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2000 Italia Awards
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The 2000 Italia Awards for best SF published in Italy were presented on 30 April 2000 at FANCON 2000 - XXVI Italcon - in Courmayeur, Italy.
The winners were chosen by a jury of fans and members of WORLD SF ITALIA. The awards were delivered by Ernesto Vegetti, chairman of WORLD SF ITALIA at the end of the annual Banquet.
Here is the complete list:
BEST NOVEL:
Retrofuturo by Vittorio Curtoni (Shake)
BEST INTERNATIONAL NOVEL:
Quando la luce ritornera by Vernor Vinge (Editrice Nord)
Original Title: A Deepness in the Sky
BEST SHORT STORY:
"Al sorgere del Sole" by Adalberto Cersosimo (Il Secolo d'Italia)
BEST ESSAY:
"Storia del cinema di fantascienza" by Claudia & Giovanni Mongini (Fanucci)
BEST SHORT ESSAY:
"La mia love-story con la Fantascienza" by Vittorio Curtoni (Shake)
BEST BOOK COLLECTION:
Cosmo Oro (Editrice Nord)
BEST MAGAZINE:
Cosmo SF (Editrice Nord)
BEST ARTIST:
Maurizio Manzieri
BEST EDITOR:
Piergiorgio Nicolazzini
BEST TRANSLATOR:
Vittorio Curtoni
BEST SHOW:
"Grandi Sogni sul Piccolo Schermo" by Luigi Pachi' and Silvio Sosio.
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL:
Nathan Never by Medda-Serra-Vigna (Bonelli)
The following awards were assigned in the fan categories:
BEST FANZINE:
Delos (Website) http://www.delos.fantascienza.com
BEST SHORT STORY:
"L'uomo dei pupazzi di schiuma" by Dario Tonani (Delos)
BEST SHORT ESSAY:
"30 Anni dalla Luna" by Aresi-Catani-Curtoni-Sosio (Delos)
Posted May 4, 2000