Premio Monselice

The Premio Monselice per la traduzione letteraria e scientifica (Monselice Prize for Literary and Scientific Translation) was an Italian award established "to enhance the activity of translation as a particularly important form of cultural communication between peoples".

[1][2]Founded in 1971 by Gianfranco Folena,[3][4][5] it was organized every year by the municipality of Monselice in collaboration with the University of Padua.

The award ceremony usually took place at the Monselice Castle.

The prize secretariat was located at the Municipal Library of Monselice.

[2] Two main prizes and three collateral prizes were awarded:[2] Notable winners include Fernanda Pivano,[6][7] Mary de Rachewiltz,[6][8] Giorgio Caproni,[6][9] William Weaver.