Premio Giorgio Scerbanenco
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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
- Official website of the Courmayeur Noir in Festivals (Italian, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bloc Notes Premio Scerbanenco: Courmayeur noir in festival . In: La Stampa , November 17, 2007, Libri, p. 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.