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 edit
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 WeizsäckerCzech Republic
Germanywriter essayist and politician
politician1996 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 OzPalestine
Israelphilosopher 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 KyiMyanmar
Myanmarmedic
activist2009 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 BrundtlandPakistan
NorwayStudent, activist
politician2014 Desmond Tutu South Africa activist 2015 Jane Goodall United Kingdom primatologist 2016 Josep Baselga
Manel Esteller
Joan MassaguéSpain 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 edit
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- ^ "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Receives the Catalonia International Prize". The Carter Center. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "La Malala, new Catalonia International Prize". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Ngugi wa Thiong'o awarded the Catalonia International Prize 2019 | Linguapax International". Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Judith Butler awarded Catalonia International Prize | Letters & Science". ls.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 26 April 2023.