The Urania Award (known in Italian as the Premio Urania) is an annual literary competition run by the Italian magazine Urania for contemporary Italian science fiction novels. It was held for the first time in 1989. [1]
Year | Winner | Title | Publication |
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1989 | Vittorio Catani | Gli universi di Moras | Urania #1120 |
1990 | Virginio Marafante | Luna di fuoco | Urania #1160 |
1991 | Francesco Grasso | Ai due lati del muro | Urania #1189 |
1992 | Nicoletta Vallorani | Il cuore finto di DR | Urania #1215 |
1993 | Valerio Evangelisti | Nicholas Eymerich, Inquisitore | Urania #1241 |
1994 | Massimo Pietroselli | Miraggi di silicio | Urania #1267 |
1995 | Luca Masali | I biplani di D'Annunzio | Urania #1296 |
1997 | Massimo Mongai | Memorie di un cuoco d'astronave | Urania #1320 |
1998 | Franco Ricciardiello | Ai margini del caos | Urania #1348 |
1999 | Claudio Asciuti | La Notte dei Pitagorici | Urania #1375 |
2000 | Francesco Grasso | Masaniello è tornato, published as 2038: La rivolta | Urania #1403 |
2001 | Donato Altomare | Mater Maxima | Urania #1426 |
2002 | Lanfranco Fabriani | Lungo i vicoli del tempo | Urania #1453 |
2003 | Alberto Costantini | I sentieri di Ucronia, published as Terre accanto | Urania #1478 |
2004 | Paolo Aresi | La scala infinita, published as Oltre il pianeta del vento | Urania #1492 |
2005 | Lanfranco Fabriani | Nelle nebbie del tempo | Urania #1504 |
2006 | Alberto Costantini | More cadentis stellae, published as Stella cadente | Urania #1516 |
2007 | Giovanni De Matteo | Post Mortem, published as Sezione π² | Urania #1528 |
2008 | Donato Altomare | Il dono di Svet | Urania #1540 |
2009 | Francesco Verso | Il fabbricante di sorrisi, published as E-doll | Urania #1552 |
2010 | Alberto Cola | Lazarus | Urania #1565 |
2011 | Maico Morellini | Il Re Nero | Urania #1576 |
2012 | Alessandro Forlani | I senza-tempo | Urania #1588 |
2013 | Piero Schiavo Campo | L'uomo a un grado Kelvin | Urania #1600 |
2014 | Glauco De Bona | Cuori strappati | Urania #1612 |
2015 | Sandro Battisti & Francesco Verso | il sangue e l'impero | Urania #1624 |
2016 | Lukha B. Kremo | Pulphagus® | Urania #1636 |
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