Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
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 CHF50,000. The authors of finalists are invited for a three-month period of residence in the Maison de l'Ecriture.[3]
The prize was created by the 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 Switzerland near Lake Geneva.
Winners and shortlist
Blue Ribbon (
) = winner
2010
- Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Wolves of the Crescent Moon
- Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers
Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project
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:[7]
- Sjón, The Blue Fox
- György Dragomán, The White King
- Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado
Other nominated works:
- Liu Xiaobo, No Enemies, No Hatred : Selected Essays and Poems
- Peter Fröberg Idling, Pol Pot’s Smile
- Mark Kharitonov, The Solitude Project
- Antoni Libera, Godot's Shadow
2012
- Julia Lovell, The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
- Martin Pollack, Kaiser von Amerika : Die grosse Flucht aus Galizien
- Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Other nominated works:
- Philippe Cassard, Franz Schubert (about Franz Schubert)
- Patrick Deville, Kampuchéa
- Mark Gevisser, Thabo Mbeki : The Dream Deferred
- Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All The Time
- Maria Rybakova, Poignard perçant pour un coeur tendre
- Bruno Smolarz, Hokusaï aux doigts d’encre
2013
- Serge Gruzinski, L'aigle et le Dragon
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, The Colonel[12]
- Steve Sem-Sandberg, The Emperor of Lies
Other nominated works:
- Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
- Uday Prakash, The Walls of Delhi
- Janusz Głowacki, Good night, Dzerzi!
- Chan Koonchung, The Fat Years
- Charu Nivedita, Zero Degree
- Tiphaine Samoyault, Bête de cirque
- Enrique Vila-Matas, Chet Baker piensa en su arte
- Chris Ware, Building Stories
2014
Finalists:[13]
- Mark Gevisser, Dispatcher: Lost and Found in Johannesburg
- Serhiy Zhadan, Voroshilovgrad [14]
- Marci Shore, The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe
Other nominated works:
- Rana Mitter, China’s War with Japan: The Struggle for Survival
- Jaume Cabré, Confiteor
- Raymond Bock, Atavismes
- Camille de Toledo, Oublier, trahir puis disparaître
- Paul Harding, Enon
- Fanny Howe, Second Childhood
- Wojciech Nowicki, Salki
- Dragan Velikic, Bonavia
- Najem Wali, Engel des Südens
2015[15]
Finalists:
- Navid Kermani, Zwischen Koran und Kafka: West-östliche Erkundungen
- 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
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External links
- Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, official website
- Prize entry rules
