Francesco Guccini - Awards

Awards

Awards, accolades and recognitions received by Guccini:

• In 1992 he received the Librex Montale Award "Poetry for Music", for the song "Canzone delle domande consuete".
• In 1992 an entomologist discovered a new subspecies of butterfly on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, naming it Parnassius mnemosyne guccinii.
• In 1997 Luciano Tesi and Gabriele Cattani discovered an asteroid, naming it 39748 Guccini.
• In 2001 his story "La Cena" was included in the anthology "Racconti italiani del Novecento" (I Meridiani – Mondadori).
• In 2002 the universities of Bologna, Modena and Reggio Emilia awarded him an honorary degree in Science of Education
• In 2003 the comune of Carpi celebrated Guccini's fortieth year of career dedicating him the show "Stagioni di vita quotidiana".
• In 2004 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi awarded him the title of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
• In 2004 he received the Targa Ferré, the award named after Léo Ferré.
• In 2005 he received the award "Giuseppe Giacosa – Parole per la musica".
• In 2007, in Catanzaro, he was awarded the "Riccio d'argento" for Best Singer-Songwriter Live Album.
• In 2008, in Carpi, he received the Arturo Loria award for his book of short stories Icaro.
• In 2010 the botanist Davide Donati discovered a new species of cactus, naming it Corynopuntia guccinii.
• In 2012 he was awarded with an honorary degree by the American University of Rome.

From the Club Tenco:

• 1975 – Premio Tenco, career award along with Fausto Amodei, Umberto Bindi, Fabrizio De André, Vinicius de Moraes, Enzo Jannacci.
• 1987 – Targa Tenco for the song "Scirocco".
• 1990 – Targa Tenco for the song "La canzone delle domande consuete.
• 1994 – Targa Tenco for the album Parnassius Guccinii.
• 2000 – Targa Tenco for the song "Ho ancora la forza".

Awards won in collaboration with Loriano Macchiavelli:

• In 1997 Guccini and Macchiavelli received the Alassio Literally Award, un libro per l'Europa, for the book Macaronì: romanzo di santi e delinquenti.
• In 1998 Guccini and Macchiavelli won the annual "Police Film Festival" for the book Macaronì: romanzo di santi e delinquenti.
• In 2007 Guccini and Macchiavelli won an award at the "Serravalle Noir 2007" for their novel Tango e gli altri – romanzo di una raffica, anzi tre.