Robespierre Prize Explained

Robespierre Prize
Location:Varberg
Country:Sweden
Presenter:Lasse Diding
Reward:25,000 SEK
Firstawarded:2010
Website:leninpriset.se

The Robespierre Prize is a Swedish cultural award, which is given out annually since 2010[1] and is funded by Lasse Diding. The prize rewards a younger Swedish writer or artist who works in a critical spirit.[2] In the years 2010–2017, the award winner was chosen by the Jan Myrdal Society. In 2010–2015, the Robespierre Prize was called "Jan Myrdal's small prize – the Robespierre Prize".[3] [4]

The Robespierre Prize, which is worth SEK 25,000, would, when the Jan Myrdal Society selected the laureate, award a young, promising writer or artist who worked in Jan Myrdal's critical spirit. The prize money was SEK 10,000 in 2010–2021 and was raised to SEK 25,000 with the 2022 prize to Aleksej Sachnin.

The Robespierre Prize is given out simultaneously with the Lenin Award.

In 2013, that year's laureate Gabriela Pichler was criticized in the major Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter for accepting an award named after Robespierre.[5] When the award went to Sápmi Sisters in 2016, the duo refused to accept because they considered Jan Myrdal to be homophobic.[6]

During the period 2016–2018, the Jan Myrdal Society implemented a statutory change with the aim of separating the award from the person of Jan Myrdal and from the Jan Myrdal Society. As a first step, the award was referred to as “Jan Myrdal Library's small prize – the Robespierre Prize” in 2016 at Jan Myrdal's request. In 2017, the award was referred to solely as the "Robespierre Award".[7] This change took several years to finish, as two AGM resolutions are required to amend the statutes of the Jan Myrdal Society.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 7 January 2010. Leninpriset följs av nytt pris. Hallands Nyheter.
  2. Web site: The Robespierre Prize. The Lenin Award. 23 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Jan Myrdalsällskapet. 23 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Festligt som vanligt i Varberg vid prisutdelning och stämma. 19 April 2016. Jan Myrdalsällskapet. 23 March 2020.
  5. News: Ström Melin. Annika. 20 February 2013. Avböj terrorns priser. Dagens Nyheter. 26 August 2020.
  6. News: Carnhede. Anna-Maria. 8 April 2016. Jan Myrdal är homofob. Dagens ETC. 26 August 2020.
  7. Web site: Kallelse till Årsstämma och Leninpriset. 30 January 2017. Jan Myrdalsällskapet. 23 March 2020.
  8. Web site: Sällskapets stadgar. Jan Myrdalsällskapet. 23 March 2020.
  9. News: Hamrud. Annika. 4 February 2010. Roy Andersson får Leninpriset. Dagens Nyheter. 3 September 2020.
  10. News: Bjärsdal. Håkan. 13 April 2011. Wechselmann fick Leninpriset. Göteborgs-Posten.
  11. News: Linderborg. Åsa. 30 December 2011. De får Myrdalsällskapets pris. Aftonbladet.
  12. News: Kågström. Per. 28 January 2013. Leninpriset till Maj Sjöwall. Hallands Nyheter. 3 September 2020.
  13. News: Hentschel. Camilla. 12 April 2014. Jan Guillou är vinnare av årets Leninpris. Hallands Nyheter. 3 September 2020.
  14. News: Eriksen. Maria. 15 January 2015. Myrdals pris till Wiehe och Beischer. Proletären. 3 September 2020.
  15. News: Erlandsson. Martin. 28 January 2016. Doldisen Mikael Nyberg får Leninpriset. Hallandsposten. 3 September 2020.
  16. News: Eirefelt. Malin. 30 January 2017. Varbergsjournalisten tvekade att ta emot Didings pris. Hallands Nyheter. 3 September 2020.
  17. Web site: Fall. Anders. 29 January 2018. Leninpriset 2018 till Wollter. 3 September 2020. SVT Halland.
  18. News: Erlandsson. Martin. 21 January 2019. Didings Robespierrepris till serietecknare. Hallands Nyheter. 3 September 2020.
  19. News: 20 January 2020. David Ritschard får Robespierrepriset. Göteborgs-Posten. 3 September 2020.
  20. News: 25 January 2021. Kalle Holmqvist får Robespierrepriset. Aftonbladet. 25 March 2021.
  21. Web site: 2022-11-02 . Aleksej Sachnin får Robespierrepriset . 2022-12-07 . DN.SE . sv.

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