Hermann Kesten Prize
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Formerly called | Hermann Kesten Medal |
Reward(s) | €10,000 |
The Hermann Kesten Prize (German: Hermann-Kesten-Preis), formally the Hermann Kesten Medal (German: Hermann-Kesten-Medaille), is a German literary award presented annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers, on behalf of PEN Centre Germany according to the principles of the Charter of International PEN. In 1985, the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded the first Hermann Kesten Medal. It is named in honor of Hermann Kesten (1900–1996).
Until 1993, it was awarded every two years, since 1994 it has been given annually. As of 2000, the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts has endowed the award with a prize of €10,000.
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.
Prize winners[]
Source:[1]
- 1985 Bishop
- 1987
- 1989
- 1991
- 1993 Johannes Mario Simmel
- 1994 Carola Stern
- 1995 Günter Grass
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000 Nenad Popovic
- 2001 Harold Pinter
- 2002 Sumaya Farhat Naser and
- 2003 Anna Politkovskaya
- 2004
- 2005 Journaliste en danger
- 2006 Leonie Ossowski
- 2007 Hrant Dink
- 2008 Memorial
- 2009 Baltasar Garzón
- 2010 Liu Xiaobo
- 2011 Egyptian Publisher [2]
- 2012 Iryna Khalip (Iрына Халiп) Belarusian Journalist
- 2013 Index on Censorship
- 2014 Wolfgang Kaleck[3]
- 2015 and
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018 Gioconda Belli
- 2019 Philippe Lançon
- 2020 Günther Wallraff[4]
See also[]
- German literature
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry
References[]
- ^ "Award winners of the Hermann Kesten-Award". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Stefan Weidner. "A Father of the Revolution", Qantara.de, 9 December 2011
- ^ "Profile /biography of Wolfgang Kaleck". European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Hermann Kesten-Preis für Günter Wallraff". Donaukurier (in German). Ingolstadt. dpa. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
External links[]
- German PEN Center awards
- Awards established in 1985
- 1985 establishments in Germany
- Literary awards honouring human rights