Jan Michalski Prize

Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (French: Prix Jan Michalski) is a Swiss literary prize for any work of fiction or non-fiction published anywhere in the world in any language.[1][2] It is meant to recognize authors from around the world and world literature in general. The jury is multicultural and multilingual in composition.

The award was launched October 2009[1] and the first winner was announced November 2010. The winner receives CHF 50,000. The authors of finalists are invited for a three-month period of residence in the Maison de l'écriture.[3]

The prize was created by the Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature (Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Ecriture et la Littérature), founded in 2004 at the initiative of Vera Michalski-Hoffmann in memory of her husband Jan Michalski.[4] It is located in Montricher, Switzerland.[5]

Winners and shortlist

Blue Ribbon () = winner

2010

Finalists:[6][7]

Other nominated works:

  • Laurent Binet, HHhH
  • Péter Esterházy, Celestial Harmonies : A Novel
  • Alois Hotschnig, Im Sitzen läuft es sich besser davon
  • Victor Malakhov, Ouïazvimost' lioubvi
  • Frédéric Martinez, Claude Monet, une vie au fil de l'eau
  • Klaus Merz, Der Argentinier
  • Pavel Sanaev, Pokhoronite menia za plintousom

2011

Finalists:[8]

Other nominated works:

2012

Finalists:[9][10]

Other nominated works:

2013

Finalists:[11][12]

Other nominated works:

2014

Finalists:[14]

Other nominated works:

2015[16]

Finalists:

  • Navid Kermani, Between Quran and Kafka: West-Eastern Inquiries
  • Mark Thompson, Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kiš
  • Najem Wali, Bagdad Marlboro: Ein Roman für Bradley Manning

Second selection:

  • Jean-Noël Orengo, La Fleur du Capital
  • Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

2016[17]

Finalists:

Second selection:

2017[18][19]

Finalists:

  • Lawrence Liang, Invisible Libraries
  • Thierry Wolton, Une histoire mondiale du communisme
  • Liao Yiwu, Die Wiedergeburt der Ameisen

Second selection:

2018[20]

Finalists:

Second selection:

2019[21]

Finalists:

First selection:

  • Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz
  • Morgan Sportès, Le ciel ne parle pas
  • Long Litt Woon, The Way Through The Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning

Notes
  1. "Prize for Literature, Press Release of launch" (PDF). Foundation Jan Michalski. November 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. "Jan Michalski Prize for Literature". BookTrade.info. June 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. "Maison de l'Ecriture". Foundation Jan Michalski. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  4. "Jan Michalski Foundation, background". Foundation Jan Michalski. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  5. Domhnall O'Sullivan (August 26, 2017). "Treehouses of language: inside a Swiss literature foundation". swissinfo.ch. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  6. "Le bosniaque Aleksandar Hemon reçoit le 1er prix Jan-Michalski". LivresHebdo (in French). 18 November 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  7. "The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature 2010". Foundation Jan Michalski. November 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  8. "The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature 2011". Foundation Jan Michalski. November 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  9. "Le Prix Jan Michalski 2012 attribué à Julia Lovell". Le Temps (in French). November 22, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  10. "The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature 2012". Foundation Jan Michalski. November 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  11. "Edition 2013". Jan Michalski Foundation. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  12. M.A.O. (September 14, 2013). "Jan Michalski Prize shortlist". complete review. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  13. Sal Robinson (November 14, 2013). "Mahmoud Dowlatabadi wins the 2013 Jan Michalski Prize". Melville House Publishing. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  14. "Edition 2014". Jan Michalski Foundation. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  15. Joëlle Brack (November 28, 2014). "Prix Jan Michalski 2014". Payot Libraire. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  16. "2015 Edition". Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  17. "2016 Edition". Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  18. "2017 Edition". Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  19. "Press release Jan Michalski Prize 2017". Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  20. "2018 Edition". Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  21. "2019 Edition". Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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