Back جائزة القدس (إسرائيل) Arabic جايزة القدس (اسرائيل) ARZ Qüds mükafatı Azerbaijani Ерусалімская прэмія BE-X-OLD Premi Jerusalem Catalan Cena Jeruzaléma Czech Jerusalem-Preis German Βραβείο Ιερουσαλήμ Greek Premio Jerusalén Spanish Jerusalem saria Basque
| Jerusalem Prize | |
|---|---|
 Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek (r) handing French author André Schwarz-Bart the 1967 Jerusalem Prize for Literature | |
| 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 awarded | 1963 |
| Website | https://www.jbookforum.com/jerusalem-prize-winner |
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.[1]
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.
The prize's inaugural year was 1963, awarded to Bertrand Russell who had won the Nobel Prize in 1950. Octavio Paz, V. S. Naipaul, J. M. Coetzee, and Mario Vargas Llosa all won the Jerusalem Prize prior to winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- ^ "The Jerusalem Prize". The Jerusalem International Book Forum. Retrieved 4 March 2022.