The Feltrinelli Prize (from the Italian "Premio Feltrinelli", also known as "International Feltrinelli Prize" or "Antonio Feltrinelli Prize") is an award for achievement in the arts,

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

, and

physical Physical may refer to: *Physical examination In a physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition. It generally co ...

and

mathematical science The mathematical sciences are a group of areas of study that includes, in addition to mathematics, those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper. Statisti ...

s. Administered by the Antonio Feltrinelli Fund, the award comes with a monetary grant ranging between €50,000 and €250,000, a certificate, and a gold medal. The prize is awarded, both nationally and internationally, once every five years in each field by Italy's

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei The Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy) is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rom ...

. A further prize is awarded periodically for an exceptional enterprise in moral and humanitarian value. Considered to be Italy's most distinguished scientific society, the organization was founded in 1603 and included

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...

among its first members.

Award winners

Source: * 1956 (Mathematics) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 1.500.000) *** Beppo Levi * 1957 (Literature) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 5.000.000) *** Antonio Baldini ***

Virgilio Giotti Virgil Schönbeck (15 January 1885 – 21 September 1957), known by his pen name Virgilio Giotti, was an Italian poet writing both in Italian and in the Triestine dialect. Giotti's poetry "which is not so much linked to the vernacular tradition a ...

*** Vasco Pratolini ** ''International Prize'' (L. 20.000.000) ***

Wystan Hugh Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

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Aldo Palazzeschi Aldo Palazzeschi (; 2 February 1885 – 17 August 1974) was the pen name of Aldo Giurlani, an Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist. Biography He was born in Florence to a well-off, bourgeois family. Following his father's direction, ...

* 1962 (Literature) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' *** Bruno Cicognani *** Giuseppe De Robertis *** John Dos Passos *** Carlo Emilio Gadda *** Camillo Sbarbaro ** ''International Prize'' *** Eugenio Montale * 1963 (Arts) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 5.000.000) *** Painting:

Mino Maccari Mino Maccari (24 November 1898 – 16 June 1989) was an Italian painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Maccari was one of the founders of a political magazine, ''Il Selvaggio ...

*** Music: Giorgio Federico Ghedini *** Cinema: Luchino Visconti ** ''International Prize'' *** Sculpture:

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi- abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Moore produced ...

* 1964 (Medicine) ** ''International Prize'' (L. 25.000.000) *** Experimental medicine:

Wallace O. Fenn Wallace Osgood Fenn (April 27, 1893 – September 20, 1971) was a physiologist, chairman of the department of physiology at the University of Rochester from 1925 to 1959. He also headed the University's Space and Science center from 1964 to 1966. He ...

*** Applied medical and surgical sciences: Albert Sabin * 1966 (Physics, math and natural sciences) **''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 5.000.000) *** Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications:

Guido Stampacchia Guido Stampacchia (26 March 1922 – 27 April 1978) was an Italian mathematician, known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations.. Life and academi ...

*** Physics, Chemistry and Applications:

Luigi Arialdo Radicati di Brozolo Luigi Arialdo Radicati di Bròzolo (Milano, 12 October 1919 – Pisa, 23 August 2019) was an Italian theoretical physicist Life and career Graduated in Physics at University of Turin in 1943 under Enrico Persico, he started his academic car ...

***Biology and Applications:

Vittorio Capraro Vittorio is an Italian male given name which has roots from the Byzantine-Bulgarian name Victor. People with the given name Vittorio include: * Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, pretender to the former Kingdom of Italy * Vittorio Adorni, prof ...

**''International Prize'' (L. 20.000.000) ***Geology: Harry

Harry Hammond Hess Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. He is best known for his th ...

* 1972 (Literature) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 10.000.000) *** Narration: Italo Calvino *** History and criticism of literary language: Italo Siciliano *** Theory and history of literary language:

Gianfranco Folena Gianfranco Folena ( 9 April 1920 – 14 February 1992) was an Italian linguist, philologist, and academic. Biography Born in Savigliano in Piedmont in 1920, from a Tuscan family. He attended the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa along with ...

