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Prize) is an international arts award established by the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro,

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in 1984. Lignano, situated on a small peninsula between

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and

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is a place where

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spent much time. Each year a jury awards a series of awards for excellence in literature and related fields. The awards are announced at a glittering ceremony in June. The Prize is promoted by the Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro with the support of the Departments of Culture and Productive Activities and Tourism of the

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Region and the ''Pordenonelegge Foundation'' which was founded in 2013 by the Chamber of Commerce of

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and local trade associations.

Award winners

''2019'' * Literature –

Emmanuel Carrère Emmanuel Carrère (born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director. Life Family Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insuranc ...

* Adventures of thought – Eva Cantarella * Witness of our time –

Federico Rampini Federico Rampini (born 25 March 1956) is an Italian journalist, writer, and lecturer who holds both Italian and American citizenship. He served as deputy editor of ''Il Sole 24 Ore'', and has worked as chief foreign correspondent for ''La Repubbl ...

* Photography – Riccardo Zipoli * Special Prize Citta di Lignano – Franca Leosini ''2018'' * Literature –

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer, professor of literature and Nobel laureate. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize ...

* Adventure of thought –

Antonio Damasio Antonio Damasio ( pt, António Damásio) is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California ...

* Witness of our time – Lilli Gruber * Photography – Francesca Della Toffola ''2017'' * Literature – Zadie Smith * Adventure of thought –

Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek (, ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New ...

* Witness of our time – Massimo Recalcati * Photography – Nino Migliori ''2016'' * Literature –

Luis Sepúlveda Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the ...

* Adventure of thought – Massimo Cacciari * Life and work –

Aharon Appelfeld Aharon Appelfeld ( he, אהרן אפלפלד; born Ervin Appelfeld; February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor. Biography Ervin Appelfeld was born in Jadova Commune, Storojineț County, in the Bukovina ...

* Photography – George Tatge ''2015'' * Literature – Corrado Augias * Adventure of thought – Richard Sennet * Photo book: Luca Campigotto * Reportage – William Dalrymple ''2014'' * Literature – Abraham Yehoshua * Adventure of thought –

Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman (; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrat ...

* Photo reportage – Alice Albinia * Photo book:

Guido Guidi Guido Guidi is an Italian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on Transformers comics. Dreamwave Productions A longtime Transformers fan, Guidi was brought in by Dreamwave Productions to be artist for their '' Transf ...

''2013'' * Literature – Giuseppe Furno * Journalism –

Shoma Chaudhury Shoma Chaudhury is an Indian journalist, editor, and political commentator. She was managing editor and one of the founders of Tehelka, an investigative public interest newsmagazine. She also co-founded and was director of THiNK, an internat ...

* Photo reportage – Yuri Kozyrev * Free spirit – Enrico Calamai * Special prize – Enea Fabris-Stralignano

References

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