The Premio Campiello is an annual Italian literary prize. A jury of literary experts (giuria di letterati in Italian) identifies books published during the year and, in a public hearing, selects five of those as finalists. These books are called Premio Selezione Campiello. Then a jury of 300 readers (called giuria dei 300 lettori) representing different social, cultural and professional groups from each region of Italy, each with one vote, decides the winner of the selection. [1] Since 2004, the jury of literary experts awards a Premio Campiello Opera Prima for the best debut.
In 1962 Confindustria Veneto was seeking a contact between business and the literary sector and decided to formulate a literary prize. The first award was given to Primo Levi for his autobiographical book La tregua , translated in Britain as The Truce and in the United States as Reawakening. The ceremony took place in Venice's Teatro Verde on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore on 3 September 1963.
Today, the prize is still promoted by Italian businessmen from the Veneto region and it serves to promote Italian literature.
There is a literary prize for young authors, called Campiello Giovani. Participants must prove that they are between 15 and 22 years of age to qualify. The committee that determines the Campiello Giovani is made up of young people. Very often previous winners and finalists serve on the initial jury to determine the current participants. Then, three teachers vote for the five finalists, and the Jury of 300 select the winner.
Some foreign countries, like Germany and Spain, have begun to award a prize called Campiello using the same model.
The word campiello is the diminutive of campo. Unlike other cities that use the word piazza to designate plazas and squares, Venice uses the word campo. Campiello is a little square.
Year | Winner | Author | Publisher | Other prizes |
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1963 | La tregua | Primo Levi | Einaudi | |
1964 | Il male oscuro | Giuseppe Berto | Rizzoli | |
1965 | La compromissione | Mario Pomilio | Vallecchi | |
1966 | Questa specie d'amore | Alberto Bevilacqua | Rizzoli | |
1967 | Orfeo in Paradiso | Luigi Santucci | Mondadori | |
1968 | L'avventura di un povero cristiano | Ignazio Silone | Mondadori | |
1969 | L'Airone | Giorgio Bassani | Mondadori | |
1970 | L'attore | Mario Soldati | Mondadori | |
1971 | Ritratto in piedi | Gianna Manzini | Mondadori | |
1972 | Per le antiche scale | Mario Tobino | Mondadori | |
1973 | Il trono di legno | Carlo Sgorlon | Mondadori | |
1974 | Alessandra | Stefano Terra | Bompiani | |
1975 | Il prato in fondo al mare | Stanislao Nievo | Mondadori | |
1976 | Il busto di gesso | Gaetano Tumiati | Mursia | |
1977 | Il selvaggio di Santa Venere | Saverio Strati | Mondadori | |
1978 | Carlo Magno | Gianni Granzotto | Mondadori | |
1979 | Storia di Tönle | Mario Rigoni Stern | Einaudi | |
1980 | Il fratello italiano | Giovanni Arpino | Rizzoli | |
1981 | Diceria dell'untore | Gesualdo Bufalino | Sellerio | |
1982 | Se non-ora quando? | Primo Levi | Einaudi | |
1983 | La conchiglia di Anataj | Carlo Sgorlon | Mondadori | |
1984 | Per amore, solo per amore | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Bompiani | |
1985 | Gli occhi di una donna | Mario Biondi | Longanesi | |
1986 | La partita | Alberto Ongaro | Longanesi | |
1987 | I fuochi del Basento | Raffaele Nigro | Camunia | |
1988 | Le strade di polvere | Rosetta Loy | Einaudi | |
1989 | Effetti personali | Francesca Duranti | Rizzoli | |
1990 | La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa | Dacia Maraini | Rizzoli | |
1991 | Di buona famiglia | Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti | Longanesi | |
1992 | La casa a Nord-Est | Sergio Maldini | Marsilio | |
1993 | La valle dei cavalieri | Raffaele Crovi | Mondadori | |
1994 | Sostiene Pereira | Antonio Tabucchi | Feltrinelli | |