*** Poetry:

Vittorio Sereni Vittorio Sereni (27 July 1913 – 10 February 1983) was an Italian poet, author, editor and translator. His poetry frequently addressed the themes of 20th-century Italian history, such as Fascism, Italy's military defeat in World War II, and its ...

** ''International Prize'' (L. 20.000.000) *** Theatre: Eduardo De Filippo * 1981 ** ''International Prize'' (L. 100.000.000) ***

Sol Spiegelman Sol Spiegelman (December 14, 1914 – January 21, 1983) was an American molecular biologist. He developed the technique of nucleic acid hybridization, which helped to lay the groundwork for advances in recombinant DNA technology. Early life and ...

* 1984 (Medicine) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 25.000.000) ***

Ruggero Ceppellini Ruggero Ceppellini (1917 in Milan – 1988) was a leading Italian geneticist. Ceppellini made several important contributions in the field of immunogenetics, and understanding of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA). During service as a sergeant in Wo ...

** ''International Prize'' (L. 100.000.000) ***

Jérôme Lejeune Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune (13 June 1926 – 3 April 1994) was a French pediatrician and geneticist, best known for discovering the link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities, most especially the link between Down Syndrome and trisomy- ...

*** Robert Allan Weinberg * 1986 (Physical, mathematical and natural sciences) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 20.000.000) *** Mathematics: Lucilla Bassotti,

Claudio Procesi Claudio Procesi (born 31 March 1941 in Rome) is an Italian mathematician, known for works in algebra and representation theory. Career Procesi studied at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he received his degree (Laurea) in 1963. In 1966 he ...

*** Astronomy, geodesy and geophysics: Fernando Sansò *** Physics and chemistry:

Giorgio Parisi Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densit ...

, Alessandro Ballio,

Emilio Gatti Emilio Gatti (18 March 1922 – 9 July 2016) was an Italian engineer. He was a professor of nuclear electronics at the Politecnico of Milan. With Pavel Rehak he invented the silicon drift detector in 1983; he later patented it. Life Gatti ...

*** Geology and paleontology:

Maria Bianca Cita Sironi Maria Bianca Cita (born 12 September 1924) is an Italian geologist and paleontologist. She was born in Milan and graduated in geology from the University of Milan in 1946. She lectured there on micropaleontology, physical geography, engineering ...

*** Biological science: Lilia Alberghina,

Luciano Bullini Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of ''Lucius'' ("Light"). The French language, French form is ''Lucien'', while the Basque language, Basque form is ''Luken''. ...

, Pietro Calissano ** ''International Prize'' (L. 100.000.000) *** Chemistry:

Alan Battersby Sir Alan Rushton Battersby (4 March 1925 – 10 February 2018) was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and the reaction mechanisms of the enzymes in ...

* 1989 (Medicine) ** ''International Prize'' (L. 100.000.000) ***

Giuseppe Attardi Giuseppe Attardi (September 14, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American molecular biologist of Italian origin, a professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He made pioneering studies on the human mitochondrial structure ...

* 1990 ** ''International Prize'' (L. 150.000.000) ***

Robert Roswell Palmer Robert Roswell Palmer (January 11, 1909 – June 11, 2002) was an American historian at Princeton University, Princeton and Yale University, Yale universities, who specialized in eighteenth-century France. His most influential work of scholarship ...

* 1991 ** ''International Prize'' (L. 150.000.000) *** Alfred Edward Ringwood * 1992 (Literature) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (L. 50.000.000) ***

Luciano Anceschi Luciano Anceschi (; February 20, 1911 in Milan – May 2, 1995 in Bologna) was an Italian literary critic and essayist. A pupil of Antonio Banfi, with whom he graduated in philosophy in 1933, he taught aesthetics at the Faculty of Humanities ...

** ''International Prize'' (L. 200.000.000) ***

John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in ...

* 1993 (Arts) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens (L. 50.000.000)'' ***

Emilio Vedova Emilio Vedova (9 August 1919 – 25 October 2006) was a modern Italian painter. He is considered one of the most important artists to emerge from Italy's artistic scene, Arte Informale. Early life Vedova was born in Venice into a working-c ...

