Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award

The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (Polish: Międzynarodowa Nagroda Literacka im. Zbigniewa Herberta) is a Polish international literature prize established in 2013 in Warsaw and named after a Polish poet, essayist, and moralist Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998). It is conferred annually by the Zbigniew Herbert Foundation and its aim is to recognize "outstanding artistic and intellectual literary achievements on the world stage which have a bearing on the world of values towards which Zbigniew Herbert’s work gravitated".[1]

Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
Awarded foroutstanding artistic and intellectual literary achievements
CountryPoland
Presented byThe Zbigniew Herbert Foundation
First awarded2013

History

In 2010, the Zbigniew Herbert Foundation was set up in order to preserve and promote Herbert's "creative legacy as an integral part of the literary and cultural heritage of Poland, Europe and the world" as well as to encourage and support "education in the fields of literature and the humanities, particularly modern literature, writing, poetry and journalism, with a special emphasis on programs for young people".[2] The initiative to establish the foundation was put forward by his wife Katarzyna Dzieduszycka-Herbert.[3]

The jury selecting the winners of the award have included many renowned literature experts and authors such as Edward Hirsch, Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Tomas Venclova, Yurii Andrukhovych, Agneta Pleijel, Michael Krüger, Lidija Dimkovska, and Jarosław Mikołajewski.[4]

Laureates
Year Laureate(s) Image Citizenship(s) Institution(s) Source(s)
2013 W.S. Merwin  United States Princeton University [5][6]
2014 Charles Simic  Serbia /  United States University of New Hampshire [7][8]
2015 Ryszard Krynicki  Poland Adam Mickiewicz University [9][10]
2016 Lars Gustafsson  Sweden University of Texas at Austin [11][12]
2017 Breyten Breytenbach  South Africa /  France University of Cape Town [13][14][15]
2018 Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill  Ireland University College Cork [16][17]
2019 Agi Mishol  Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem [18]
2020 Durs Grünbein  Germany Kunstakademie Düsseldorf [19]

See also

References
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  12. "Herbert literature Prize goes to Lars Gustafsson". Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  13. "Laureate of the Zbigniew Herbert Literary Award 2017". Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  14. "Breyten Breytenbach Awarded the 2017 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award". Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  15. "South African poet, activist wins 2017 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award". Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  16. "Irish poet awarded Herbert Prize". Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  17. "Irish poet awarded Herbert Prize". Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  18. "Agi Miszol laureatką Nagrody im. Herberta" (in Polish). 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  19. "Laureat Nagrody Literackiej im. Zbigniewa Herberta 2020" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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