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{{Infobox award
| name = America Award
| name = America Award
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| description = A lifetime contribution to international writing
| awarded_for = A lifetime contribution to international writing
| presenter = [[Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc.]]<br />
| presenter = Contemporary Arts Educational Project<br />
(in loving memory of [[Anna Fahrni]])
(in loving memory of Anna Fahrni)
| date = annual
| date = annual
| country = {{flag|United States}}
| country = United States
| year = 1994
| year = 1994
| website = [http://www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm]
| website = [http://www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm]
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The '''America Award''', which describes itself as a modest attempt at providing alternatives to the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], was first presented in 1994. The award does not entail any prize money.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012 |url=http://buitenland.vfl.be/en/press/409 |publisher=Flemish Literature Fund |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title = America Awards|publisher = Green Integer|date = 2006|year = 2013|url = http://www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm|accessdate = 5 December 2013}}</ref>
The '''America Award''' is a lifetime achievement literary award for international writers. It describes itself as a modest attempt at providing alternatives to the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. It was first presented in 1994. The award does not entail any prize money.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012 |url=http://buitenland.vfl.be/en/press/409 |publisher=Flemish Literature Fund |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title = America Awards|publisher = Green Integer|year = 2013|url = http://www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm|accessdate = 5 December 2013}}</ref> It is sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc., in loving memory of Anna Fahrni, and by the publisher [[Green Integer]].


=={{anchor|Jury}} Jury==
=={{anchor|Judges}} Judges==


Each year, the jury comprises 6 to 8 American poets, prose writers, playwrights and literary critics. The rotating panel has included [[Douglas Messerli]] [chairman], [[Will_Alexander_(poet)|Will Alexander]], [[Luigi Ballerini]], [[Charles Bernstein]], [[Peter Constantine]], [[Peter Glassgold]], [[Deborah Meadows]], [[Martin Nakell]], [[John O'Brien]], [[Marjorie Perloff]], [[Dennis Phillips]], [[Joe Ross]], [[Jerome Rothenberg]], [[Paul Vangelisti]], and [[Mac Wellman]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012 |url=http://buitenland.vfl.be/en/press/409 |publisher=Flemish Literature Fund |year=2012}}</ref>
Each year, the judges comprise a rotating panel of six to eight poets, prose writers, playwrights and literary critics. The chairman is [[Douglas Messerli]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012 |url=http://buitenland.vfl.be/en/press/409 |publisher=Flemish Literature Fund |year=2012}}</ref>


=={{anchor|America Award winners}} America Award winners==
=={{anchor|America Award winners}} Recipients==


*1994 – [[Aimé Cesaire]] [Martinique] 1913
*1994 – [[Aimé Cesaire]] [Martinique]
*1995 – [[Harold Pinter]] [England] 1930
*1995 – [[Harold Pinter]] [UK]
*1996 – [[José Donoso]] [Chile] 1924-1996 (awarded prior to his death)
*1996 – [[José Donoso]] [Chile] (awarded prior to his death)
*1997 – [[Friederike Mayröcker]] [Austria] 1924
*1997 – [[Friederike Mayröcker]] [Austria]
*1998 – [[Rafael Alberti]] [Spain] 1902-1998 (awarded prior to his death)
*1998 – [[Rafael Alberti]] [Spain] (awarded prior to his death)
*1999 – [[Jacques Roubaud]] [France] 1932
*1999 – [[Jacques Roubaud]] [France]
*2000 – [[Eudora Welty]] [USA] 1909-2001
*2000 – [[Eudora Welty]] [USA]
*2001 – [[Inger Christensen]] [Denmark] 1935
*2001 – [[Inger Christensen]] [Denmark]
*2002 – [[Peter Handke]] [Austria] 1942
*2002 – [[Peter Handke]] [Austria]
*2003 – [[Adunis|Adonis]] [Syria/Lebanon] 1930
*2003 – [[Adunis|Adonis]] [Syria/Lebanon]
*2004 – [[José Saramago]] [Portugal] 1922
*2004 – [[José Saramago]] [Portugal]
*2005 – [[Andrea Zanzotto]] [Italy] 1921-2011
*2005 – [[Andrea Zanzotto]] [Italy]
*2006 – [[Julien Gracq]] (Louis Poirier) [France] 1910
*2006 – [[Julien Gracq]] (Louis Poirier) [France]
*2007 – [[Paavo Haavikko]] [Finland] 1931
*2007 – [[Paavo Haavikko]] [Finland]
*2008 – [[John Ashbery]] [USA] 1927
*2008 – [[John Ashbery]] [USA]
*2009 – [[Günter Kunert]] [GDR/Germany] 1929
*2009 – [[Günter Kunert]] [Germany]
*2010 – [[Javier Marías]] [Spain] 1951
*2010 – [[Javier Marías]] [Spain]
*2011 – [[Ko Un]] [South Korea] 1933
*2011 – [[Ko Un]] [South Korea]
*2012 – [[Ivo Michiels]] [Belgium] 1923
*2012 – [[Ivo Michiels]] [Belgium]
*2013 – [[Reiner Kunze]] [GDR/Germany] 1933
*2013 – [[Reiner Kunze]] [GDR/Germany]
*2014 - [[László Krasznahorkai]] [Hungary] 1954
*2014 – [[László Krasznahorkai]] [Hungary]
*2015 – [[Edward Albee]] [USA]

*2016 – [[César Aira]] [Argentina]
==See also==
*2017 – [[Tom Stoppard]] [Czechoslovakia/UK]
*[[Green Integer]]
*2018 – [[Haruki Murakami]] [Japan]
*[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
*2019 – [[Nicole Brossard]] [Canada]
*[[List_of_literary_awards##International_awards|International literary awards]]
*2020 – [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] [Peru]
For a more comprehensive overview a [[list of literary awards]] is available.
*2021 – [[Rosmarie Waldrop]] [Germany/USA]
*2022 – [[Gerhard Rühm]] [Austria]
*2023 – [[Ismail Kadare]] [Albania]
*2024 – [[Can Xue]] [China]
*2025 - [[Charles Bernstein (poet)|Charles Bernstein]] [USA]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:American literary awards|America]]
[[Category:American literary awards|America]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1994]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Literary awards honoring lifetime achievement]]

Latest revision as of 15:12, 24 September 2024

America Award
Awarded forA lifetime contribution to international writing
Dateannual
CountryUnited States
Presented byContemporary Arts Educational Project
(in loving memory of Anna Fahrni)
First awarded1994
Websitewww.greeninteger.com/america.cfm

The America Award is a lifetime achievement literary award for international writers. It describes itself as a modest attempt at providing alternatives to the Nobel Prize in Literature. It was first presented in 1994. The award does not entail any prize money.[1][2] It is sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc., in loving memory of Anna Fahrni, and by the publisher Green Integer.

Judges

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Each year, the judges comprise a rotating panel of six to eight poets, prose writers, playwrights and literary critics. The chairman is Douglas Messerli.[3]

Recipients

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References

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  1. ^ Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012. Flemish Literature Fund. 2012.
  2. ^ America Awards, Green Integer, 2013, retrieved 5 December 2013
  3. ^ Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012. Flemish Literature Fund. 2012.
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