Monismanien Prize
The Monismanien Prize (Monismanienpriset) is awarded by Göteborgs nation at Uppsala University. The prize is awarded to organizations and individuals who have made great efforts to defend freedom of speech.
History
Monismanien Prize was founded in 1975 by Swedish filmmaker Kenne Fant (1923–2016) in memory of Torgny Segerstedt (1876-1945) who served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning. Kenne Fant received an award of SEK 124,000 from the Swedish Film Institute for his film Monismanien 1995 (1975). He set aside this money as a basis for the Monismanien Foundation, which administers the prize. [1] [2][3][4] [5]
Notable past recipients
- Alva Myrdal - 1976
- Simone Veil- 1977
- Lech Wałęsa- 1981
- Günter Wallraff - 1984
- André Brink- 1989
- Andre Brink - 1992
- Taslima Nasrin - 1995
- Yasar Kemal- 1997
- Desmond Tutu - 1999
- John Pilger - 2001
- Emily Lau- 2003
- Václav Havel - 2005
- Margot Wallström- 2009
- Herta Müller -2011
- Raif Badawi - 2017
References
- "Fant, Kenne". Svensk biografisk handbok 1985. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- "Torgny Segerstedt, 1876–1945". NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- "Torgny Segerstedt". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- "Monismanien 1995 (1975)". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
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