Italian Literature

The Bagutta Prize has been awarded annually to Italian authors since 1927. It originated among friends who dined regularly at Bagutta Ristorante, a restaurant in Milan.

The Bancarella is an Italian literary prize established in 1953. It is given in Pontremoli every year, on either the last Saturday or the last Sunday in July.

The Campiello is a literary prize awarded to works of Italian fiction. Established in 1962 by the will of the Industrialists of Veneto with the aim of carving out a specific space for Venetian entrepreneurship in the Italian cultural world. Throughout its history, the Campiello Prize has proven the validity of its cultural choices by bringing to the attention of the general public numerous authors and novels that have marked the history of Italian literature.

The Cilento International Poetry Award, an award given to the greatest poets, writers and artists present in the contemporary Italian and world scene, is organised by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino and by the Contemporary Arts Centre, with the patronage and collaboration of the Campania Region, the Municipality of Salerno, the Province of Salerno, the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park Authority, the University of Salerno - DISPS, the Municipality of Salento (SA), the Municipality of Roccadaspide (SA), the Foundation of the Salerno Community, the Teatro Pubblico Campano and the Uni in Strada Association of Salerno.

Founded in 1947, the Strega Prize, or Premio Strega, is an important literary award that recognizes the best work of prose fiction written in Italian.