The Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary award given to an Odia language writer for outstanding work in Odia literature across different categories. This award is presented by the Odisha Sahitya Akademi, an organization started in 1957 in Odisha. The organization works to promote the Odia language and its literature.
The Vinda Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar is a lifetime achievement award given every year by the Department of Marathi Language in the government of Maharashtra. It is presented to a writer who has made important and lasting contributions to Marathi literature. The award originally included a certificate and a cash prize of ₹5 lakh (about US$5,200).
The Urania Award (Italian: Premio Urania) is an annual literary competition organized by the Italian magazine Urania. It is for contemporary Italian science fiction novels. The award was first held in 1989.
The Bagutta Prize is an Italian literary award given each year to Italian writers. It began with people who supported Milan’s Bagutta Ristorante. The writer Riccardo Bacchelli found the restaurant and often met with friends there to eat and talk about books.
The Premio Bancarella is an Italian literary prize created in 1953. It is presented annually in Pontremoli during the last Saturday or Sunday of July. Six books are chosen for the Premio Selezione Bancarella.
The Premio Campiello is an annual Italian literary prize. A group of literary experts chooses books published during the year and selects five as finalists in a public event. These books are called Premio Selezione Campiello.
The Strega Prize (Italian: Premio Strega [ˈprɛːmjo ˈstreːɡa]) is the most important Italian literary award. It has been given every year since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction written in the Italian language by an author of any nationality. The winning work must have been first published between March 1 of the previous year and February 28 or 29.
The Crotone Prize (Italian: Premio Crotone, Italian pronunciation: [pre-mee-oh-kro-TOH-neh]) was an important Italian literary award. It was started on April 4, 1952, in Crotone, Calabria, due to the efforts of then-mayor Silvio Messinetti.
The Irish Book Awards are awards given every year to books and authors in different categories. These awards are supported by all bookstores in Ireland. The main supporter is An Post, which is the postal service owned by the government of Ireland.
Oireachtas na Gaeilge (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɛɾʲəxt̪ˠəsˠ n̪ˠə ˈɡeːlʲɟə], “The Irish (language) Gathering”) is an annual arts festival that celebrates Irish culture. It has been held since the 1890s. The festival was inspired by the Welsh eisteddfodau and includes many events related to the Irish language and culture.