Kisiel Prize or Kisiel Award ) is an award awarded in three categories: publicist, politician and entrepreneur whose actions most closely portray the spirit and beliefs of the Polish publicist and politician, Stefan Kisielewski

Stefan Kisielewski

Stefan Kisielewski , nicknames Kisiel, Julia Hołyńska, Teodor Klon, Tomasz Staliński, was a Polish writer, publicist, composer and politician, and one of the members of Znak, one of the founders of the UPR, the polish libertarian and conservative political party.Kisielewski was born to a Polish...

. The award was established in 1990 by Kisielewski himself, with support of a major Polish weekly, Wprost

Wprost

Wprost is a weekly newsmagazine in Poland. It was founded on December 5, 1982 as a regional magazine in Greater Poland, but since 1989 it has been distributed nationwide. The editorial office is currently located in Warsaw. Wprost is an opinion weekly focused on politics and society. Marek Król is...

. Since Kisielewski's death in 1991, the Award is being given out with the agreement of the group composed primarily of former winners of the award.

In 2007 and 2008 the Award was not given out, which caused some controversy, as many former winners criticized Wprost for drifting away from Kisielewski's views.

Winners

1990 – Janusz Beksiak, Stefan Bratkowski, Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Janusz Korwin-Mikke

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, Rafał Krawczyk, Piotr Kuncewicz

Piotr Kuncewicz

Piotr Kuncewicz - was a polish writer and Master Freemason by Grand Orient of Poland.-Works:* Samotni wobec historii, 1967* Antyk zmęczonej Europy, 1982, 1988* Grochowiak, 1976* Cień ręki, 1977...

, Stefan Kurowski, Józef Kuśmierek, Jacek Maziarski, Krzysztof Mętrak, Kazimierz Pytko, Ernest Skalski, Jerzy Waldorff

Jerzy Waldorff

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, Wiesław Walendziak, Piotr Wierzbicki, Mieczysław Wilczek, Wacław Wilczyński.

1991 – Bogusław Bagsik, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki

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, Jerzy Grohman.

1992 – Jerzy Giedroyć

Jerzy Giedroyc

Jerzy Giedroyc was a Polish writer and political activist....

, Jan Kulczyk

Jan Kulczyk

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, Jan Winiecki.

1993 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Aleksander Kwasniewski

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, Janusz Lewandowski

Janusz Lewandowski

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, Józef Tischner

Józef Tischner

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1994 – Leszek Balcerowicz

Leszek Balcerowicz

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, Jacek Fedorowicz

Jacek Fedorowicz

- Early life :Fedorowicz was born in pre-war Gdynia, Poland to a family of Varsovians. His parents worked for the newly developed Polish maritime economy. As a 7-year-old boy he survived the Warsaw Uprising...

, Mieczysław Prószyński.

1995 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Andrzej Woyciechowski, Antoni Majewski.

1996 – Andrzej Bączkowski, Sobiesław Zasada, Michał Zieliński.

1997 – Marian Krzaklewski

Marian Krzaklewski

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, Tomasz Wołek, Czesław Apiecionek.

1998 – Henryka Bochniarz, Stanisław Tym, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Hanna Beata Gronkiewicz-Waltz is a Polish liberal-conservative politician who has been the Mayor of Warsaw since 2 December 2006. She is the first woman to ever hold this position....

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1999 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański

Jan Nowak-Jezioranski

Jan Nowak-Jeziorański was a Polish journalist, writer, politician, social worker and patriot. He served during the Second World War as one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home Army...

, Paweł Piskorski, Wiesław Uchański.

2000 – Irena Eris, Witold Gadomski

Witold Gadomski

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, Andrzej Olechowski

Andrzej Olechowski

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2001 – Stanisław Ciupiński, Jan Kułakowski, Rafał Aleksander Ziemkiewicz.

2002 – Krzysztof Pawłowski, Donald Tusk

Donald Tusk

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, Maciej Rybiński.

2003 – Jan Rokita

Jan Rokita

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, Roman Kluska, Janusz A. Majcherek.

2004 – Jerzy Hausner

Jerzy Hausner

Jerzy Hausner is a Polish politician and economist. He is a Member of the 4th Sejm of the Republic of Poland....

, Teresa Bogucka, Adam Krzanowski.

2005 – Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

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, Ryszard Krauze, Tomasz Lis

Tomasz Lis

Tomasz Lis is one of the most popular Polish journalists, former TV anchor of “TVN Fakty” and “Wydarzenia” ....

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2006 – Marek Safjan, Wojciech Trzciński, Roman Młodkowski.