Hermann Kesten Medal

The Hermann Kesten Medal ( _de. Hermann-Kesten-Medaille), named after Hermann Kesten (1900-1996), is a prize awarded annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers according to the principles of the Charter of International P.E.N. In 1985, the P.E.N. Center of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded its first Hermann Kesten Medal.

Until 1993, the Medal was awarded every two years, since 1994 it has been awarded annually. As of 2000, the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts has endowed the Medal with prize money of 10,000 Euro.

Prize winners

*1985 Bishop Helmut Frentz
*1987 Kathleen von Simson
*1989 Angelika Mechtel
*1991 Christa Bremer
*1993 Johannes Mario Simmel
*1994 Carola Stern
*1995 Günter Grass
*1996 Victor Pfaff
*1997 SAID
*1998 Hermann Schulz
*1999 Alexander Tkatshenko
*2000 Nenad Popovic
*2001 Harold Pinter
*2002 Sumaya Farhat Naser and Gila Svirsky
*2003 Anna Politkovskaya
*2004 Bunt statt Braun
*2005 Journaliste en danger
*2006 Leonie Ossowski
*2007 Hrant Dink

ee also

*German literature
*List of literary awards
*List of poetry awards
*List of years in literature
*List of years in poetry

External links

* [http://www.pen-deutschland.de/index_en.php German P.E.N. Center]