The Strega Prize winners of the 2000s
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: N. — Ernesto Ferrero · Via Gemito — Domenico Starnone · Don't Move — Margaret Mazzantini. (Updated Jul 23, 2026.)
The ten books that won the Strega Prize from 2000 to 2009.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 10
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1
N. — Ernesto Ferrero
2000. Napoleon on Elba seen by his librarian.
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2
Via Gemito — Domenico Starnone
2001. A son and his painter father in Naples.
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3
Don't Move — Margaret Mazzantini
2002. A surgeon confesses an affair to his daughter in a coma.
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4
Vita — Melania Mazzucco
2003. Two children who emigrate to New York in 1903.
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5
Il dolore perfetto — Ugo Riccarelli
2004. A Tuscan family between the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Il viaggiatore notturno — Maurizio Maggiani
2005. An ornithologist in the desert in search of a swallow.
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7
Quiet Chaos — Sandro Veronesi
2006. A widower who spends his days outside his daughter's school.
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8
As God Commands — Niccolò Ammaniti
2007. A father and son on the margins in northern Italy.
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9
The Solitude of Prime Numbers — Paolo Giordano
2008. Alice and Mattia, two lonely lives; a debut at 26.
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10
Stabat Mater — Tiziano Scarpa
2009. An orphan violinist in Vivaldi's Venice.
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Comments (4)
Come Dio comanda, Ammaniti al suo meglio.
Caos calmo di Veronesi, bellissimo.
Non ti muovere, il libro che ho riletto più volte.
La solitudine dei numeri primi, che successo per un esordio!