Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today. It is widely considered to be the most prestigious international literary prize after the Nobel Prize in Literature.[1] Like the Nobel, it is awarded not for any one work, but for an entire body of work.
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[edit] History
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature was established as the Books Abroad International Prize for Literature in 1969 by Ivar Ivask, editor of Books Abroad. It was subsequently renamed the Books Abroad/Neustadt Prize. The award assumed its present name in 1976.
[edit] Award
The Prize itself presently consists of a silver eagle feather, a certificate and $50,000 USD. The endowment from Walter and Doris Neustadt of Ardmore, Oklahoma ensures the award in perpetuity.[2]
[edit] Selection
Candidates are selected by a jury of at least seven members. Selection is not limited by geographic area, language or genre.
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is the only international literary award of this scope to originate in the United States. It is also one of few international prizes for which poets, novelists and playwrights alike are equally eligible.
[edit] List of Neustadt Laureates
| Year | Name | Country | Language(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Giuseppe Ungaretti |  Italy |
Italian |
| 1972 | Gabriel García Márquez |  Colombia |
Spanish |
| 1974 | Francis Ponge |  France |
French |
| 1976 | Elizabeth Bishop |  United States |
English |
| 1978 | Czesław Miłosz |  Poland |
Polish |
| 1980 | Josef Škvorecký |  Czechoslovakia |
Czech |
| 1982 | Octavio Paz |  Mexico |
Spanish |
| 1984 | Paavo Haavikko |  Finland |
Finnish |
| 1986 | Max Frisch |  Switzerland |
German |
| 1988 | Raja Rao |  India/ United States |
English |
| 1990 | Tomas Tranströmer |  Sweden |
Swedish |
| 1992 | João Cabral de Melo Neto |  Brazil |
Portuguese |
| 1994 | Edward Kamau Brathwaite |  Barbados |
English |
| 1996 | Assia Djebar |  Algeria |
French |
| 1998 | Nuruddin Farah |  Somalia |
English |
| 2000 | David Malouf |  Australia |
English |
| 2002 | Álvaro Mutis | Colombia |
Spanish |
| 2004 | Adam Zagajewski | Poland |
Polish |
| 2006 | Claribel Alegría |  Nicaragua/ El Salvador |
Spanish |
| 2008 | Patricia Grace |  New Zealand |
English |
| 2010 | Duo Duo |  China |
Chinese |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Maori writer this year’s Neustadt International Prize winner - The Norman Transcript
- ^ [1]
