The Zerilli-Marimò / City of Rome Prize for Italian Fiction was an Italian American literary award funded by Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò.
The award winning book is selected as being especially worthy of the attention of readers in North America and the English-speaking world.
The prize is sponsored by various organizations, among which New York University, Harvard University, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The jury consists of 70 members who are fluent in Italian, but of non-European nationality.
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