Strega European Prize
| Strega European Prize | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Premio Strega Europeo |
| Sponsored by | Strega Alberti Benevento |
| Country |  Italy |
| Status | Active |
The Strega European Prize (Italian: Premio Strega Europeo) is an annual literary award given to a novel in Italian translation by a European author who has received national recognition in their home country.[1] Established in 2014, it is administered—like the prestigious Strega Prize for Italian literature—by the Maria and Goffredo Bellonci Foundation and promoted in partnership with Strega Alberti Benevento and major organizations like the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino and the Circolo dei Lettori Foundation.[2]
The award's primary criterion is that the five shortlisted works must have already received significant national recognition in their country of origin. The winner is traditionally announced and the prize awarded in Turin during the International Book Fair in May.[2] It honors a single European author, with recent winners including Paul Murray (2025) for his novel Il giorno dell'ape.[3]
Winners
| Year | Author | Original Title | Italian Title | Translator(s) | Language | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Marcos Giralt Torrente
|
Tiempo de vida | Il tempo della vita | Pierpaolo Marchetti | Spanish | |
| 2015 |  Katja Petrowskaja
|
Vielleicht Esther | Forse Esther | Ada Vigliani | German | |
| 2016 |  Annie Ernaux
|
Les années | Gli anni | Lorenzo Flabbi | French | |
| 2017 | Jenny Erpenbeck
|
Gehen, ging, gegangen | Voci del verbo andare | Ada Vigliani | German | |
| 2018 | Fernando Aramburu
|
Patria | Patria | Bruno Arpaia | Spanish | [4] |
| 2019 | David Diop
|
Frère d’âme | Fratelli d’anima | Giovanni Bogliolo | French | |
| 2020 | Judith Schalansky
|
Verzeichnis einiger Verluste | Inventario di alcune cose perdute | Flavia Pantanella | German | |
| 2021 |  Georgi Gospodinov
|
Времеубежище | Cronorifugio | Giuseppe Dell'Agata | Bulgarian | |
| 2022 |  Mikhail Shishkin
|
Письмовник | Punto di Fuga | Emanuela Bonaccorsi | Russian | |
 Amélie Nothomb
|
Premier sang | Primo sangue | Federica Di Lella | French | ||
| 2023 | Emmanuel Carrère
|
V13 | Francesco Bergamasco | French | ||
| 2024 | Neige Sinno
|
Triste tigre | Luciana Cisbani | French | ||
| 2025 |  Paul Murray
|
The Bee Sting | Il giorno dell'ape | Tomasso Pincio | English | |
References
- ^ "Official website, Premio Strega Europeo". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Announcing the 12th edition of the European Strega Award | Salone del Libro". Salone del Libro (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ "Premio Strega: Italy's most prestigious literary award | Italiano Bello". italiano-bello.com. 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ "Home".