The Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Award (Ytringsfrihetsprisen) is an annual prize given by the
Norwegian Authors Union. It is not to be confused with the Freedom of Expression Prize of the
Fritt Ord organization. The prize is awarded to a writer, journalist, author or editor who has made outstanding efforts to promote freedom of expression and tolerance in the very broadest sense. The nominations are made by an International Committee and a National Board of Members.
The Freedom of Expression Award was a gift from the Ministry of Culture to the Norwegian Authors' Union, on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of its founding since 1993.
Awarded
*1994
Izzat Ghazzawi, Palestine
*1995
İsmail Beşikçi
İsmail Beşikçi (born 1939) is a Turkish sociologist, philosopher, revolutionist, and writer. He is a PEN Honorary Member. He has served 17 years in prison on propaganda charges stemming from his writings about the Kurdish population in Middle ...
, Turkey
*1996 Joar Tranøy, Norway
*1997
Yasar Kemal, Nigeria
*1998
Axel Jensen, Norway
*1999
Yehude Simon Munaro, Peru
*2000
Željko Kopanja, Bosnia
*2001
Amos Oz
Amos Oz (; born Amos Klausner (); 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a pro ...
, Israel
*2002
Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russians, Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005).
It was her repor ...
, Russia
*2003
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer ( EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram, was an Indonesian novelist and writer. His works span the colonial period under Dutch rule, Indonesia's struggle for independence, ...
, Indonesia
*2004
Ragıp Zarakolu, Turkey
*2005
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (; 17 August 1936 – 25 February 2006) was an Ethiopian poet and novelist. His novels and poems evoke retrospective narratives, fanciful epics, and nationalistic connotations. Gabre-Medhin is considered to be one of the most ...
, Ethiopia
*2006
Simin Behbahani
Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; ; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist, and activist. Renowned for her mastery of the ghazal, a traditional poetic for ...
, Iran
*2007
Tsering Woeser
Tsering Woeser (; , Han name Chéng Wénsà 程文萨; born July 21, 1966) is a Tibetan writer, activist, blogger, poet and essayist.
Biography
Woeser, a quarter Han Chinese and three quarters Tibetan, was born in Lhasa. Her grandfather, Chin ...
, Tibet
*2008
Normando Hernández González
Normando Hernández González (born Camagüey, October 21, 1969) is a Cuban-born writer and journalist who now lives in the United States.
He was the youngest of 75 persons rounded up by Cuban authorities on March 18, 2003, a day that is now comm ...
, Cuba
*2009
Dawit Isaak, Eritrea
*2010
Ma Thida, Burma
*2011
Ales Bialiatski, Russia
*2012
Wera Sæther, Norway
*2013 Muharrem Erbey, Turkey
*2014 Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Vietnam
*2015 Prize awarded but winner wasn't published.
*2016
Jael Uribe
Jael Uribe Elizabeth Medina is best known as Jael Uribe (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, February 10, 1975) is a writer, storyteller, poet and painter creator of the female poetic foundation named Women Poets International. She is considered t ...
, Dominican Republic
*2017
Asli Erdoğan
*2018
Sumaya Jirde Ali
*2019
Dareen Tatour
References
External links List of awarded People December 2020
Norwegian awards
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