Hermann Kesten Medal
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The Hermann Kesten Medal , named after Hermann Kesten
(1900–1996), is a prize awarded annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers according to the principles of the Charter of International P.E.N. In 1985, the P.E.N. Center of the Federal Republic of Germany
awarded its first Hermann Kesten Medal.
Until 1993, the Medal was awarded every two years, since 1994 it has been awarded annually. As of 2000, the Hessian
Ministry for Science and the Arts has endowed the Medal with prize money of 10,000 Euro
.
Hermann Kesten
Hermann Kesten was a German novelist and dramatist. He was one of the principal literary figures of the New Objectivity movement in 1920's Germany.The literary prize Hermann Kesten Medal has been given in his honor since 1985....
(1900–1996), is a prize awarded annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers according to the principles of the Charter of International P.E.N. In 1985, the P.E.N. Center of the Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
awarded its first Hermann Kesten Medal.
Until 1993, the Medal was awarded every two years, since 1994 it has been awarded annually. As of 2000, the Hessian
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
Ministry for Science and the Arts has endowed the Medal with prize money of 10,000 Euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
.
Prize winners
- 1985 Bishop Helmut Frentz
- 1987 Kathleen von Simson
- 1989 Angelika Mechtel
- 1991 Christa Bremer
- 1993 Johannes Mario SimmelJohannes Mario SimmelJohannes Mario Simmel was an Austrian writer.He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II...
- 1994 Carola Stern
- 1995 Günter GrassGünter GrassGünter Wilhelm Grass is a Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist.He was born in the Free City of Danzig...
- 1996 Victor Pfaff
- 1997 SAID
- 1998 Hermann Schulz
- 1999 Alexander Tkatshenko
- 2000 Nenad PopovicNenad PopovicNenad Popović, Ph.D was born in the town of Tuzla, in 1966.He is the president of , vice president of the and Member of Parliament of Republic of Serbia....
- 2001 Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
- 2002 Sumaya Farhat NaserSumaya Farhat NaserSumaya Farhat Naser is a Palestinian Christian peace activist in the West Bank.She attended Talitha Kumi, a boarding school in Beit Jala which was founded by Lutheran deaconesses in the 19th century...
and Gila Svirsky - 2003 Anna PolitkovskayaAnna PolitkovskayaAnna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist, author, and human rights activist known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
- 2004 Bunt statt Braun
- 2005 Journaliste en dangerJournaliste en dangerJournaliste en danger is an independent, non partisan non-profit organization founded on November 20, 1998 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the initiative of a group of Congolese journalists for the defence and promotion of the press freedom in DR Congo.JED was founded out of the...
- 2006 Leonie Ossowski
- 2007 Hrant DinkHrant DinkHrant Dink or Հրանտ Դինք ) was a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent editor, journalist and columnist....
- 2008 MemorialMemorial (society)Memorial is an international historical and civil rights society that operates in a number of post-Soviet states. It focuses on recording and publicising the Soviet Union's totalitarian past, but also monitors human rights in post-Soviet states....
- 2009 Baltasar GarzónBaltasar GarzónBaltasar Garzón Real is a Spanish jurist who served on Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional. He was the examining magistrate of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción No...
- 2010 Liu XiaoboLiu XiaoboLiu Xiaobo is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China...
- 2011 Mohamed Hashem
See also
- German literatureGerman literatureGerman literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry