Al Owais Award

The Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Awards (or Al Owais Awards) are a bi-annual prize for artistic and cultural achievement in the Arab world.[1] It is administered by the Sultan Bin Al Owais Cultural Foundation of the United Arab Emirates.[1] The award was established by the late Emirati businessman and philanthropist Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais. The awards were first given out in 1988-89.

The Al Owais Cultural Awards are given in four categories: Poetry, Novels, Criticism and Studies. Winners in each category receive a prize of US$100,000 for a total of US$400,000 making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. A fifth award called the Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement has different rules and criteria, with a prize amount of US$100,000.[2]

In 2004, the poetry prize was given to Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef but was controversially withdrawn after he criticized UAE ruler Sheikh Zayed bin al-Nahiyan.[3]

Winners

List of winners:[4]

1988-1989

1990-1991

1992-1993

1994-1995

1996-1997

1998-1999

2000-2001

2002-2003

2004-2005

2006-2007

2008-2009

2010-2011

References

  1. 1 2 Standing Regulations, Al Owais Award website.
  2. ↑ Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement, award criteria for Scientific and Cultural Achievement
  3. ↑ Reuters
  4. ↑ List of winners

External links

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