Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize

Annual prize for writing

Award

Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize

Awarded for	Promoting freedom of expression through writing
Sponsored by	Norwegian Authors Union
First awarded	1994
Website	www.forfatterforeningen.no/english

The Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Award (Ytringsfrihetsprisen) is an annual prize given by the Norwegian Authors Union. It is not to be confused with the Freedom of Expression Prize of the Fritt Ord organization. The prize is awarded to a writer, journalist, author or editor who has made outstanding efforts to promote freedom of expression and tolerance in the very broadest sense. The nominations are made by an International Committee and a National Board of Members.

The Freedom of Expression Award was a gift from the Ministry of Culture to the Norwegian Authors' Union, on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of its founding since 1993.

Awarded

1994 Izzat Ghazzawi, Palestine
1995 İsmail Beşikçi, Turkey
1996 Joar Tranøy, Norway
1997 Yasar Kemal, Nigeria
1998 Axel Jensen, Norway
1999 Yehude Simon Munaro, Peru
2000 Željko Kopanja, Bosnia
2001 Amos Oz, Israel
2002 Anna Politkovskaya, Russia
2003 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia
2004 Ragıp Zarakolu, Turkey
2005 Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Ethiopia
2006 Simin Behbahani, Iran
2007 Tsering Woeser, Tibet ^[1]
2008 Normando Hernández González, Cuba
2009 Dawit Isaak, Eritrea
2010 Ma Thida, Burma ^[2]
2011 Ales Bialiatski, Russia
2012 Wera Sæther, Norway
2013 Muharrem Erbey, Turkey
2014 Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Vietnam
2015 Prize awarded but winner wasn't published.
2016 Jael Uribe, Dominican Republic ^[3]
2017 Asli Erdoğan^[4]
2018 Sumaya Jirde Ali
2019 Dareen Tatour^[5]

References

^ "Tibetan writer receives freedom of expression award". Humanrightshouse.org. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ "Literature needs freedom – and freedom needs literature". The Guardian. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ "Poeta dominicana Jael Uribe gana premio en Noruega". El Nuevo Diario.
^ Taylor, Gerard (2018-03-12). "Turkish writer, Asli Erdogan, gets the authors' freedom of speech award". Norway Today. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ "Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour welcomed in ICORN residency in Sweden - receives Freedom of Speech award". ICORN international cities of refuge network. Retrieved 2021-01-21.