Stig Dagerman Prize Explained
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 .[2] On two occasions, 2004 and 2008, the prize winner subsequently won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the same year.[2]
Laureates
Notes and References
- http://www.dagerman.se/priset.htm Stig Dagerman Prize
- http://dagerman.us/society/annual-award Annual Award
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm . SvD . Swedish . 6 May 2005 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset gick till Göran Palm . sverigesradio.se . Swedish . 5 June 2005 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset till Göran Palm . expressen.se . Swedish . 6 May 2005 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle . st.nu . Swedish . 22 May 2006 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset till Sigrid Kahle . expressen.se . Swedish . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: En ödmjuk Sigrid Kahle tog emot Stig Dagermanpriset . sverigesradio.se . Swedish . 5 June 2006 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Lasse Berg får Stig Dagermanpriset . https://archive.today/20130418130431/http://www.svt.se/2.33557/1.776687/lasse_berg_far_stig_dagermanpriset?page1850741=-1 . dead . 18 April 2013 . svt.se . Swedish . 7 March 2007 . 27 October 2012 .
- Web site: Lasse Berg fick årets Stig Dagermanpris . sverigesradio.se . Swedish . 7 March 2007 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Ljusgestalt i ondskans tid . SvD . Swedish . 24 October 2008 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Fransman får Stig Dagermanpriset . gd.se . Swedish . 4 June 2008 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Dagermanpriset går till... okänd redaktör! . arbetarbladet.se . Swedish . 13 May 2009 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Dagermanpriset till Wallin . gp.se . Swedish . 16 September 2009 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset till Eduardo Galeano . sverigesradio.se . Swedish . 12 September 2010 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: I år går Stig Dagermanpriset till författaren Eduardo Galeano . webfinanser.com . Swedish . 18 August 2010 . 27 October 2012 . 29 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130529054428/http://www.webfinanser.com/nyheter/1440213/i-ar-gar-stig-dagermanpriset-till-forfattaren-eduardo-galeano/ . dead .
- Web site: Här är hon – Dagermanjuryns nya chockval . arbetarbladet.se . Swedish . 5 May 2011 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Motvillig El Saadawi får Dagermanpriset . . Swedish . 9 January 2012 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: ”Lydnad är ett dödligt gift” . Kultur . Swedish . 15 May 2012 . 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Dagermanpriset till Anders Bodegård . Swedish . GP . 7 May 2014 . 28 May 2014.
- Web site: Stig Dagermanpriset till Suzanne Osten . Swedish . svt.se . Ingela Östlund . 30 March 2015 . 3 December 2015.
- Web site: Adonis, pristagare 28 maj 2016 . Swedish . dagerman.se . 14 May 2017 . 13 September 2017.
- Web site: Anders Kompass mottar det 22:a Stig Dagermanpriset lördagen den 27 maj 2017 . dagerman.se . Swedish . 13 May 2017 . 13 September 2017.
- Web site: Amos Oz – Stig Dagermanpriset lördagen den 26:e maj 2018 . 2 June 2018 . sv . 11 September 2020.
- Web site: Annual Award . dagerman.us . 9 August 2021.
- Web site: Nyblom . Sofia . Sofia Nyblom: Belarusiska aktivisten Maryja Kalesnikava får Stig Dagerman-priset . DN.SE . 21 May 2022 . sv . 6 June 2022.
- Web site: Belarusiska Maryja Kalesnikava får årets Stig Dagermanpris . SVT Nyheter . 10 March 2022 . sv . 6 June 2022.