# The Strega Prize winners of the 1990s

The ten books that won the Strega Prize from 1990 to 1999.

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## Top 10

1. **The Chimera — Sebastiano Vassalli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1990. A young woman accused of witchcraft in 17th-century Lombardy.
2. **La strada per Roma — Paolo Volponi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1991. A young man from Urbino between the provinces and the capital.
3. **Nottetempo, casa per casa — Vincenzo Consolo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992. Cefalù and the rise of Fascism.
4. **Ninfa plebea — Domenico Rea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1993. A girl from the alleys of Naples.
5. **La casa del padre — Giorgio Montefoschi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1994. A Roman family and the father's death.
6. **Passaggio in ombra — Mariateresa Di Lascia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1995. A posthumous novel about a young woman from the South.
7. **The Good Life and Other People's Wars of Mr Pyle, Gentleman — Alessandro Barbero** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. An English gentleman in the Napoleonic wars; the historian's debut novel.
8. **Microcosms — Claudio Magris** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997. Border places between Trieste, Istria and the Alps.
9. **I bei momenti — Enzo Siciliano** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. Memories of family and love.
10. **Darkness — Dacia Maraini** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999. Stories about violence against women and children.

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