Jerusalem Prize
Sign in to saveliterature award of the City of Jerusalem
Key facts
- Awarded for
- writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society
- Location
- Jerusalem
- Presented by
- Organisers of the Jerusalem International Book Forum
- First award
- 1963 ; 63 years ago ( 1963 )
- Website
- https://www.jbookforum.com./jerusalem-prize-winner
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary award
- Named after
- Jerusalem
- Country
- Israel
- Official website
- www.jbookforum.com./jerusalem-prize-winner
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- inception
- 1963-00-00
- conferred by
- Municipality of Jerusalem
- start time
- 1963-00-00
- category for recipients of this award
- Category:Jerusalem Prize recipients
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Encyclopedic overview
The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.
It is awarded at the Jerusalem International Book Forum (previously known as the Jerusalem International Book Fair), and the recipient usually delivers an address when accepting the award. The award is valued at $10,000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jerusalem Prize” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.