America Award in Literature
| The America Award | |
|---|---|
| Description | A lifetime contribution to international writing |
| Date | annual |
| Country |  United States |
| Presented by | Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc. (in loving memory of Anna Fahrni) |
| First awarded | 1994 |
| Website | www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm |
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.[1]
Jury
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, 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.[2]
America Award winners
- 1994 – Aimé Cesaire [Martinique] 1913
- 1995 – Harold Pinter [England] 1930
- 1996 – José Donoso [Chile] 1924-1996 (awarded prior to his death)
- 1997 – Friederike Mayröcker [Austria] 1924
- 1998 – Rafael Alberti [Spain] 1902-1998 (awarded prior to his death)
- 1999 – Jacques Roubaud [France] 1932
- 2000 – Eudora Welty [USA] 1909-2001
- 2001 – Inger Christensen [Denmark] 1935
- 2002 – Peter Handke [Austria] 1942
- 2003 – Adonis [Syria/Lebanon] 1930
- 2004 – José Saramago [Portugal] 1922
- 2005 – Andrea Zanzotto [Italy] 1921-2011
- 2006 – Julien Gracq (Louis Poirier) [France] 1910
- 2007 – Paavo Haavikko [Finland] 1931
- 2008 – John Ashbery [USA] 1927
- 2009 – Günter Kunert [GDR/Germany] 1929
- 2010 – Javier Marías [Spain] 1951
- 2011 – Ko Un [South Korea] 1933
- 2012 – Ivo Michiels [Belgium] 1923
- 2013 – Reiner Kunze [GDR/Germany] 1933
- 2014 - László Krasznahorkai [Hungary] 1954
See also
For a more comprehensive overview a list of literary awards is available.
References
- ^ Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012. Flemish Literature Fund. 2012.
- ^ Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012. Flemish Literature Fund. 2012.