Monismanien Prize

The Monismanien Prize (Monismanienpriset) is awarded by Göteborgs nation at Uppsala University. The prize is awarded to organizations and individuals who have made great efforts to defend freedom of speech.

History[]

Monismanien Prize was founded in 1975 by Swedish filmmaker Kenne Fant (1923–2016) in memory of Torgny Segerstedt (1876-1945) who served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning. Kenne Fant received an award of SEK 124,000 from the Swedish Film Institute for his film Monismanien 1995 (1975). He set aside this money as a basis for the Monismanien Foundation, which administers the prize. ^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]

Notable past recipients[]

Alva Myrdal - 1976
Simone Veil- 1977
Lech Wałęsa- 1981
Günter Wallraff - 1984
André Brink- 1989
Andre Brink - 1992
Taslima Nasrin - 1995
Yasar Kemal- 1997
Desmond Tutu - 1999
John Pilger - 2001
Emily Lau- 2003
Václav Havel - 2005
Margot Wallström- 2009
Herta Müller -2011
Raif Badawi - 2017

References[]

^ "Fant, Kenne". Svensk biografisk handbok 1985. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "Torgny Segerstedt, 1876–1945". NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
^ "Torgny Segerstedt". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "Monismanien 1995 (1975)". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

External links[]

Göteborgs Nation website

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[1] "Fant, Kenne". Svensk biografisk handbok 1985. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[2] "Torgny Segerstedt, 1876–1945". NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

[3] "Torgny Segerstedt". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[4] "Monismanien 1995 (1975)". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[5] "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

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