Man of Peace

The title Man of Peace was created in 1999 by the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome. The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals who "from personalities from the world of culture and entertainment who have stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world, made an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace".^[1]

An initiative by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, himself a winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, the award is presented in Rome's Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill) by President Gorbachev, Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, and the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates attending the annual summit meeting.

In its early years the award was referred to as both the "Man for Peace" in Europe and "Man of Peace" in the United States. In 2006 its title was officially changed to "Man of Peace", also "Peace Summit Award".

Recipients of the award are:

2002: Roberto Benigni
2003: Italian National Singers’ Football Team
2004: Cat Stevens
2005: Bob Geldof and The PeaceJam Foundation
2006: Peter Gabriel
2007: Don Cheadle and George Clooney
2008: Bono
2009: Annie Lennox
2010: Roberto Baggio
2012: Sean Penn ^[2]
2013: Sharon Stone ^[3]
2014: Bernardo Bertolucci^[4]
2015: Bruce Ladd

In addition, the conference also awarded the "Peace Summit Award for Social Activism" to "associations which have distinguished themselves for their outstanding contribution to international peace and social justice".^[5]

2005: Peace Jam
2010: Nihonhidankyo (Japan Confederation of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Sufferers Organization)

Laureate Summit Members

1999

2000

2002

Bibliography

Alberto Abruzzese – Morando Morandini, Dietro lo spot Franco Scepi gira Campari, Mazzotta Editore, Milano 1986
Gillo Dorfles – Massimo Di Forti Franco Scepi, Images from Italy, Mazzotta Editore, Milano 1987
Marc Le Cannu – Gillo Dorfles, Over ad Art da Depero a Scepi, Editore Electa Milano 1989
Franco Scepi produzione d’immagini, Edizione CDS Milano 1990
Trent'anni e un Secolo di Casa Campari, Guido Vergani, 1990
Franco Scepi, Over Ad' Art, Editore Alex Gallery Washington, 1993
Franco Scepi, Strategia dell’immaginazione Edizioni l’Artistica Savigliano 1992
AA. VV., Mikhail Gorbachev: Arte per la pace - oltre ogni muro, l’Uomo della Pace di Scepi Bora edizioni, Bologna 2000, ISBN 88-85345-79-4
Man for Peace, Tipleco Editore, 2003
Man for Peace, Sambero Editore, 2004 e 2005
Percorso nel Tempo, l'antica Casa di Franco Scepi, Sambero Editore, 2006

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