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{{Infobox award |
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| name = The America Award |
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| imagesize = 200px |
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| description = A lifetime contribution to international writing |
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| presenter = [[Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc.]]<br /> |
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(in loving memory of [[Anna Fahrni]]) |
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| date = annual |
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| country = {{flag|United States}} |
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| year = 1994 |
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| website = [http://www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm] |
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}} |
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The '''America Award''', which describes itself as a modest attempt at providing alternatives to the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], was first presented in 1994. The award does not entail any prize money.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012 |url=http://buitenland.vfl.be/en/press/409 |publisher=Flemish Literature Fund |year=2012}}</ref> |
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=={{anchor|Jury}} Jury== |
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Each year, the jury comprises 6 to 8 American poets, prose writers, playwrights and literary critics. The rotating panel has included [[Douglas Messerli]] [chairman], [[Will_Alexander_(poet)|Will Alexander]], [[Luigi Ballerini]], [[Charles Bernstein]], [[Peter Constantine]], [[Peter Glassgold]], [[Deborah Meadows]], [[Martin Nakell]], [[John O'Brien]], [[Marjorie Perloff]], [[Dennis Phillips]], [[Joe Ross]], [[Jerome Rothenberg]], [[Paul Vangelisti]], and [[Mac Wellman]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012 |url=http://buitenland.vfl.be/en/press/409 |publisher=Flemish Literature Fund |year=2012}}</ref> |
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=={{anchor|America Award winners}} America Award winners== |
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*1994 – [[Aimé Cesaire]] [Martinique] 1913 |
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*1995 – [[Harold Pinter]] [England] 1930 |
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*1996 – [[José Donoso]] [Chile] 1924-1996 (awarded prior to his death) |
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*1997 – [[Friederike Mayröcker]] [Austria] 1924 |
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*1998 – [[Rafael Alberti]] [Spain] 1902-1998 (awarded prior to his death) |
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*1999 – [[Jacques Roubaud]] [France] 1932 |
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*2000 – [[Eudora Welty]] [USA] 1909-2001 |
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*2001 – [[Inger Christensen]] [Denmark] 1935 |
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*2002 – [[Peter Handke]] [Austria] 1942 |
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*2003 – [[Adunis|Adonis]] [Syria/Lebanon] 1930 |
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*2004 – [[José Saramago]] [Portugal] 1922 |
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*2005 – [[Andrea Zanzotto]] [Italy] 1921-2011 |
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*2006 – [[Julien Gracq]] (Louis Poirier) [France] 1910 |
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*2007 – [[Paavo Haavikko]] [Finland] 1931 |
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*2008 – [[John Ashbery]] [USA] 1927 |
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*2009 – [[Günter Kunert]] [GDR/Germany] 1929 |
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*2010 – [[Javier Marías]] [Spain] 1951 |
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*2011 – [[Ko Un]] [South Korea] 1933 |
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*2012 – [[Ivo Michiels]] [Belgium] 1923 |
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*2013 – [[Reiner Kunze]] [GDR/Germany] 1933 |
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*2014 - [[László Krasznahorkai]] [Hungary] 1954 |
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==See also== |
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*[[Green Integer]] |
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*[[Nobel Prize in Literature]] |
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*[[List_of_literary_awards##International_awards|International literary awards]] |
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For a more comprehensive overview a [[list of literary awards]] is available. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}} |
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[[Category:American literary awards|America]] |
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[[Category:Awards established in 1994]] |
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