Catalonia International Prize

The Catalonia International Prize (Catalan: Premi Internacional Catalunya) is a Spanish international prize, awarded every year since 1989 by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The award recognizes the work of people who have not only contributed to the development of culture, science or economics, but have also stood out for having completed their work with a high ethical and humanistic commitment.

Institutions and organizations from all over the world present candidates every year, usually exceeding 200 people. A large jury, composed of various personalities from different fields, and independent of the Generalitat, determine one award winner each year. The prize is only given to living people, and cannot be awarded posthumously. Four times (1995, 2004, 2008, and 2013) the award has been shared by two people.

The prize is presented at the beginning of March by the President of the Government of Catalonia and consists of a cash prize (in 2005 it was 80,000 euros) and a work of art.

History

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Year Winner Nacionality Activity
1989 Karl Popper United Kingdom philosopher
1990 Abdus Salam Pakistan physicist
1991 Jacques Cousteau France oceanographer
1992 Mstislav Rostropovich Russia cellist
1993 Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Italy geneticist
1994 Edgar Morin France sociologist
1995 Václav Havel
Richard von Weizsäcker
Czech Republic
Germany
writer essayist and politician
politician
1996 Yaşar Kemal Turkey novelist
1997 Amartya Sen India economist
1998 Jacques Delors France politician
1999 Doris Lessing United Kingdom writer
2000 Abdallah Laroui Morocco historian
2001 Andrea Riccardi Italy historian
2002 Harold Bloom United States essayist
2003 Nawal al-Sa'dawi Egypt writer and social activist
2004 Sari Nusseibeh
Amos Oz
Palestine
Israel
philosopher and writer
2005 Claude Lévi-Strauss France anthropologist
2006 Pere Casaldáliga Spain religion
2007 Edward Osborne Wilson United States entomologist, biologist and science communicator
2008 Cynthia Maung
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar
Myanmar
medic
activist
2009 Bill Viola[1] United States video artist
2010 Jimmy Carter[2] United States politician
2011 Haruki Murakami Japan writer
2012 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazil metallurgist, trade unionist and politician
2013 Malala Yousafzai[3]
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Pakistan
Norway
Student, activist
politician
2014 Desmond Tutu South Africa activist
2015 Jane Goodall United Kingdom primatologist
2016 Josep Baselga
Manel Esteller
Joan Massagué
Spain oncologist
2019 Vinton Cerf United States computer scientist
2020 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o[4] Kenya writer and activist
2021 Judith Butler[5] United States gender studies philosopher
2022 Svetlana Alexievich writer
2023 Joseph Stiglitz United States economist

References

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  1. ^ "Artforum.com". www.artforum.com. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Receives the Catalonia International Prize". The Carter Center. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ^ "La Malala, new Catalonia International Prize". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Ngugi wa Thiong'o awarded the Catalonia International Prize 2019 | Linguapax International". Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Judith Butler awarded Catalonia International Prize | Letters & Science". ls.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 26 April 2023.