John Florio Prize Winners

The John Florio Prize is a biennial award of £2,000 for translations into English of full length Italian works of literary merit and general interest. ...more

Winners

	Memoria del vuoto by Marcello Fois 3.88 avg rating — 158 ratings John Florio Prize for Patrick Creagh (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scent of a Woman by Giovanni Arpino 3.08 avg rating — 816 ratings John Florio Prize for Anne Milano Appel (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Embrace: Selected Poems by Valerio Magrelli 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings John Florio Prize for Jamie McKendrick (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greener Meadow: Selected Poems by Luciano Erba 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings John Florio Prize for Peter Robinson (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kuraj by Silvia Di Natale 3.21 avg rating — 42 ratings John Florio Prize for Carol O’Sullivan & Martin Thom (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il ritorno by Edoardo Albinati 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings John Florio Prize for Howard Curtis (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prince of the Clouds by Gianni Riotta 3.65 avg rating — 142 ratings John Florio Prize for Stephen Sartarelli (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Senior Service by Carlo Feltrinelli 3.94 avg rating — 112 ratings John Florio Prize for Alastair McEwen (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino 3.84 avg rating — 2,757 ratings John Florio Prize for Martin McLaughlin (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Staccando l'ombra da terra by Daniele Del Giudice 3.92 avg rating — 188 ratings John Florio Prize for Joseph Farrell (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Mother's House by Marta Morazzoni 3.33 avg rating — 27 ratings John Florio Prize for Emma Rose (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to San Giovanni by Italo Calvino 3.69 avg rating — 832 ratings John Florio Prize for Tim Parks (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le strade di polvere by Rosetta Loy 3.48 avg rating — 145 ratings John Florio Prize for William Weaver (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy 3.69 avg rating — 4,603 ratings John Florio Prize for Tim Parks (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Argo il cieco by Gesualdo Bufalino 4.05 avg rating — 164 ratings John Florio Prize for Patrick Creagh (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea by Claudio Magris 3.88 avg rating — 1,589 ratings John Florio Prize for Patrick Creagh (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I colloqui. Liriche by Guido Gozzano 4.17 avg rating — 52 ratings John Florio Prize for J.G. Nichols (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wine-Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia 3.91 avg rating — 1,043 ratings John Florio Prize for Avril Bardoni (1986)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China by Gildo Fossati really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating John Florio Prize for Bruce Penman (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ebla: An empire rediscovered by Paolo Matthiae 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings John Florio Prize for Christopher Holme (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello 3.81 avg rating — 1,472 ratings John Florio Prize for Julian Mitchell (1980)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selections from political writings (1921-1926) by Antonio Gramsci 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings John Florio Prize for Quintin Hoare (1979)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems by Primo Levi 4.14 avg rating — 200 ratings John Florio Prize for Ruth Feldman & Brian Swann (1977)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paese d'ombre by Giuseppe Dessì 4.13 avg rating — 174 ratings John Florio Prize for Frances Frenaye (1976)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cagliostro: A biography by Roberto Gervaso 2.92 avg rating — 24 ratings John Florio Prize for Cormack O’Cuilleanain (1975)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters from Inside the Communist Party to Louis Althusser by Maria Antonietta Macciocchi 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings John Florio Prize for Stephen M. Hellman (1974)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrestling with Christ by Luigi Santucci 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings John Florio Prize for Bernard Wall (1973)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti 4.23 avg rating — 224 ratings John Florio Prize for Patrick Creagh (1972)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heron by Giorgio Bassani 3.63 avg rating — 450 ratings John Florio Prize for William Weaver (1971)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	t zero (A Harvest/HBJ BookH) by Italo Calvino 3.85 avg rating — 2,275 ratings John Florio Prize for William Weaver (1971)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars