Prince Claus Awards

The Prince Claus Fund was inaugurated in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of The Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually since 1997 to honor individuals and organisations reflecting a progressive and contemporary approach to the themes of culture and development. Recipients are mainly located in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The Prince Claus Awards

; Nominations

Honorees are determined by a jury of honorary chairmen who are experts from fields relevant to its mission of culture and development.PCF, "About the Prince Claus Awards", op. cit.

; Criteria

The most important consideration of the jury is the positive effect of a laureate's work on a wider cultural or social field. The Prince Claus Fund interprets culture in a broad sense to encompass all kinds of artistic and intellectual disciplines, science, media and education. Outstanding quality is an essential condition for an award.

; Awards presentation

The Principal Award of nowrap|€ 100,000 is presented during a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in December every year. The additional awards of nowrap|€ 25,000 each are presented in the Dutch embassies in the countries where the recipients live in December and January.

; The Prince Claus Awards books

Every year, the Fund publishes a book including the awards speech by one of the Honorary Chairmen, an extract of the lecture by a leading thinker, the jury's report and extensive discussions of the laureates' work by experts qualified in the laureates' fields.

; List of previous awards books

* Cite book|year=1998|title=The Art of African Fashion|id=ISBN 0-86543-726-2
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
last=Traoré|first=Aminita|authorlink=Aminata Traoré
coauthors=Els van der Plas; Marlous Willemsen; Prince Claus Fund|language=English
* Cite book|year=1999|title=Creating Spaces of Freedom|id=ISBN 90-76162-04-2
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
last=van der Plas|first=Els|authorlink=Els van der Plas
coauthors=Albie Sachs|language=English
* Cite book|year=2000|title=Urban Heroes
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
* Cite book|year=2001|title=Carnival
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
* Cite book|year=2002|title=Languages and transcultural forms of expression
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
* Cite book|year=2003|title=The Survival and Innovation of Crafts
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
* Cite book|year=2004|title=The positive results of Asylum and Migration
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
* Cite book|year=2005|title=Humour & Satire
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands
* Cite book|year=2006|title=10 years Prince Claus Awards
publisher=Prince Claus Fund|location=The Hague, Netherlands

The 1997 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"The winners of the 1997 awards embody the policy aims of the Prince Claus Fund: Exceptional work in the field of culture and development in Asia, Latin America and notably in Africa."

; Laureates

* The Zimbabwe International Book Fair – Principal Award
* CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) (Senegal)
* Index on Censorship (UK)
* Malangatana Valente Ngwenya (Mozambique)
* Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (Ghana)
* Sardono W. Kusumo (Indonesia)
* Bruno Stagno (born Chile, Costa Rica)
* Jim Supangkat (Indonesia)
* Abdoljalil Tamimi (Tunisia)
* Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba (born Congo, Tanzania)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Lolle Nauta, Anil Ramdas.

The 1998 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"The Art of African Fashion"

; Laureates

* Alphadi (Niger) – Principal Award
* Oumou Sy (Senegal) – Principal Award
* Tetteh Adzedu (Ghana) – Principal Award
* Rakhshan Bani Etemad (Iran)
* Heri Dono (Indonesia)
* Ticio Escobar (Paraguay)
* Jyotindra Jain (India)
* Jean-Baptiste Kiéthéga (Burkina Faso)
* David Koloane (South Africa)
* Baaba Maal (Senegal)
* Carlos Monsiváis (Mexico)
* Redza Piyadasa (Malaysia)
* Rogelio Salmona (Colombia)
* Kumar Shahani (India)
* Tian Zhuang Zhuang (PR China)
* Nazek Saba Yared (Lebanon)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera.

The 1999 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"Creating Spaces of Freedom"

; Laureates

* Mohammed Fellag ( Mohamed Fellag) (France/Algeria) – Principal Award
* Vitral (Cuba) – Principal Award
* Al-Jazeera (Qatar) – Principal Award
* Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique, Caribbean Sea)
* Paulin J. Hountondji (Benin)
* Cildo Meireles (Brazil)
* Pepetela (Angola)
* Dessalegn Rahmato (Ethiopia)
* Juana Marta Rodas and Julia Isídrez (Paraguay)
* Claudia Roden (UK/Egypt)
* Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
* Tsai Chih Chung (Taiwan)
* Ken Yeang (Malaysia)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera.

The 2000 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"Urban Heroes"

; Laureates

* Jaime Lerner (Brazil) – Principal Award
* Viva Rio (Brazil) – Principal Award
* Francisco Toledo (Mexico) – Principal Award
* Bush Radio (South Africa)
* Communalism Combat (India)
* Cui Jian (PR China)
* Film Resource Unit (South Africa)
* Arif Hasan (Pakistan)
* Bhupen Khakhar (India)
* Komal Kothari (India)
* Werewere Liking (Ivory Coast)
* Ayu Utami (Indonesia)
* Van Leo (Egypt)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.

