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Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (French: Prix Jan Michalski) is a Swiss literary prize for any work of fiction or non-fiction published anywhere in the world in any language.[1][2] It is meant to recognize authors from around the world and world literature in general. The jury is multicultural and multilingual in composition.
The award was launched October 2009[1] and the first winner was announced November 2010. The winner receives CHF 50,000. The authors of finalists are invited for a three-month period of residence in the Maison de l'écriture.[3]
The prize was created by the Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature (Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Ecriture et la Littérature), founded in 2004 at the initiative of Vera Michalski-Hoffmann in memory of her husband Jan Michalski.[4] It is located in Montricher, Switzerland.[5]
- ^ a b "Prize for Literature, Press Release of launch" (PDF). Foundation Jan Michalski. November 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Jan Michalski Prize for Literature". BookTrade.info. June 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Maison de l'Ecriture". Foundation Jan Michalski. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Jan Michalski Foundation, background". Foundation Jan Michalski. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ Domhnall O'Sullivan (August 26, 2017). "Treehouses of language: inside a Swiss literature foundation". swissinfo.ch. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
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