Acqui History Award

The prize was established in 1968 by Cino Chiodo, Piero Galliano, Ercole Tasca and Marcello Venturi^[5] to commemorate the soldiers of the Acquisition division fallen in the Cefalonia massacre of September 1943, is conferred to authors of historiographic works. Since 1996, the authors of public works are also awarded. In 2009, the winners of the Prize introduced two new awards, adding the "Romanzo storico" category and the "premio alla viaggio", which is the medal of the President of the Republic^[5][6].

In 1984 the special prize was created. Time Witness, awarded to "personalities who have particularly distinguished themselves in the world of culture, politics, journalism, art, science and entertainment and who have, with their work, contributed to significantly illustrating the events of history and contemporary society"^[7]. Starting from 2003, another special recognition is also foreseen, the prize History on TV, assigned to television programs on historical topics.

From 2019 onwards, the Prize has expanded with the creation of the Award Acqui Edito e Inedito, aimed at graphic novels with historical character and unpublished genre historical and essay novel.

The organisational committee consists of representatives of the region Piemonte, of province of Alessandria, of the Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria Foundation and of Società Terme di Acqui S.p.A. This body provides financing, while the organization itself is taken care of by the municipality of Acqui Terme.

• 1968 Ivan Palermo, History of an armistice, A. Mondadori
• 1969 Nicola Tranfaglia, Carlo Rosselli from interventism to Justice and Freedom, Laterza
• 1970 Harrison E. Salisbury, 900 days. The Siege of Leningrad, Bompiani
• 1971 Nuto Revelli, The Last Front, Einaudi
• 1972 Ottavio Bariè, Albertini, Utet
• 1973 Karl D. Bracher, The German dictatorship, The Mill
• 1974 Carlo Ghisalberti, Constitutional history of Italy 1849-1948, Laterza
• 1975 George L. Mosse, The nationalization of the masses, The Mill
• 1976 Giuseppe Boffa, History of the Soviet Union, A. Mondadori
• 1977 Franco Livorsi, Amadeo Bordiga, Editori Riuniti
• 1978 Valerio Castronovo, The Piemonte, Einaudi
• 1979 Nello Ajello, Intellectuals and PCI 1944-1958, Laterza
• 1980 Charles S. Maier, The refoundation of bourgeois Europe, De Donato
• 1981 Giorgio Vaccarino, History of Resistance in Europe 1938-1945, Feltrinelli
• 1982 Giorgio Candeloro, Fascism and its wars 1922-1939, Feltrinelli
• 1983 Meir Michaelis, Mussolini and the Jewish question, Ed. Community
• 1984 U.B. Alfassio-Grimaldi and Gherardo Bozzetti, Bissolati, Rizzoli
• 1985 Francesco Barbagallo, Nipples, Utet
• 1986 Ennio Di Nolfo, The fears and hopes of Italians, A. Mondadori
• 1987 Giorgio Rochat, Italo Balbo, Utet
• 1988 Andrea Riccardi, The power of the Pope from Pius XII to Paul VI, Laterza
• 1989 Enzo Santarelli, Nere, Utet
• 1990 Paul Kennedy, Ascesa and decline of the great powers, Garzanti
• 1990 Mario Isnenghi, The wars of the Italians, A. Mondadori
• 1990 Arno J. Mayer, Final Solution, A. Mondadori
• 1991 Roberto Vivarelli, History of the origins of fascism, The Mill
• 1991 Simona Colarizi, The opinion of the Italians under the regime 1929-1943, Laterza
• 1991 Carlo Pinzani, From Roosevelt to Gorbachev, Ponte alle Grazie
• 1992 Claudio Pavone, Civil war. Historical Essay on Morality in the Resistance, Boringhieri
• 1992 Mimmo Franzinelli, The rearmament of the spirit, Pagus
• 1992 Pietro Scoppola, The republic of parties, The Mill
• 1993 Giorgio Spini, The origins of socialism, Einaudi
• 1993 Michela De Giorgio, Italians from Unity to today, Laterza
• 1993 Silvio Lanaro, History of Republican Italy, Marsilio
• 1994 Enrico Decleva, World, Utet
• 1994 Victoria De Grazia, Women in the fascist regime, Marsilio
• 1994 Nicola Labanca, On the march towards Adua, Einaudi
• 1995 Giorgio Borsa, Ten years that changed the world, Corbaccio

• 1996

  Scientific SectionRaul Hilberg, The destruction of Jews in Europe, Einaudi

  Information SectionMiriam Mafai, Dark shops, farewell, A. Mondadori

• 1997

  Scientific Section: Guido Melis History of Italian Administration, The Mill

  Information Section: Ilaria Porciani The feast of the nation, The Mill

• 1998

  Scientific Section (ex aequo): Elena Aga Rossi, Victor Zaslavsky, Rise and Stalin, The Mill; Maurilio Guasco, The history of the clergy, Laterza

  Information Section: Silvio Bertoldi Blood and heroes, Rizzoli

• 1999

  Scientific SectionPaul Ginsborg, History of Italy 1943-1996. Family, society, state, Einaudi

