America Award in Literature

America Award
Description	A lifetime contribution to international writing
Date	annual
Country	United States
Presented by	Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc. (in loving memory of Anna Fahrni)
First awarded	1994
Website	www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm

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.

Jury

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, 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.

America Award winners

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

See also

• Green Integer
• Nobel Prize in Literature
• International literary awards

For a more comprehensive overview a list of literary awards is available.