The Premio Hemingway (Hemingway Prize) is an international art award established by the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy in 1984.
Lignano, situated on a small peninsula between Venice and Trieste is a place where Ernest Hemingway spent much time.
Each year a jury awards a series of awards for excellence in literature and related fields. The awards are announced at a glittering ceremony in June.
The Prize is promoted by the Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro with the support of the Departments of Culture and Productive Activities and Tourism of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region and the Pordenonelegge Foundation which was founded in 2013 by the Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone and local trade associations.
Award winners
2025 Literature – Alicia Giménez Bartlett Adventures of thought – Venki Ramakrishnan Witness of our time – Cecilia Sala Photography – Cesare Gerolimetto Special Prize Citta di Lignano – Kingsley Felicia 2024 Literature – Benjamin Labatut Adventures of thought – Vittorino Andreoli Witness of our time – Irina Ščerbakova Photography – Francesco Finotto Special Prize Citta di Lignano – Vincenzo Schettini 2023 Literature – Amélie Nothomb Adventures of thought – Carlo Ginzburg Witness of our time – Shirin Ebadi Photography – Marco Zanta Special Prize Citta di Lignano – Antonio Fantin 2022 Literature – Margaret Mazzantini Adventures of thought – Elena Cattaneo Witness of our time – Pierfrancesco Diliberto Photography – Mario Peliti
2021 Literature – Dacia Maraini Adventures of thought – Stefano Mancuso Witness of our time – Carlo Verdone Photography – Franco Fontana 2020 Literature – David Grossman Adventures of thought – Alessandro Barbero Witness of our time – Samantha Cristoforetti Photography – Guido Guidi 2019 Literature – Emmanuel Carrère Adventures of thought – Eva Cantarella Witness of our time – Federico Rampini Photography – Riccardo Zipoli Special Prize Citta di Lignano – Franca Leosini
2018 Literature – Annie Ernaux Adventure of thought – Antonio Damasio Witness of our time – Lilli Gruber Photography – Francesca Della Toffola
2017 Literature – Zadie Smith Adventure of thought – Slavoj Žižek Witness of our time – Massimo Recalcati Photography – Nino Migliori
2016 Literature – Luis Sepúlveda Adventure of thought – Massimo Cacciari Life and work – Aharon Appelfeld Photography – George Tatge
2015 Literature – Corrado Augias Adventure of thought – Richard Sennet Photo book: Luca Campigotto Reportage – William Dalrymple
2014 Literature – Abraham Yehoshua Adventure of thought – Zygmunt Bauman Photo reportage – Alice Albinia Photo book: Guido Guidi
2013 Literature – Giuseppe Furno Journalism – Shoma Chaudhury Photo reportage – Yuri Kozyrev Free spirit – Enrico Calamai Special prize – Enea Fabris-Stralignano
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