* 1995 ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens (L. 100.000.000)'' *** Sebastiano Timpanaro * 1998 (Arts) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens (L. 125.000.000)'' *** Painting:

Carlo Maria Mariani Carlo Maria Mariani (25 July 1931 – 19 November 2021) was an Italian painter. Career His paintings are rooted both in neoclassicist theory and modernism. In the 1970s he defended his choice of medium from attacks by art critics by making para ...

*** Cinema:

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...

*** Sculpture:

Giuliano Vangi Giuliano Vangi (born March 13, 1931) is an Italian sculptor. He received the Praemium Imperiale in the sculpture category. In 2002, he was considered for the Nobel Prize of Arts. Vangi was born in Barberino di Mugello and studied in the Istituto ...

*** Theatre: Luigi Squarzina ** ''International Prize (L. 300.000.000)'' *** Architecture: José Rafael Moneo Valles * 1999 (Medicine) ** ''International Prize'' (L. 300.000.000) ***

Arvid Carlsson Arvid Carlsson (25 January 1923 – 29 June 2018) was a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the No ...

* 2002 (Literature) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (€ 65.000) ***

Piero Boitani Piero Boitani (born 1947) is an Italian literary critic. Life Born in Rome, Boitani received his Ph.D. from Cambridge while teaching there and has taught in the University of Pescara and University of Perugia. He is Professor Emeritus of Compar ...

*** Daniele Del Giudice * 2003 (Arts) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens (€ 65.000)'' *** Cinema:

Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Olmi was born to a Catholic ...

*** Photography:

Mimmo Jodice Domenico "Mimmo" Jodice (born 24 March 1934, in Naples) is an Italian photographer. He was professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli from 1970 to 1996. Life and career Since the 1960s Jodice worked with many artists of various styles ...

*** Orchestra direction:

Riccardo Chailly Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions ...

*** Engraving: Guido Strazza ** ''International Prize (€ 250.000)'' *** Music:

Salvatore Sciarrino Salvatore Sciarrino (born 4 April 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Described as "the best-known and most performed Italian composer" of the present day, his works include ''Quaderno di strada'' (2003) and ''La porta d ...

* 2004 (Medicine) ** ''International Prize'' (€ 250.000) ***

Gottfried Schatz Gottfried Schatz (18 August 1936 – 1 October 2015) was a Swiss-Austrian biochemist. Life and career Schatz was born in Strem. Upon obtaining his PhD in chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Graz (Austria), he did postdoctoral wor ...

* 2006 ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (€ 65.000) ***

Alberto Bressan Alberto Bressan (born 15 June 1956) is an Italian mathematician at Penn State University. His primary field of research is mathematical analysis including hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, impulsive control of Lagrangian systems, and no ...

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Giovanni Jona-Lasinio Giovanni Jona-Lasinio (born 1932), sometimes called Gianni Jona, is an Italian theoretical physicist, best known for his works on quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. He pioneered research concerning spontaneous symmetry breaking, and ...

** ''International Prize'' (€ 250.000) *** Saul Perlmutter * 2007 (Literature) ** ''International Prize'' (€ 250.000) *** Brian Stock * 2008 (Arts) ** ''International Prize'' (€ 250.000) *** Juha Leiviskä * 2009 (Medicine) ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' (€ 65.000) *** Rino Rappuoli ** ''International Prize'' (€ 250.000) ***

Ira Pastan Ira Pastan (born in Winthrop, Massachusetts June 1, 1931) is an American scientist at the National Cancer Institute. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Associa ...

* 2011 ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' ***

Christopher Hacon Christopher Derek Hacon (born 14 February 1970) is a mathematician with British, Italian and US nationalities. He is currently distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah where he holds a Presidential Endowed Chair. His res ...

* 2014 (Medicine) ** ''International Prize'' ***

Chris Dobson Sir Christopher Martin Dobson (8 October 1949 – 8 September 2019) was a British chemist, who was the John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Maste ...

* 2016 ** ''Prize reserved for Italian citizens'' ***

Alberto Mantovani Alberto Mantovani (born 29 October 1948) is an Italian physician and immunologist. He is Scientific Director of Istituto Clinico Humanitas ( Humanitas Clinical and Research Center), President and Founder of the Fondazione Humanitas per la Ricerc ...

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