Strega Prize

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The Strega Prize is Italy’s most prestigious literary award, given annually to outstanding works of fiction in Italian.

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Strega Prize canonical 7
Premio Strega 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian literary award
literary award
awardedFor Italian-language narrative prose
awardFor outstanding work of fiction in Italian
country Italy
describedAs Italy’s most prestigious literary award
eligibility works of fiction written in Italian
works published in Italy
field literature
firstAwarded 1947
founder Guido Alberti
Maria Bellonci
frequency annual
genre fiction
hasAwardCategory Premio Strega
surface form: Premio Strega Europeo

Premio Strega
surface form: Premio Strega Giovani

main prize for narrative fiction
hasJury Amici della Domenica
hasRelatedAward Campiello Prize
Viareggio Prize
headquartersLocation Rome
inception 1947
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
location Rome
namedAfter Liquore Strega
notableWinner Alberto Moravia
Antonio Tabucchi
Cesare Pavese
Dacia Maraini
Elsa Morante
Primo Levi
Sandro Veronesi
Umberto Eco
officialWebsite https://premiostrega.it
organizer Fondazione Maria e Goffredo Bellonci
selectionCriterion literary merit
originality of work
quality of writing
selectionProcess voted by a jury of intellectuals and literary figures
selectionStage longlist
shortlist
significance key indicator of success for Italian novelists
major influence on Italian literary canon
sponsor Liquore Strega
Strega Alberti Benevento
sponsoredBy Strega Alberti Benevento S.p.A.
typicalAwardMonth July

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Umberto Eco awardReceived Strega Prize
Paolo Giordano awardReceived Strega Prize
Paolo Giordano awardReceived Strega Prize
subject surface form: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Cesare Pavese awardReceived Strega Prize
Cesare Pavese awardReceived Strega Prize
this entity surface form: Premio Strega
Margaret Mazzantini awardReceived Strega Prize
this entity surface form: Premio Strega
The Name of the Rose (novel) awarded Strega Prize
subject surface form: The Name of the Rose
Natalia Ginzburg awardReceived Strega Prize