The Premio Presidente della Repubblica is an Italian award introduced by the former president and academic Luigi Einaudi. Since 1949 it has been awarded on a regular basis by the Accademia dei Lincei, the Accademia di San Luca, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. It is among the most distinguished awards of the three prestigious academies.
History The award was established on 11 October 1948 by Luigi Einaudi with a letter to the president of the Lincei National Academy to continue the tradition of royal awards. The prize was first introduced to the class of physical, mathematical, and natural sciences and the class of moral, historical, and philological sciences.
In the same year, Einaudi established a national prize for artists and architects awarded by the academies of San Luca and Santa Cecilia. The prize is given by the President of Italy in charge in an official ceremony. Among the people awarded, there are several winners of other important awards such as the Nobel Prize, the Wolf Prize, and the Academy Award.Giuseppe Occhialini was awarded the Wolf Prize for physics in 1979, Carlo Rubbia the Nobel Prize for physics in 1984, and Ennio Morricone the Academy Awards in 2007 and 2016.
Prize recipients Accademia dei LinceiMany prizes awarded in the moral science classes are missing. Year Name Class 1949Oliviero Mario OlivoGeneralGiuseppe OcchialiniPhysics 1950Carlo FerrariGeneralAdolfo QuilicoChemistry 1951Francesco CedrangoloGeneralCiro AndreattaGPM 1952Bruno FerrettiGeneralAlberto StefanelliBotany and Zoology 1953Renato CaccioppoliGeneralRodolfo MargariaPhysiology and Pathology 1954Rodolfo AmprinoGeneralFabio ConfortoMathematics and Mechanics 1955Umberto D'AnconaGeneralAttilio ColacevichAGG1956Piero CaldirolaPhysics1957Vincenzo CagliotiChemistry1958Piero LeonardiGPM1959Giuseppe MontalentiBotany and Zoology 1960Giulio StellaPhysiology and Pathology 1961Carlo MirandaFMN1963Giovanni SemeranoFMN1965Dario GraffiFMN1967Nicolo' DallaportaFMN1969Massimo SimonettaFMN1971Claudio BarigozziFMN1973Ennio De GiorgiFMN1975Raoul GattoFMN1977Luigi SacconiFMN1979Nicola CabibboFMN1981Bruno TuriFMN1983Carlo RubbiaFMN1985Maurizio BrunoriFMN1987Claudio BaiocchiFMN1989Francesco BertolaFMN1991Gian Gualberto VolpiFMN1993Ernesto CapannaFMN1995Francesco Paolo SassiFMN1997Giovanni GallavottiFMN1999Emilio PicassoFMN2001Daniela PietrobonFMN2003Carlo M. CroceFMN2005Vincenzo SchettinoFMN2007Giuseppe MacinoFMN2009Patrizia CaraveoFMN2010Enrico GusbertiMSF2011Sergio DoplicherFMN2012Giorgio Otranto MSF2013Giuseppe BertinFMN2014Carlo Gasparri MSF2015Luca BindiSFMN2016Lilia CostabileSMSF2017Brunangelo FaliniSFMN2019Francesco CalogeroSFMN2020Franco Gaetano ScocaSMSF2021Silvio GarattiniSFMN2022Paolo SiniscalcoSMSF2023Luisa TorsiSFMNAGG: Astronomy, Geodesy, and GeophysicsFMN: Physical sciencesGPM: Geology, Paleontology, and MineralogyMSF: Moral SciencesSFMN: Physical, Mathematical, and Natural SciencesSMSF: Moral, Historical, and Philological Sciences Accademia di San Luca Year Name Class1950Eugenio VitiPainter1951Pericle FazziniSculptor1952Saverio MuratoriArchitect1954Mario SironiPainter1955Giuseppe Fortunato PirroneSculptor1956Luigi MorettiArchitect1958Ugo BernasconiPainter1960Oscar GalloSculptor1963Mario RidolfiArchitect1964Gino SeveriniPainter1965Marino MazzacuratiSculptor1966Pietro LingeriArchitect1967Franco GentiliniPainter1969Alberto VianiSculptor1970Carlo ScarpaArchitect1971Afro BasaldellaPainter1973Corrado CagliPainter1974Augusto PerezSculptor1975Carlo AymoninoArchitect1976Renzo VespignaniPainter1977Floriano BodiniSculptor1978Nicola PagliaraArchitect1979Leonardo CremoniniPainter1980Luigi BrogginiSculptor1981Roberto GabettiArchitect1982Giuseppe GuerreschiPainter1983Giuliano VangiSculptor1984Marco ZanusoArchitect1985Piero DorazioPainter1986Vincenzo GaetanielloSculptor1987Gianni AccastoArchitect1988Franco MulasPainter1989Andrea CascellaSculptor1990Vittoriano ViganòArchitect1991Gianfranco FerroniPainter1992Alik CavaliereSculptor1993Giorgio RaineriArchitect1994Carlo CattaneoPainter1995Giuseppe UnciniSculptor1996Francesco CelliniArchitect1997Achille PerilliPainter1998Nunzio Di StefanoSculptor1999Alessandro AnselmiArchitect2000Titina MaselliPainter2001Agostino BonalumiSculptor2002Gianugo PoleselloArchitect2003Antonio CorporaPainter2004Carlo LorenzettiSculptor2005Carlo MelograniArchitect2006Antonio RecalcatiPainter2007Grazia VariscoSculptor2008Salvatore BisogniArchitect2009Carol RamaPainter2010Pasquale SantoroSculptor2011Aurelio CortesiArchitect2012Valentino VagoPainter2013Maurizio MochettiSculptor2014Claudio D'Amato GuerrieriArchitect2015Luigi OntaniPainter2016Giovanni AnselmoSculptor2017Renato RizziArchitect Accademia di Santa CeciliaThe list is incomplete. Year Name Class2006Maurizio PolliniMusic 2007Renato ZanettovichMusicDario De RosaMusic2008Magda OliveroMusic2009Irma RavinaleMusic2010Roman VladMusic2011Riccardo CerocchiMusic2012Alessandro TavernaMusic2013Imola Internat. AcademyMusic2014Sylvano BussottiMusic2015Riccardo MutiMusic2016Ennio MorriconeMusic2017Antonio PappanoMusic
See also
Accademia dei Lincei Accademia di San Luca Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia President of Italy
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