Prix Italia winners

Irish writer (1906–1989)

Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953)

English poet and novelist (1895-1985)

Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.

French composer and conductor (1924-2009)

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

English film director and screenwriter (born 1936)

English theatre and film director (1925–2022)

Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)

French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)

Italian composer (1925–2003)

Polish-born British mathematician (1908–1974)

English and French film/television director and producer

German composer (1926–2012)

French writer (1901-1992)

Italian composer (1880-1968)

British folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915–1989)

British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)

Irish poet and playwright (1907–1963)

British actor and director

French composer (1925-2004)

English film director and author

Italian composer (1892–1965)

English film director

Scottish film director (1928–2011)

American composer (1913–2008)

French composer (1903–1990)

British television director and writer

book by Jeanette Winterson

Italian journalist, writer and politician (1923-2020)

British director (1929–2017)

English composer, pianist and conductor (1921–2014)

Nigerian film director

poet (1919–2002)

Australian composer

English writer, film director and producer

Danish composer

American musicologist and composer (1933–2017)

Irish-born British playwright and author (1910-1992)

1999 British television drama serial directed by Peter Kosminsky

Australian composer and pianist

British television and film director

Swedish journalist (1955-2012)