Robert Macfarlane was nominated for the Premio Internazionale Nonino 2024, a prestigious award in Italy whose winners include six Nobel Laureates.

Previous winners include V.S. Naipaul (Nonino Prize 1993, Nobel Prize 2001), Tomas Tranströmer (Nonino Prize 2004, Nobel Prize 2011), Mo Yan (Nonino Prize 2005, Nobel Prize 2012), Peter Higgs (Nonino Prize 2013, Nobel Prize 2013), Giorgio Parisi (Nonino Prize 2005 – Nobel Prize 2021).

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