The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial
literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.
It is awarded at the
Jerusalem International Book Forum (previously known as the Jerusalem International Book Fair), and the recipient usually delivers an address when accepting the award. The award is valued at $10,000.
The prize's inaugural year was 1963, awarded to
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, a ...
who had won the
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
in 1950.
Octavio Paz,
V. S. Naipaul,
J. M. Coetzee and
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...
all won the Jerusalem Prize prior to winning the Nobel.
In the intervening even-numbered years there is also a National Jerusalem Prize to promote local Israeli authors. For example, in 1994 the Jerusalem Prize was won by
Naomi Gal.
List of laureates
References
External links
Jerusalem Prizeat the Jerusalem International Book Forum
{{Literature in Israel
Awards established in 1963
1963 establishments in Israel
Israeli literary awards
International literary awards
Literary awards honouring human rights
Literary awards honoring lifetime achievement
Israeli human rights awards
Culture of Jerusalem
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