Hermann Kesten Prize
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 German PEN Center 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[1]
- 1985 Bishop Helmut Frentz
- 1987 Kathleen von Simson
- 1989 Angelika Mechtel
- 1991 Christa Bremer
- 1993 Johannes Mario Simmel
- 1994 Carola Stern
- 1995 Günter Grass
- 1996 Victor Pfaff
- 1997 SAID
- 1998 Hermann Schulz
- 1999 Alexander Tkatshenko
- 2000 Nenad Popovic
- 2001 Harold Pinter
- 2002 Sumaya Farhat Naser and Gila Svirsky
- 2003 Anna Politkovskaya
- 2004 Bunt statt Braun
- 2005 Journaliste en danger
- 2006 Leonie Ossowski
- 2007 Hrant Dink
- 2008 Memorial
- 2009 Baltasar Garzón
- 2010 Liu Xiaobo
- 2011 Egyptian Publisher Mohammed Hashim[2]
- 2012 Iryna Khalip (Iрына Халiп) Belarusian Journalist
- 2013 Index on Censorship
References
- ↑ "Preisträger des Hermann Kesten-Preises". PEN Deutschland. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Stefan Weidner. "A Father of the Revolution", Qantara.de, 09.12.2011
See also
- German literature
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry