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
edit- 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 – Suzanne Osten[21]
- 2016 – Adonis[22]
- 2017 – Anders Kompass[23]
- 2018 – Amos Oz[24]
- 2019 – Britta Marakatt-Labba[25]
- 2020 – Magda Gad[citation needed]
- 2021 – no award
- 2022 – Maria Kalesnikava[26][27]
- 2023 – Carina Rydberg[28]
- 2024 – Elinor Torp[29]
References
edit- ^ a b Stig Dagerman Prize Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, official website (in Swedish)
- ^ a b c d Annual Award, Stig Dagerman website, maintained by Lo Dagerman.
- ^ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm". SvD (in Swedish). 6 May 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Stig Dagermanpriset gick till Göran Palm". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). 5 June 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm". expressen.se (in Swedish). 6 May 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle". st.nu (in Swedish). 22 May 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle". expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "En ödmjuk Sigrid Kahle tog emot Stig Dagermanpriset". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). 5 June 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Lasse Berg får Stig Dagermanpriset". svt.se (in Swedish). 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Lasse Berg fick årets Stig Dagermanpris". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). 7 March 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Ljusgestalt i ondskans tid". SvD (in Swedish). 24 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Fransman får Stig Dagermanpriset". gd.se (in Swedish). 4 June 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Dagermanpriset går till... okänd redaktör!". arbetarbladet.se (in Swedish). 13 May 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Dagermanpriset till Wallin". gp.se (in Swedish). 16 September 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Stig Dagermanpriset till Eduardo Galeano". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). 12 September 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "I år går Stig Dagermanpriset till författaren Eduardo Galeano". webfinanser.com (in Swedish). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Här är hon – Dagermanjuryns nya chockval". arbetarbladet.se (in Swedish). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Motvillig El Saadawi får Dagermanpriset". SvD (in Swedish). 9 January 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ ""Lydnad är ett dödligt gift"". Kultur (in Swedish). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Dagermanpriset till Anders Bodegård". GP (in Swedish). 7 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Ingela Östlund (30 March 2015). "Stig Dagermanpriset till Suzanne Osten". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Adonis, pristagare 28 maj 2016". dagerman.se (in Swedish). 14 May 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Anders Kompass mottar det 22:a Stig Dagermanpriset lördagen den 27 maj 2017". dagerman.se (in Swedish). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Amos Oz – Stig Dagermanpriset lördagen den 26:e maj 2018" (in Swedish). 2 June 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Annual Award". dagerman.us. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Nyblom, Sofia (21 May 2022). "Sofia Nyblom: Belarusiska aktivisten Maryja Kalesnikava får Stig Dagerman-priset". DN.SE (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Belarusiska Maryja Kalesnikava får årets Stig Dagermanpris". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Carina Rydberg får Dagermanpriset". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 15 March 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Elinor Torp får Stig Dagerman-priset". DN.se (in Swedish). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.