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The Stig Dagerman Prize (Swedish: Stig Dagermanpriset) is a Swedish award given since 1996 by the Stig Dagerman Society and Älvkarleby municipality.[1] It is named in honor of Swedish author Stig Dagerman.[1] The award is given to a person who, or an organization that, in the spirit of Stig Dagerman, supports the significance and availability of the "free word" (freedom of speech), promoting inter-cultural understanding and empathy.[2] It was inspired by Dagerman's poem En dag om året that sets forth a vision of peace for humanity by imagining one day each year when the world is free from violence.[2]
The award ceremony takes place the first weekend in June each year at Laxön in Älvkarleby. The prize is kr 50,000.[2] On two occasions, 2004 and 2008, the prize winner subsequently won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the same year.[2]
- 1996 – John Hron (posthumously)
- 1997 – Yasar Kemal
- 1998 – The Swedish Public Library
- 1999 – Ahmad Shamloo
- 2000 – Roy Andersson
- 2001 – Elsie Johansson
- 2002 – Gitta Sereny
- 2003 – Lukas Moodysson
- 2004 – Elfriede Jelinek
- 2005 – Göran Palm[3][4][5]
- 2006 – Sigrid Kahle[6][7][8]
- 2007 – Lasse Berg[9][10]
- 2008 – J. M. G. Le Clézio[11][12]
- 2009 – Birgitta Wallin and magazine Karavan[13][14]
- 2010 – Eduardo Galeano[15][16]
- 2011 – Judit Benedek and the theatre project SOS-Romer[17]
- 2012 – Nawal El Saadawi[18][19]
- 2013 – No one is illegal
- 2014 – Anders Bodegård[20]
- 2015 – Suzanne Osten[21]
- 2016 – Adonis[22]
- 2017 – Anders Kompass[23]
- 2018 – Amos Oz[24]
- 2019 – Britta Marakatt-Labba[25]
- 2020 – Magda Gad[citation needed]
- 2021 – no award
- 2022 – Maria Kalesnikava[26][27]
- 2023 – Carina Rydberg[28]
- 2024 – Elinor Torp[29]
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