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Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

Field	Value
name	Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize)
image	File:Plaque lauréats.png
caption	Plaque of the Cino Del Duca World Prize Laureates
presenter	Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation (under the auspices of the Institut de France)
date	Established in 1969
country	France France
reward	200,000 € prize
year	1969

The Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize) is an international literary award from France. With an award amount of , it is among the richest literary prizes.

Origins and operations

It was established in 1969 in France by French businesswoman Simone Del Duca (1912–2004) to continue the work of her Italian-born French husband, publishing magnate Cino Del Duca (1899–1967).

The award recognizes an author whose work constitutes, in a scientific or literary form, a message of modern humanism. The award's prize has been valued as high as 300,000 € over the years; in 2016 it was 200,000.

In 1975, Madame Del Luca established the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation for a variety of philanthropic purposes and it assumed responsibility for the award. Following her death in 2004, the foundation was placed under the auspices of the Institut de France.

Honorees

1969 : Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ornithologist
1970 : Jean Anouilh, French dramatist
1971 : Ignazio Silone, Italian author
1972 : Victor Weisskopf, Austrian-American physicist
1973 : Jean Guéhenno, French writer
1974 : Andrei Sakharov, Soviet nuclear physicist
1975 : Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer
1976 : Lewis Mumford, American historian
1977 : Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist
1978 : Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and statesman
1979 : Jean Hamburger, French surgeon and essayist
1980 : Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
1981 : Ernst Jünger, German author
1982 : Yaşar Kemal, Turkish writer
1983 : Jacques Ruffié, French writer and educator
1984 : Georges Dumézil, French comparative philologist
1985 : William Styron, American novelist
1986 : Thierry Maulnier, French writer
1987 : Denis Burkitt, British surgeon
1988 : Henri Gouhier, French philosopher and historian
1989 : Carlos Chagas Filho, Brazilian physician and biologist
1990 : Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist
1991 : Michel Jouvet, French neurological researcher
1992 : Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
1993 : Robert Mallet, French poet and essayist
1994 : Yves Pouliquen, French medical researcher
1995 : Yves Bonnefoy, French poet and essayist
1996 : Alain F. Carpentier, French heart surgeon
1997 : Václav Havel, Czech writer and statesman
1998 : Zhen-yi Wang, Chinese pathophysiologist
1999 : Henri Amouroux, French historian
2000 : Jean Leclant, French Egyptologist
2001 : Yvon Gattaz, French businessman
2002 : François Nourissier, French writer
2003 : Nicole Le Douarin, French embryologist
2004 : (no prize awarded)
2005 : Simon Leys, Belgian writer
2006 : Jean Clair, French essayist and art historian
2007 : Mona Ozouf, French historian and writer
2008 : Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian and Spanish writer
2009 : Milan Kundera, French and Czech writer
2010 : Patrick Modiano, French writer
2011 : (no prize awarded)
2012 : Trinh Xuan Thuan, Vietnamese astronomer and writer
2013 : Robert Darnton, American cultural historian
2014 : Andreï Makine, French writer
2015 : Thomas W. Gaehtgens, German historian
2016 : Sylvie Germain, French writer
2017 : Benedetta Craveri, Italian writer
2018 : Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss writer
2019 : Kamel Daoud, Algerian writer
2020 : Joyce Carol Oates, American writer
2021 : Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean-French writer
2022 : Haruki Murakami, Japanese writer
2023 : Dương Thu Hương, Vietnamese writer
2024 : Yasmina Reza, French playwright
2025 : Boualem Sansal, Algerian-French author

Awards by nationality

In May 2025, the distribution of prizes by nationality is:

Nationality	Winners
France France	29
United States United States	3
Algeria Algeria	2
Germany Germany	2
Austria Austria	2
Italy Italy	2
Austria Austria	2
Czech Republic Czech Republic	2
Brazil Brazil	2
Vietnam Vietnam	2
Albania Albania	1
Argentina Argentina	1
Belgium Belgium	1
China China	1
Cuba Cuba	1
United Kingdom United Kingdom	1
Peru Peru	1
Senegal Senegal	1
Switzerland Switzerland	1
Turkey Turkey	1
Soviet Union Soviet Union	1
Japan Japan	1

References

(2018). "Prix mondial Cino del Duca".
(2010). "Patrick Modiano, lauréat du Prix mondial 2010 de la Fondation del Duca - AFP".
(2010). "Patrick Modiano ontvangt Prix Mondial Cino del Duca".

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