Paola Capriolo outstanding winner of the Elsa Morante Prize

On the 21st of May 2010 a jury of around one thousand students declared Paola Capriolo, the outstanding winner of the Elsa Morante Ragazzi Prize 2010 for her novel "NO" Published by Edizioni EL.

Grossi wins the swl European Campiello Award

Pietro Grossi's novel "fists" won the Great Britain edition of the European Campiello Award. This prize is sustained and organized by The Venetian Campiello-Confindustria foundation and this year was dedicated to contemporary Italian novelists that were translated and published in English in 2009. Grossi's novel was published in Italy in 2006 by Sellerio publishing house and won the Italian literature prize: "Chiara". It was translated by Howard Curtis and published in Britain by Pushkin Press.

The Bologna Children's book fair award

Two friends by Hoda Haddai, published by the Iranian publishing house Shabaviz Publishing received a special mention from the jury during the Bologna-Ragazzi Award. This book came out in Italy in March 2010, published by Terre di Mezzo.

Austrian Government award

On the 24th of February 2010, the SchÖnstes Buch Österrreichs prize, Promoted by the Austrian Government and dedicated to the best Austrian books released in 2009 was awarded. One of the three winners is Kamel bleibt kamel, a collection of Aesop's fables retold by Antonie Schneider, illustrated by Aljosche Blau and published by Residenz Verlag.

Premio Berto 2010

Roan Johnson with his very first book "Prove di felicità a Roma Est", published by Einaudi, “Stile Libero won the XXII edition of the "Giuseppe Berto opera prima" - first novel literature prize.

Assignment of the Montanelli Award

On the 22nd of March 2010, during the fourth edition of the Indro Montanelli prize ceremony held in Milan, Sergio Zavoli won the career tribute award and Stefano Liberti was assigned the prize for young journalists.

The most original cookery book

Papilles et Molécules by François represented by Montreal agency, published by Les Éditions La Presse, won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award which was assigned during the Paris Cookbook Festival, on the 11th of February. It was judged as the most original oenogastronomic book submitted out of all the books published in 126 different countries that competed for this prize.

Prestigious award in Abu Dhabi

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, an important prize on the Arabic cultural scene, was assigned to the Egyptian publisher Nahdet Misr Publishing and Printing for the "Publishing and Distribution" category. The awards ceremony was held on the 3rd of March 2010 in Abu Dhabi, during the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

Edith Bruck wins Viareggio Prize

Following the award of the 12th Città di Bari Prize and the International Prize for Religious Literature to Edith Bruck for Quanta stella c’è nel cielo (What a lot of stars in the sky), published by Garzanti, this year sees the author add the Viareggio Repaci Prize for Fiction to her collection. Founded in 1929, the Viareggio Prize numbers many ALI Group authors among its winners:

• 1948 - Elsa Morante Morante, Menzogna e sortilegio (House of Liars) (ex aequo prize with Aldo Palazzeschi)
• 1964 - Giuseppe Berto, Il male oscuro (The Dark Illness)
• 1972 - Romano Bilenchi, Il bottone di Stalingrado (The Stalingrad Button)
• 1977 - Davide Lajolo, Vedere l'erba dalla parte delle radici (A view of the grass from the roots up)
• 1979 - Andrea Zanzotto, per la poesia, Il galateo in bosco (The Woodland Book of Manners)
• 1982 - Patrizia Valduga, for her first work of poetry, Medicamenta
• 1986 - Marisa Volpi, Il maestro della betulla (The Silver Birch Master)
• 1992 - Luigi Malerba, Le pietre volanti (The Flying Stones)
• 1994 - Giovanni Raboni, for the poetry collection, Ogni terzo pensiero (Every Third Thought)
• 1996 - Alda Merini, for the poetry collection, Ballate non pagate (Unpaid Ballads)
• 1997 - Claudio Piersanti, Luisa e il silenzio (Luisa and the Silence)
• 2001 - Giorgio Pestelli, for the non-fiction work, Canti del destino (Songs of Destiny)
• 2005 - Raffaele La Capria, L’estro quotidiano (Everyday Inspiration)
• 2005 - Alberto Arbasino, for the non-fiction work, Marescialle e libertini (Marshals’ wives and libertines)
• 2009 - Edith Bruck, Quanta stella c’è nel cielo (What a lot of stars in the sky)

Alberto Arbasino honoured with lifetime achievement award

After picking up the Viareggioterzapagina prize for journalism, Alberto Arbasino has this year also won the first Viaggio in Italia lifetime achievement award, bestowed upon him in Rome by the Italian Geographical Society, as well as the special jury prize for the Arturo Loria award instituted by the municipal authority of Carpi.

Paola Capriolo: six-times finalist
With her work, Il pianista muto (The Dumb Pianist), published by Bompiani, Paola Capriolo has this year been shortlisted for several prestigious literary awards, namely the Recanati Prize, Rapallo Prize, Palmi Prize, Fenice-Europa Prize, Stresa Prize for Fiction and Asti d'appello Prize.

Antonio Moresco wins Premio Napoli award

The Premio Napoli Jury has bestowed the special award for Italian literature on Antonio Moresco, who has completed the third and final part of his novel Canti del Caos (Songs of Chaos), which is now published in a single volume by Mondadori.

Clemens J. Setz: shortlisted for German Book Prize

Clemens J. Setz’s novel Die Frequenzen (Frequencies) has been shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2009.

Gillo Dorfles wins Abitare il Tempo Prize

Gillo Dorfles has won the Abitare il tempo Prize. Created in 2002, the prize is awarded to people of outstanding merit in the world of design.

Andrea Camilleri wins Elsa Morante Prize

The Elsa Morante Prize for lifetime achievement was awarded on 14 October 2009 to Andrea Camilleri, who from next year will form part of the judging panel, as announced by the chairman of the award panel, Dacia Maraini.

Giuseppe Berto Literary Prize results

The Giuseppe Berto Literary Prize, the award named in honour of Giuseppe Berto and the only prize in Italy specifically for a first work of fiction, has been won this year by Cynthia Collu for her novel Una bambina sbagliata (The Wrong Girl), published by Mondadori. The prize was first won in 1988 by Paola Capriolo for La grande Eulalia (The Great Eulalia).

Scerbanenco Prize results
The results of the Scerbanenco Prize were announced at the Courmayeur Noir In Festival on 10 December 2009. The winner was Marco Vichi with his novel Morte a Firenze (Death in Florence), published by Edizioni Guanda.

Flaiano Prize results
The prize for fiction named in honour of Ennio Flaiano has been awarded to Eraldo Affinati, who also won the Superflaiano Prize for Literature with his book Berlin, published by Rizzoli.