Premio Campiello

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The Premio Campiello is an Italian literary prize that has been awarded every year since 1962 by industrialists in the Italian region of Veneto (Veneto).

The winner is determined in two stages: a jury of writers and literary critics selects five new Italian publications. This shortlist will be published and presented to an audience jury of 300 readers who will decide on the award.

In 2005, the Premio Campiello Letteratura Germania was announced for the first time . This award is intended to honor a particularly good translation of an Italian literary work into German.

Award process

The process of awarding the Premio Campiello is quite special.

In contrast to many other literary prizes, the critics select five books that were published in the previous year. These are presented to the "Giuria Popolare" (People's Jury) , also known as the "Jury of the 300" ("Giuria dei 300") . These five books are then officially awarded the Premio Selezione Campiello .

From these five books, Giuria Popolare (consisting of 300 readers of different origins, ages, cultures, professions and social classes) chose the book Super Campiello .

Each jury member can only be part of the jury once.

Despite this particular selection, it is customary to designate the five finalists as winners. So the Giuria Popolare is ascribed a higher importance - in relation to the critics.

Award winners

Below are all the books that took part in the final. The first books after the date have been awarded the “Premio Super Campiello”.

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