The Strega Prize winners of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: The Mussolini Canal — Antonio Pennacchi · Inseparabili — Alessandro Piperno · Resistere non serve a niente — Walter Siti. (Updated Mar 9, 2026.)
The ten books that won the Strega Prize, Italy's most important literary award, from 2010 to 2019.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 10
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1
The Mussolini Canal — Antonio Pennacchi
2010. A Venetian family in the Pontine Marshes reclaimed under Fascism.
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2
Inseparabili — Alessandro Piperno
2012. Two Roman brothers and the friendly fire of memory.
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3
Resistere non serve a niente — Walter Siti
2013. A broker of criminal finance in today's Rome.
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4
The Desire to Be Like Everyone — Francesco Piccolo
2014. The political autobiography of a man of the left.
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5
The Catholic School — Edoardo Albinati
2016. The Circeo massacre and a Catholic school in Rome.
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6
The Eight Mountains — Paolo Cognetti
2017. A friendship born in the Aosta Valley; translated into dozens of languages.
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7
The Girl with the Leica — Helena Janeczek
2018. Photographer Gerda Taro and the Spanish Civil War.
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8
M: Son of the Century — Antonio Scurati
2019. Mussolini and the birth of Fascism, first volume of a saga.
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9
Story of My People — Edoardo Nesi
2011. The crisis of the Prato textile industry told by a former manufacturer.
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10
Ferocity — Nicola Lagioia
2015. A young woman's death and a wealthy family from Apulia.
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