Premio Friuli Storia

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The Premio Friuli Storia (Friuli Storia Book Prize for Contemporary History) is an annual Italian literary award established in 2013 to promote standards of excellence in the writing of history books for a general readership. It is the only national Italian literary prize for non-fiction which entrusts the selection of the winner to a committee of non-specialist readers. [1]

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Regulations

A scientific committee composed of academic historians produces a shortlist of books each year at the end of May. The committee is actually chaired by Tommaso Piffer and composed of Elena Aga Rossi, Roberto Chiarini, Ernesto Galli della Loggia, Ilaria Pavan, Paolo Pezzino, Silvio Pons, Andrea Possieri and Andrea Zannini. The winner is selected by a group of 500 readers and the final result is announced in September in Udine.

Supporters

The national award is organized by Friuli Storia Association. The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the province of Udine, Fondazione Friuli, the municipality of Udine, Poste Italiane, Banca di Udine and the Danieli Group have contributed to the creation of this prize. Over the years, the Associazione Partigiani Osoppo-Friuli, the Istituto Friulano per la Storia del Movimento di Liberazione, the Cultural Association èStoria, the Association Gruppo Studi Storici e Sociali Historia, the Pordenonelegge.it Foundation and the Università degli Studi di Udine have also collaborated in the organization of the Friuli Storia award.

List of shortlisted books

(The winner or winners of each competition are highlighted in bold)

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