Premio Giorgio Scerbanenco

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Award-winning 1996 and 2007: Carlo Lucarelli

The Premio Giorgio Scerbanenco - La Stampa is an Italian literary prize that has been awarded for the best Italian-language detective novel of the year since 1993 . It is regarded as the most important award for works of crime literature in Italy and is presented every year in December in cooperation with the daily newspaper La Stampa at the Noir in Festival in Courmayeur . The namesake for the award is originally from the Ukraine Italian Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911–1969). The author, who was awarded the prestigious French Grand prix de littérature policière in 1968 , achieved great fame in Italy primarily for his detective novels about the former scientist and detective Duca Lamberti. The award was initiated by his daughter Cecilia Scerbanenco.

A jury consisting of literary critics, well-known crime writers and, in exceptional cases, the prize founder will vote on the winner. The jury is also presided over by a president. Each year, the jury members put together a shortlist of crime novels (both classic representatives of the genre and Italian hard-boiled crime novels) that have appeared in the last twelve months. The list of tracks, which includes around twenty works, will be published on the Courmayeur Noir in Festivals website several weeks before the festival begins , and the public will be invited to vote on their favorites. The audience votes are included in the jury evaluation, which selects several finalists from the list of titles, from which the Premio Scerbanenco is awarded.

In 2007, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Premio Scerbanenco, a special prize was awarded to all previous winners. The “SuperScerbanenco” went to the winners of 1996 and 2003, Carlo Lucarelli and Giancarlo De Cataldo .

Award winners

year Award winners Novel title German title
1993 Renato Olivieri Madame Strauss Madame Strauss
1994 Tiziano Sclavi Mostri (not translated)
1995 Andrea G. Pinketts The senso della frase (not translated)
1996 Carlo Lucarelli * Via delle Oche The red sunday
1997 Alan D. Altieri condor (not translated)
1998 Marcello Fois Semper caro A thousand steps
1999 Pino Cacucci Demasiado corazón (not translated)
2000 Franco Mimmi Il nostro agent in Giudea Our agent in Judea
2001 Claudia Salvatori Sublime anima di donna (not translated)
2002 Massimo Carlotto Il maestro di nodi (not translated)
2003 Giancarlo De Cataldo * Romanzo criminale Romanzo Criminale
2004 Piero Colaprico Trilogia della città di M (not translated)
Barbara Garlaschelli Sorelle (not translated)
2005 Leonardo Gori L'angelo del fango (not translated)
2006 Giancarlo Narciso Incontro a Daunanda The stranger's face
2007 Francesco Guccini
Loriano Macchiavelli 		Tango e gli altri (not translated)
2008 Paola Barbato Mani nude (not translated)
2009 Marco Vichi Morte a Firenze Dark waters in Florence
2010 Elisabetta Bucciarelli Ti voglio credere I want to believe you
2011 Gianni Biondillo I materiali del killer (not translated)
2012 Maurizio de Giovanni Il metodo del coccodrillo The crocodile
2013 Donato Carrisi L'ipotesi del male The death hunter
2014 Gianrico Carofiglio Una mutevole verità Deceptive certainty
2015 Giampaolo Simi Cosa resta di noi (not translated)
2016 Fabio Stassi La lettrice scomparsa (not translated)
2017 Luca D'Andrea Lissy Evil remains
2018 Patrick Fogli A chi appartiene la notte
2019 Piergiorgio Pulixi L'isola delle anime

* = Winner of the "SuperScerbanenco" awarded in 2007 to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bloc Notes Premio Scerbanenco: Courmayeur noir in festival . In: La Stampa , November 17, 2007, Libri, p. 2.
  2. ^ De Cataldo, Giancarlo: Il festival di Courmayeur I nuovi scenari di un genere che e 'semper piu' critica sociale e politica: il nostro noir ?; La democrazia . In: La Stampa , December 8, 2007, Libri, p. 1.