  Information SectionAntonio Gibelli, The great war of Italians. 1915-1918, Samsons

• 2000

  Scientific Section: Angelo d'Orsi, Culture in Turin between the two wars, Einaudi

  Information SectionArrigo Petacco, The Exodus, A. Mondadori

• 2001

  Scientific SectionMark Mazower, The Shadows of Europe. Democracies and totalitarianisms of the 20th century, Garzanti

  Information Section: Alfio Caruso Italians you must die, Longanesi

• 2002

  Scientific Section: Jože Pirjevec The Yugoslavian Wars, Einaudi

  Information Section: Pasquale Chessa, Francesco Villari, Interpretations on Renzo De Felice, Baldini Castoldi

• 2003

  Scientific SectionWalter Russell Mead, The snake and the dove. History of the foreign policy of the United States, Garzanti

  Information Section: Giampaolo Pansa The sons of L'Aquila, Sperling & Kupfer

• 2004

  Scientific SectionGaetano Quagliariello, De Gaulle and Gollism, The Mill

  Information Section: Gian Enrico Rusconi Kefalonia. When the Italians fight, Einaudi

• 2005

  Scientific Section: Gabriele Hammermann Italian military personnel in Germany, 1943-1945, The Mill

  Information Section: Federico Rampini, The Chinese century. Stories of men, cities and money from the world factory, Mondadori

• 2006

  Scientific historical section: Sergio Soave, Without betrayal, without betrayal, Nino Aragno Editore

  Dissemination historical sectionAngelo Del Boca, Italians, good people?, Neri Pozza

• 2007

  Scientific historical section: Piero Craveri De Gasperi, The Mill

  Dissemination historical section: Mario Calabresi Pushing the night further there, Mondadori

• 2008

  Scientific historical section: Raymond Luraghi, The sword and the magnolia. South in the history of the United States, Donzelli publisher

  Dissemination historical section: Maurizio Serra, Separate Brothers. Drieu-Aragon-Malraux, Settecolori Editions

• 2009

  Scientific historical section: Orazio Cancila, The Florios. History of an entrepreneurial dynasty, Bompiani

  Dissemination historical section: Roberto Riccardi I've been a number. Alberto Sed, Giuntina

  Historical novel sectionRaffaele Nigro, Santa Maria of the battles, Rizzoli

• 2010

  Scientific historical section: Alessandro Orsini, Red Brigade anatomy. The ideological roots of revolutionary terrorism, Rubbettino

  Dissemination historical section: Marco Patricelli The volunteer, Laterza Publishers

  Historical novel sectionAntonio Pennacchi, Mussolini Canal, World

• 2011

  Scientific historical section: Roberto de Mattei, The Second Vatican Council. A story never written, Lindau

  Dissemination historical section: Andrea Vento In silence rejoice and suffer. History of Italian secret services from the Risorgimento to the Cold War, The Assayer

  Historical novel section: Stefano Zecchi When our hearts beat us hard, Mondadori

• 2012^[8]

  Scientific historical section: Giovanni Tassani, Diplomatic between two wars. Life of Giacomo Paulucci of Calboli Barone, Le Lettere Publishing House; Giuseppe Vacca, Life and thoughts of Antonio Gramsci. 1926-1937, Einaudi

  Dissemination historical section: Giancarlo Mazzuca and Luciano Foglietta, Romance blood. The comrades of the Duce, Minerva Edizioni

  Historical novel section: Mauro Mazza, The world tree. Weimar, October 1942, Fazi Editore

• 2013^[9]

  Scientific historical section: Maurizio Serra, Malaparte. Lives and legends, Marsilio Editori; Ottavio Barié, From the cold war to the big crisis. The new world of international relations, The Mill

  Dissemination historical section: Giuseppe Marcenaro An unknown morality. When Verlaine shot in Rimbaud, Bompiani

  Historical novel sectionDario Fertilio, The last night of the Cervi brothers. A yellow in the triangle of death, Marsilio Editori

• 2014^[10]

  Scientific historical sectionLuciano Mecacci, The Florentine Ghirlanda and the death of Giovanni Gentile, Adelphi and Gianpaolo Romanato, Pius X. To the origins of contemporary Catholicism, Lindau

  Dissemination historical section: Giancristiano Desiderio, Intellectual and affective life of Benedict Croce, Liberilibri

  Historical novel sectionVasken Berberian, Under an indifferent sky, Sperling&Kupfer

• 2015^[11]

  Scientific historical section: Franco Cardini The Emperor's appetite. Stories and secret flavors of history, Mondadori and Paolo Isotta, The virtue of the elephant. Music, books, friends and San Gennaro, Marsilio

  Dissemination historical sectionAntonio De Rossi, The construction of the Alps. Pictures and scenarios of the picturesque alpine (1773-1914), Donzelli

  Historical novel section: Licia Giaquinto, The Briganta and the dealer, Marsilio

• 2016^[12]

