The Feltrinelli Prize is a prestigious award for achievement in the arts

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, music

Music

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, literature

Literature

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, history

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, philosophy

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, medicine

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, and physical

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 and mathematical sciences. Administered by the Antonio Feltrinelli Fund, the award comes with a monetary grant ranging between €65,000 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. 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

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 among its first members.

Award winners

• 1962 (Literature)
  • Prize reserved for Italian citizens
    • Bruno Cicognani
    • Giuseppe De Robertis
    • Carlo Emilio Gadda
      Carlo Emilio Gadda
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    • Camillo Sbarbaro

• • International Prize
    • Eugenio Montale
      Eugenio Montale
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• 1963 (Arts)
  • Prize reserved for Italian citizens (L. 5.000.000)
    • Painting: Mino Maccari
    • Music: Giorgio Federico Ghedini
      Giorgio Federico Ghedini
      Giorgio Federico Ghedini was an Italian composer.-Life:Ghedini was born in Cuneo in 1892. He studied organ, piano and composition in Turin, then graduated in composition in Bologna under Marco Enrico Bossi in 1911...
      
      
    • Cinema: Luchino Visconti
      Luchino Visconti
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• • International Prize
    • Sculpture: Henry Moore
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• 1972 (Literature)
  • • Narration: Italo Calvino
      Italo Calvino
      Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,...
      
      
    • Poetry: Vittorio Sereni
      Vittorio Sereni
      Vittorio Sereni was an Italian poet, author, editor and translator of Jewish heritage. His poetry frequently addressed the themes of 20th century Italian history, such as Fascism, Italy's military defeat in World War II, and its postwar resurgence.Born at Luino, Sereni graduated from the...
      
      
    • Theatre: Eduardo De Filippo
      Eduardo De Filippo
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    • History and criticism of literary language: Italo Siciliano
    • Theory and history of literary language: Gianfranco Folena

• 1998 (Arts)
  • Prize reserved for Italian citizens (L. 125.000.000)
    • Painting: Carlo Maria Mariani
    • Cinema: Michelangelo Antonioni
      Michelangelo Antonioni
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    • Sculpture: Giuliano Vangi
      Giuliano Vangi
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    • Theatre: Luigi Squarzina

• • International Prize (L. 300.000.000)
    • Architecture: José Rafael Moneo Valles
      Rafael Moneo
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• 2003 (Arts)
  • Prize reserved for Italian citizens (€ 65.000)
    • Cinema: Ermanno Olmi
      Ermanno Olmi
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    • Photography: Mimmo Jodice
      Mimmo Jodice
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    • Orchestra direction: Riccardo Chailly
      Riccardo Chailly
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    • Engraving: Guido Strazza

• • International Prize (€ 250.000)
    • Music: Salvatore Sciarrino
      Salvatore Sciarrino
      Salvatore Sciarrino is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:In his youth, Sciarrino was attracted to the visual arts, but began experimenting with music when he was twelve. Though he had some lessons from Antonino Titone and Turi Belfiore, he is primarily self-taught as a...
      
      

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Feltrinelli Prize Winners