Ryszard Kapuściński Award
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The Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage (Polish: Nagroda im. Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego za Reportaż Literacki) is a Polish international literary prize which was founded to celebrate and promote books of reportage. It is intended to honour the legacy of the journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuściński.
Established in January 2010 by the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw, it awards 50,000 złoty to the author of the best literary work of reportage. If the book has been translated into Polish, the translator receives 15,000 złoty.[1]
Winners
- 2010
- Jean Hatzfeld (France): The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide[2]
- 2011
- Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus): War’s Unwomanly Face[3]
- 2012
- Translator award: Wen Huang (Chinese-English translation) and Agnieszka Pokojska (English-Polish translation).
- 2013
- Ed Vulliamy (United Kingdom/Ireland): Amexica: War Along the Borderline[5]
- 2014
- Elisabeth Åsbrink (Sweden): Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar[6]
- 2015
- Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus): Second-hand Time[7]
- Michał Olszewski (Poland): Najlepsze buty na świecie (World's Best Shoes)[8]
- Translator award: Mariusz Kalinowski for Göran Rosenberg's Ett kort uppehåll på vägen från Auschwitz (A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz) from Swedish
- 2016
- Paweł Reszka (Poland): The Devil and the Bar of Chocolate
- 2017
- Rana Dasgupta (United Kingdom): Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
References
- ^ "About the Award". City of Warsaw. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Steinick, Karl (April 19, 2009). "De överlevande saknar de dödas röster (Antilopernas list)". Svenska Dagbladet.
- ^ Heberlein, Ann (October 29, 2012). "Svetlana Aleksijevitj: "Kriget har inget kvinnligt ansikte"". Dagens Nyheter.
- ^ Jazowska, Marta (May 11, 2012). "Chinese Dissident Wins the 2012 Kapuściński Award". culture.pl.
- ^ O'Shaughnessy, Hugh (November 7, 2010). "Amexica: War Along the Borderline by Ed Vulliamy – review". The Guardian.
- ^ Gliński, Mikołaj (June 27, 2013). "Åsbrink: The Founder of IKEA Is a Model Example of Swedish Entanglements in Nazi Ideology". culture.pl.
- ^ Pawłowski, Roman (May 14, 2015). "Nagroda im. Kapuścińskiego. Aleksijewicz: "Nie piszę o homo sovieticus, ale o ludziach z krwi i kości"". Wyborcza.pl.
- ^ Świąder, Jacek (May 14, 2015). "Nagroda im. Kapuścińskiego. Olszewski: "Opowiadam o ludziach, którzy nie mają gdzie się schować"". Wyborcza.pl.