The 2001 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"Carnival"

; Laureates

* The Summer Carnival Foundation/Stichting Zomercarnaval (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) – Principal Award
* Peter Minshall, designer (Trinidad) – Principal Award
* Chris Abani (Nigeria)
* Duong Thu Huong (Vietnam)
* Samuel Fosso (Cameroon)
* Jahan-e Ketab [Jahaan-e Ke'taab] (Tehran, Iran)
* Mehri Maftun (Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
* Antoun Maqdesi (Syria)
* Ibrahim Salahi (born Sudan; lives in Oxford, UK)
* Elena Rivera Mirano (USA; grew up and lives in Manila, Philippines)
* Talingo (Panama)
* Iván Thays (Lima, Peru)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.

The 2002 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"Languages and transcultural forms of expression"

; Laureates

* Mohamed Chafik (Morocco) – Principal Award
* Marcelo Araúz Lavadenz (Bolivia)
* Ali Farzat (Syria)
* Ferreira Gullar (Brazil)
* Amira Hass (Israel)
* Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Sosial (Indonesia)
* Virginia Pérez-Ratton (Costa Rica)
* Youssou N'Dour (Senegal)
* Walter Tournier (Uruguay)
* Wu Liangyong (PR China)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Sadik Al-Azm, Aracy Amaral, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2003 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"The Survival and Innovation of Crafts"

; Laureates

* Wang Shixiang (PR China) – Principal Award
* The 2002 Arab Human Development Report
* Mathare Youth Sports Association (Kenya)
* Carlinhos Brown (Brazil)
* New Argentinian Cinema: Lita Stantic (Argentina)
* District Six Museum (South Africa)
* Hasan Salti k (Turkey)
* Mick Pearce (Zimbabwe)
* Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture (Cambodia)
* G. N. Devy (India)
* Biboki Weavers: Yovita Meta (West Timor)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2004 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"The positive results of Asylum and Migration"

; Laureates

* Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine) – Principal Award
* Jawad Al Assadi (Iraq)
* Tin Moe (Myanmar/Burma)
* Ivaldo Bertazzo (Brazil)
* Bhutan Archery Federation (Bhutan)
* Halet Çambel (Turkey)
* Omara Khan Massoudi (Afghanistan)
* Memoria Abierta (Argentina)
* Farroukh Qasim (Tajikistan)
* Aminata Traoré (Mali)

; Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2005 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"Humour and Satire"

; Laureates

* Zapiro alias Jonathon Shapiro (South Africa) – Principal Award
* Lenin El-Ramly (Egypt)
* Slamet Gundono (Indonesia)
* Edgar Langeveldt (Zimbabwe)
* Michael Poghosian (Armenia)
* Joaquín Salvador Lavado, alias Quino (Argentina)
* Ebrahim Nabavi (Iran)
* Chéri Samba (Congo)
* Niède Guidon (Brazil)
* Abdul Sheriff (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
* Opiyo Okach (Kenya)

; Committee

Niek Biegman, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Mick Pearce.

The 2006 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"10 years Prince Claus Awards" (recapitulating visual arts, writing and publishing, theatre, cultural education and debate, cultural heritage and education)

; Laureates

* Reza Abedini (Iran) – Principal Award
* Lida Abdul (Afghanistan)
* Christine Tohme (Lebanon)
* Erna Brodber (Jamaica)
* Henry Chakava (Kenya)
* Frankétienne (Haiti)
* Madeeha Gauhar (Pakistan)
* Michael Mel (Papua New Guinea)
* Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) (Nigeria)
* Al Kamandjâti Association (Palestine)
* The National Museum of Mali in Bamako (Mali)

; Committee

Selma Al-Radi, Manthia Diawara, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Amitav Ghosh, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Mick Pearce, Niek Biegman.

The 2007 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme

"Culture and Conflict"

; Laureates

"The Presentation of the 2007 Prince Claus Awards is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 12 December 2007 in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ"

; Committee [http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/who_we_are/organisation/advisory_board.shtml]

Peter Geschiere, Manthia Diawara, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mick Pearce, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Selma Al-Radi.

References

; Sources consulted

* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "About the Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/about.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 1997 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/1997.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 1998 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/1998.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 1999 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/1999.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2000 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2000.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2001 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2001.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2002 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2002.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2003 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2003.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2004 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2004.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2005 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2005.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2006 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2006.shtml
* Cite web
author = PCF
title = "The 2007 Prince Claus Awards"
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2007.shtml

; Endnotes

External links

* [http://www.princeclausfund.org Prince Claus Fund.org] - Official website