Stig Dagerman Prize
The Stig Dagerman Prize (Swedish: Stig Dagermanpriset) is a Swedish award given since 1996 by the Stig Dagerman Society and Älvkarleby municipality.[1] It is named in honor of Swedish author Stig Dagerman.[1] The award is given to a person who, or an organization that, in the spirit of Stig Dagerman, supports the significance and availability of the "free word" (freedom of speech), promoting inter-cultural understanding and empathy.[2] It was inspired by Dagerman's poem En dag om året that sets forth a vision of peace for humanity by imagining one day each year when the world is free from violence.[2]
The award ceremony takes place the first weekend in June each year at Laxön in Älvkarleby. The prize is kr 50,000.[2] On two occasions, 2004 and 2008, the prize winner subsequently won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the same year.[2]
Laureates
- 1996 – John Hron (posthumously)
- 1997 – Yasar Kemal
- 1998 – The Swedish Public Library
- 1999 – Ahmad Shamloo
- 2000 – Roy Andersson
- 2001 – Elsie Johansson
- 2002 – Gitta Sereny
- 2003 – Lukas Moodysson
- 2004 – Elfriede Jelinek
- 2005 – Göran Palm[3][4][5]
- 2006 – Sigrid Kahle[6][7][8]
- 2007 – Lasse Berg[9][10]
- 2008 – J. M. G. Le Clézio[11][12]
- 2009 – Birgitta Wallin and magazine Karavan[13][14]
- 2010 – Eduardo Galeano[15][16]
- 2011 – Judit Benedek and the theatre project SOS-Romer[17]
- 2012 – Nawal El Saadawi[18][19]
- 2013 – No one is illegal
- 2014 – Anders Bodegård[20]
- 2015 – Susanne Osten[21]
References
- 1 2 Stig Dagerman Prize, official website (Swedish)
- 1 2 3 4 Annual Award, Stig Dagerman website, maintained by Lo Dagerman.
- ↑ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm". SvD (in Swedish). May 6, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Stig Dagermanpriset gick till Göran Palm". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). June 5, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm". expressen.se (in Swedish). May 6, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle". st.nu (in Swedish). May 22, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle". expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "En ödmjuk Sigrid Kahle tog emot Stig Dagermanpriset". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). June 5, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Lasse Berg får Stig Dagermanpriset". svt.se (in Swedish). March 7, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Lasse Berg fick årets Stig Dagermanpris". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). March 7, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Ljusgestalt i ondskans tid". SvD (in Swedish). October 24, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Fransman får Stig Dagermanpriset". gd.se (in Swedish). June 4, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Dagermanpriset går till... okänd redaktör!". arbetarbladet.se (in Swedish). May 13, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Dagermanpriset till Wallin". gp.se (in Swedish). September 16, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Eduardo Galeano". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). September 12, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "I år går Stig Dagermanpriset till författaren Eduardo Galeano". webfinanser.com (in Swedish). August 18, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Här är hon – Dagermanjuryns nya chockval". arbetarbladet.se (in Swedish). May 5, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Motvillig El Saadawi får Dagermanpriset". SvD (in Swedish). January 9, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ ""Lydnad är ett dödligt gift"". Kultur (in Swedish). May 15, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Dagermanpriset till Anders Bodegård". GP (in Swedish). May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Ingela Östlund (30 March 2015). "Stig Dagermanpriset till Suzanne Osten". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
External links
- Official website (Swedish)