in Milan, died in 2006 in Roma) is an Italian writer, journalist and director.
Stanislao Nievo (born on 30 June 1928 in Milan, died in 2006 in Roma) is an Italian writer, journalist and director.
Tiziano Scarpa
Tiziano Scarpa (born 16 May 1963) is an Italian novelist, playwright and poet.
Tiziano Scarpa (born 16 May 1963) is an Italian novelist, playwright and poet.
Tommaso Landolfi
Tommaso Landolfi was an Italian author and translator.
Tommaso Landolfi was an Italian author and translator.
Ugo Riccarelli
Ugo Riccarelli (born 1954) is an Italian novelist and short story writer.
Ugo Riccarelli (born 1954) is an Italian novelist and short story writer.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Vincenzo Cardarelli
Vincenzo Cardarelli, pseudonym of Nazareno Caldarelli (May 1, 1887 - June 18, 1959) was an Italian journalist, writer and poet.
Vincenzo Cardarelli, pseudonym of Nazareno Caldarelli (May 1, 1887 - June 18, 1959) was an Italian journalist, writer and poet.
Vincenzo Consolo
Vincenzo Consolo (born in Sant'Agata di Militello on February 18, 1933, died in Milan on January 21, 2012) was an Italian writer.
Vincenzo Consolo (born in Sant'Agata di Militello on February 18, 1933, died in Milan on January 21, 2012) was an Italian writer.