Prizewinners
The four annual Balzan Prizes are awarded to scholars and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. The Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace, and Fraternity among Peoples is a special prize awarded at intervals of no less than three years.
1981
1981 Balzan Prize for Geology and Geophysics
1980
Argentina
1980
Jorge Luis Borges
1980 Balzan Prize for Philology, Linguistics, and Literary Criticism
1979
Italy
1979
Giuseppe Tucci
1979 Balzan Prize for History (ex aequo with Ernest Labrousse)
France
1979
Ernest Labrousse
1979 Balzan Prize for History (ex aequo with Giuseppe Tucci)
1978
Macedonia/India
1978
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
1978 Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples
1977
No prizewinners
