Stig Dagerman Prize

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

• 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 – Susanne Osten^[21]

References

1. Stig Dagerman Prize, official website (Swedish)
2. Annual Award, Stig Dagerman website, maintained by Lo Dagerman.
3. "Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm". SvD (in Swedish). May 6, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
4. "Stig Dagermanpriset gick till Göran Palm". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). June 5, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
5. "Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm". expressen.se (in Swedish). May 6, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
6. "Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle". st.nu (in Swedish). May 22, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
7. "Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle". expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved October 27, 2012.
8. "En ödmjuk Sigrid Kahle tog emot Stig Dagermanpriset". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). June 5, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
9. "Lasse Berg får Stig Dagermanpriset". svt.se (in Swedish). March 7, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
10. "Lasse Berg fick årets Stig Dagermanpris". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). March 7, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
11. "Ljusgestalt i ondskans tid". SvD (in Swedish). October 24, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
12. "Fransman får Stig Dagermanpriset". gd.se (in Swedish). June 4, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
13. "Dagermanpriset går till... okänd redaktör!". arbetarbladet.se (in Swedish). May 13, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
14. "Dagermanpriset till Wallin". gp.se (in Swedish). September 16, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
15. "Stig Dagermanpriset till Eduardo Galeano". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). September 12, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
16. "I år går Stig Dagermanpriset till författaren Eduardo Galeano". webfinanser.com (in Swedish). August 18, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
17. "Här är hon – Dagermanjuryns nya chockval". arbetarbladet.se (in Swedish). May 5, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
18. "Motvillig El Saadawi får Dagermanpriset". SvD (in Swedish). January 9, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
19. ""Lydnad är ett dödligt gift"". Kultur (in Swedish). May 15, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
20. "Dagermanpriset till Anders Bodegård". GP (in Swedish). May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
21. Ingela Östlund (30 March 2015). "Stig Dagermanpriset till Suzanne Osten". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2015.

External links

• Official website (Swedish)