The Mondello Prize (Italian: Premio Mondello or Premio letterario internazionale Mondello Città di Palermo) is an Italian literary award established in 1975.
The award was founded by a group of Palermo intellectuals and academics, and was first directed by the magistrate Francesco Lentini until his death in 2000.
[1][2] Since it is organized by a cultural foundation, Fondazione Sicilia [it].
[1] Since 2012 the award has a partnership with the Turin International Book Fair.
[1][3] Winners include Milan Kundera in 1979,[4] or Cees Nooteboom in 2017.