The Urania Award (known in Italian as the Premio Urania) is an annual literary competition run by the Italian magazine ''
Urania
Urania ( ; ; modern Greek shortened name ''RĂ¡nia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass.
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science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
novels. It was held for the first time in 1989.
List of winners
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Premio Omelas
References
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Science fiction awards
Awards established in 1989
Italian literary awards
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1989 establishments in Italy