1995 | Il coraggio del pettirosso | Maurizio Maggiani | Feltrinelli | |
1996 | Esilio | Enzo Bettiza | Mondadori | |
1997 | Il caso Courrier | Marta Morazzoni | Longanesi | |
1998 | Il talento | Cesare De Marchi | Feltrinelli | |
1999 | Fuochi fiammanti a un’hora di notte | Ermanno Rea | Rizzoli | |
2000 | La forza del passato | Sandro Veronesi | Bompiani | |
2001 | Nati due volte | Giuseppe Pontiggia | Mondadori | |
2002 | Il custode dell’acqua | Franco Scaglia | Piemme | |
2003 | Il Maestro dei santi pallidi | Marco Santagata | Guanda | |
2004 | Una barca nel bosco | Paola Mastrocola | Guanda | Opera prima: Mosca più balena di Valeria Parrella |
2005 | Mandami a dire and Il sopravvissuto (tie) | Pino Roveredo Antonio Scurati | Bompiani | Opera prima: Con le peggiori intenzioni di Alessandro Piperno |
2006 | La vedova scalza | Salvatore Niffoi | Adelphi | Opera prima: Senza coda di Marco Missiroli |
2007 | Mille anni che sto qui | Mariolina Venezia | Einaudi | Opera prima: Fìdeg di Paolo Colagrande |
2008 | Rossovermiglio | Benedetta Cibrario | Feltrinelli | Opera prima: La solitudine dei numeri primi di Paolo Giordano |
2009 | Venuto al mondo | Margaret Mazzantini | Mondadori | Opera prima: L'ultima estate di Cesarina Vighy |
2010 | Accabadora | Michela Murgia | Einaudi | Opera prima: Acciaio di Silvia Avallone |
2011 | Non tutti i bastardi sono di Vienna | Andrea Molesini | Sellerio | Opera prima: Settanta acrilico trenta lana di Viola Di Grado |
2012 | La collina del vento | Carmine Abate | Mondadori | Opera prima: Il trono vuoto di Roberto Andò |
2013 | L'amore graffia il mondo | Ugo Riccarelli | Mondadori | Opera prima: Cate, io di Matteo Cellini |
2014 | Morte di un uomo felice | Giorgio Fontana | Sellerio | Opera prima: La fabbrica del panico di Stefano Valenti |
2015 | L'ultimo arrivato | Marco Balzano | Sellerio | Opera prima: La vita prodigiosa di Isidoro Sifflotin di Enrico Ianniello Fondazione Il Campiello: Sebastiano Vassalli Campiello Giovani: Eva Luna Mascolino, Je Suis Charlie |
2016 | La prima verità | Simona Vinci | Einaudi | Opera prima: La teologia del cinghiale di Gesuino Némus Fondazione Il Campiello: Ferdinando Camon Campiello Giovani: Ludovica Medaglia, Wanderer (Viandante) |
2017 | A Girl Returned | Donatella Di Pietrantonio | Einaudi | Opera prima: Un buon posto dove stare di Francesca Manfredi Fondazione Il Campiello: Rosetta Loy Campiello Giovani: Andrea Zancanaro, Ognuno ha il suo mostro |
2018 | Le assaggiatrici | Rosella Postorino | Feltrinelli | Opera prima: Gli 80 di Campo Rammaglia di Valerio Valentini Fondazione Il Campiello: Marta Morazzoni Campiello Giovani: Elettra Solignani, Con i mattoni |
2019 | Madrigale senza suono | Andrea Tarabbia | Bollati Boringhieri | Opera prima: Hamburg di Marco Lupo Fondazione Il Campiello: Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti Campiello Giovani: Matteo Porru, Talismani |
2020 | Vita, morte e miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio | Remo Rapino | Minimum fax | Opera prima: Le isole di Norman di Veronica Galletta Fondazione Il Campiello: Alessandro Baricco Campiello Giovani: Michela Panichi, Meduse |
2021 | L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce | Giulia Caminito | Bompiani | Opera prima: Dieci storie quasi vere di Daniela Gambaro Fondazione Il Campiello: Daniele Del Giudice Campiello Giovani: Alice Scalas Bianco, Ritratto di Parigi |
2022 | I miei stupidi intenti | Bernardo Zannoni | Sellerio | Opera prima: Altro nulla da segnalare di Francesca Valente Fondazione Il Campiello: Corrado Stajano Campiello Giovani: Alberto Bartolo Varsalona, La Spartenza |
From 1997 to 2003 Fondazione Il Campiello awarded a special prize (Premio Speciale della Giuria dei Letterati) which recognized contemporary writers for distinguished work throughout their lifetime. The Premio Speciale was awarded to: [2]
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