Ossietzky Award Explained

The Ossietzky Award (Norwegian: Ossietzkyprisen ) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., for extraordinary contributions to freedom of speech.^[1]

The prize is named after writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky.

Recipients

• Aziz Nesin (1993)
• Axel Jensen (1994)
• Johanna Schwarz (1995)
• Koigi wa Wamwere (1996)
• Haakon Børde (1997)
• Ketil Lund (1998)
• Wera Sæther (1999)
• Britt Karin Larsen (2000)
• Sigmund Strømme (2001)
• Elisabeth Eide (2002)
• Stavanger Municipality (2003)
• Aage Storm Borchgrevink (2004)
• Fakhra Salimi (2005)
• Ebba Haslund (2006)
• Democratic Voice of Burma (2007)
• Francis Sejersted and Chungdak Koren (2008)
• Mohammed Omer (2009)
• Mansour Koushan (2010)
• Mohammad Mostafaei (2011)
• Deeyah Khan (2012)
• Sidsel Mørck (2013)^[2]
• Sidsel Wold (2014)^[3]
• Irina Scherbakowa (2014)^[4]
• Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (2015) ^[5]
• Edward Snowden (2016)^[6]
• Tormod Heier (2017) ^[1]
• Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (2018)^[7]
• Afshin Ismaeli (2019)^[8]
• Ahmed Falah, Finn Graff and Siri Dokken on behalf of satirists in Norway (2020)^[9]
• "Those who speak freely in Afghanistan" (2021)^[10]

External links

• Web site: Ossietzky-prisen . Norwegian P.E.N..

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Ossietzkyprisen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 16 September 2017.
2. Web site: Ossietzkyprisen 2013 tildeles Sidsel Mørck. 10 November 2013. norskpen.no . no . 10 December 2020.
3. Web site: Sidsel Wold får pris for Midtausten-rapportering . Maria . Lavik . nrk.no . 10 November 2014. 16 September 2017 . no.
4. Web site: Welle (www.dw.com). Deutsche. Russian historian Irina Sherbakova receives Carl von Ossietsky Prize DW 04.05.2014. 2020-12-28. DW.COM. en-GB.
5. Web site: Ossietzkyprisen 2015 tildeles Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen . norskpen.no . 29 October 2015 . 16 September 2017 . no .
6. Web site: Edward Snowden tildeles Ossietzky-prisen. 16 September 2017 . no . Aftenposten.
7. Web site: Ossietzkyprisen 2018 til Ahmedur Rashid Chowdury . norskpen.no . 18 September 2018 . no . 28 August 2019.
8. https://norskpen.no/nb_NO/2019/10/21/ossietzkyprisen-2019-til-afshin-ismaeli/ Ossietzkyprisen 2019 til Afshin Ismaeli
9. Web site: Norske satiretegnere mottok Ossietzkyprisen for 2020 . PEN Norway . 21 March 2022.
10. Web site: Ossietzkyprisen 2021 tildeles frie ytrere fra Afghanistan . PEN Norway . 21 March 2022.