The Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize) is a major international literary award established in 1969 in France by Simone Del Duca (1912-2004) to continue the work of her late husband, publishing magnate Cino Del Duca (1899-1967). Designed to recognize and reward an author whose work constitutes, in a scientific or literary form, a message of modern humanism, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca currently carries a 250,000 € prize. A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece of work. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve of the twenty-five nations that form the European Union (and four outside it, as well as Montenegro and Kosovo), which form the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). ...

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 Prix mondial. Following her death in 2004, the Foundation was placed under the auspices of the Institut de France. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Institut de France (French Institute) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie française. ...

Honorees:

• 1969 : Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, 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 : Yachar Kemal, Turkish writer
• 1983 : Jacques Ruffié, French writer, 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, historian
• 1989 : Carlos Chagas Filho, Brazilian physician and biologist
• 1990 : Jorge Amada, Brazilian novelist
• 1991 : Michel Jouvet, French Neurological researcher
• 1992 : Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
• 1993 : Robert Mallet, French poet, essayist
• 1994 : Yves Pouliquen, French medical researcher
• 1995 : Yves Bonnefoy, French poet and essayist.
• 1996 : Alain F. Carpentier, French heart surgeon
• 1997 : Vaclav Havel, Czech writer, 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 : Simon Leys, Belgium writer
• 2005 : Jean Clair, French essayist and art historian

Bold text Lorenz being followed by his imprinted geese Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903 in Vienna – February 27, 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, and ornithologist. ... Jean Anouilh (June 23, 1910 – October 3, 1987) was a French dramatist. ... Ignazio Silone (May 1, 1900 - August 22, 1978) is the pseudonym of Secondo Tranquilli, an Italian author. ... Victor Weisskopf in the 1940s. ... Andrei Sakharov, 1943 Dr. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Russian: , May 21, 1921 – December 14, 1989), was an eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. ... Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essay writer, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous boom period. ... Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian of technology and science, also noted for his study of cities. ... Germaine Tillion (born May 30, 1907) is a French anthropologist best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s helping the social policies of the French government there. ... Léopold Sédar Senghor (October 9, 1906 – December 20, 2001) was a Senegalese poet and politician who served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). ... Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died June 14, 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. ... Ernst Jünger as a soldier in World War I Ernst Jünger (Juenger or Junger in English), (March 29, 1895 – February 17, 1998) was a German author of novels and accounts of his war experiences. ... Yachar Kemal (Yaşar Kemal) (born in 1923) is a Turkish journalist and novelist. ... Georges Dumézil (March 4, 1898 - October 11, 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Indo-European religion and society. ... William Clark Styron, Jr. ... Thierry Maulnier (born Jacques Talagrand; 1908, Alès—1988) was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic. ... Carlos Chagas Filho (b. ... Ismail Kadare at a reading in Zurich Ismail Kadare is a world-renowned Albanian writer. ... Yves Pouliquen was born February 17, 1931 in Mortain, France. ... Yves Bonnefoy (born Tours, June 1923) is a French poet and essayist. ... Václav Havel [VAWTS-lav HA-vel] (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech writer and dramatist. ... Pierre Ryckmans (born 28 September 1935, in Brussels, Belgium), who also uses the pen-name Simon Leys, is a writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic. ...

References

• Fondation Del Duca information