  Scientific historical section: Vladimiro Satta, The enemies of the Republic, Rizzoli

  Dissemination historical section: Pierluigi Battista, My father was fascist, Mondadori and Stenio Solinas, The black corsair. Henry de Monfreid, the last adventurer, Neri Pozza Editore

  Historical novel section: Luigi De Pascalis, Byzantine Night, La Lepre Editore

• 2017^[13]

  Scientific historical sectionHubert Heyriès, Italy 1866. History of a lost and won war, The Mill

  Dissemination historical section: Andrea Wulf The invention of nature. The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science, Luiss University Press

  Historical novel section: Roberto Roseano, The bold, Itinera Progetti

• 2018^[14]

  Scientific historical section(ex aequo) Guido Melis, The machine is imperfect. Picture and reality of the fascist state, The Mill; Cesare Panizza, Nicola Chiaromonte. A biography, Donzelli Editore

  Dissemination historical section: Emilio Gentile 25 July 1943, Laterza

  Historical novel sectionAdélaide de Clermont-Tonnerre, The last of us, Sperling & Kupfer

• 2019^[15]

  Scientific historical section: (ex aequo) Giuseppe Pardini, Techniques of revolution: the attack on Togliatti, Luni Editrice; Nicholas Stargardt, The German War: a nation under arms, Neri Pozza

  Dissemination historical section: Gian Piero Piretto When there was the USSR: 70 years of Soviet cultural history, Raffaello Cortina Editore

  Historical novel section: Mattia Bernardo Bagnoli, Remember the color of the night, Piemme

• 2020^[16]

  Scientific historical sectionLuciano Canfora, The subversive. Concept Marchesi and Italian communism, Laterza

  Dissemination historical section: Gian Piero Brunetta Italy on the screen. How cinema has told the national identity, Carozzi publisher

  Historical novel sectionMariapia De Conto, The silence of Veronika, Santi Quaranta Publishing House

• 2021^[17]

  Scientific historical section: Vittorio Criscuolo, And it was. Napoleon's death, Il Mulino ex aequo Marco Rovinello, Between servitude and service. History of the lever in Italy from Unity to Great War, Viella

  Dissemination historical section: Alessandro Martini and Maurizio Francesconi, The fashion of the holiday. Places and stories. 1860-1939, Einaudi

  Historical novel section: Stefano Muroni, Rubens played ball, Pendragon

• 2003 - Alessandro Cecchi Paone, Appointment with history
• 2004 - Paolo Mieli, It was running the year
• 2005 - Corrado Augias, Enigma
• 2006 - Giovanni Minoli, The story is us
• 2007 - Fiction Nassirya, Not to forget
• 2008 - Giordano Bruno Guerri, A movie, a story
• 2009 - Piero Angela, Superquark
• 2010 - Folco Quilici, The last flight
• 2011 - Roberto Giacobbo - Voyager - At the borders of knowledge
• 2012 - Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Stargate - Line of border And Empire^[8]
• 2013 - Graziano Diana, The Spermed Years – Trilogy 70's. The Judge^[9]
• 2014 - Simone Cristicchi, Jan Barnas, Warehouse 18^[10]
• 2015 - Gigi Marzullo, Subhead And Midnight and surroundings^[11]
• 2016 - Alessandra Gigante and Fabio Andriola, History on the Net^[12]
• 2018 - Michele Ruggiero, for his services on the Great War^[14]
• 2019 - Amedeo Ricucci for Chronicles from the front^[15]
• 2020 - Roberto Olla
• 2021 - Cristoforo Gorno

• 2009 - Mario Verdone^[5]
• 2010 - Ennio Di Nolfo^[5]
• 2011 - Antonio Martino^[5]
• 2012 - Mario Cervi^[5]
• 2013 - Franco Cardini^[5]
• 2014 - Roberto Vivarelli †^[5]
• 2015 - Giuseppe Galasso^[11]
• 2016 - Simona Colarizi^[12]
• 2017 - Domenico Fisichella^[19]
• 2018 - Francesco Margiotta Broglio^[14]
• 2019 - Donald Sassoon and Romano Ugolini^[15]
• 2020 - Gad Lerner
• 2021 - Marina Warner [delivered in the 2021 edition, referring to 2020] and Paolo Pombeni

• 2019^[20]

  Editing Section - Graphic Novel: Award to Emmanuel Guibert with volume The War of Alan – Coconino Press / Fandango

  Section Unpublished - Archive: Mention to Mary Elizabeth Judges with volume Invisible forest

  Section Unpublished - Family Romanzo: Award to Roberto Pulcini with volume Tensile

  Section Unpublished - Thesis of Laurea/Historical Essay: Award to Patrizia Deabate with volume Benjamin Button's mysterious case from Turin to Hollywood. Nino Oxilia: Francis Scott Fitzgerald's secret brother

  Section Unpublished - Thesis of Laurea/Historical Essay: Mention to Roberto Volpiano with thesis of graduation The Purchasing Division in Kefalonia. History and memory in the City of Acqui Terme