The Zerilli-Marimò / City of Rome Prize for Italian Fiction was an

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literary award funded by Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò. The award winning book is selected as being especially worthy of the attention of readers in

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and the English-speaking world. The prize is sponsored by various organizations, among which

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, and the

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. The jury consists of 70 members who are fluent in

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, but of non-European nationality.

Winners of the award

* 1998 - Gianni Celati: ''Avventure in Africa'' * 1999 -

Marcello Fois Marcello Fois (born 1960) is an Italian writer. He was born in Nuoro in Sardinia and studied at the University of Bologna. His first novel ''Ferro Recente'' was published in 1989. A prolific author, he has also written scripts for radio, TV, fil ...

: ''Sempre caro'' * 2000 -

Giorgio van Straten Giorgio van Straten (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel ''Generazione'' was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for ''Il mio nome a memoria'', published in English as ''My Name, A ...

: ''Il mio nome a memoria'' * 2001 -

Roberto Pazzi Roberto Pazzi (born 1946, in Ameglia, Italy) is an Italian novelist and poet. His works have been translated into twenty six languages. Pazzi graduated in classics in Bologna with a thesis on Luciano Anceschi and aesthetics on the poetry of Umb ...

: ''Conclave''2001 Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction Awarded to Roberto Pazzi
''The Italian Voice'' 2001-11-08. Partially retrieved 2008-09-02. * 2002 - Alessandra Lavagnino: ''Le bibliotecarie di Alessandria'' * 2003 - Silvia Bonucci: ''Voci d'un tempo'' * 2006 - Valeria Parrella: ''Per grazia ricevuta'' * 2008 -

Milena Agus Milena Agus (born 1959) is an Italian author from Sardinia. She is one of the leading novelists in the so-called Sardinian Literary Spring which began in the 1980s and which includes other international names such as Michela Murgia. Biography Mi ...

: ''Mal di pietre'' * 2010 -

Helena Janeczek Helena Janeczek (born 1964) is an Italian novelist of Polish Jewish origin. Life and career Helena Janeczek was born in Munich, Germany, from a Polish family of Jews who survived the Holocaust. She moved to Italy when she was 19 and has lived the ...

: ''Le rondini di Montecassino'' * 2012 - Nicola Gardini: ''Le parole perdute di Amelia Lynd''

References

External links

Official website

Zerilli-Marimò Prize pages
at

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