Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (French: Prix Jan Michalski) is a Swiss
literary prize
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
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for any work of fiction or non-fiction published anywhere in the world in any language.
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
[ and the first winner was announced November 2010. The winner receives . The authors of finalists are invited for a three-month period of residence in the Maison de l'écriture.
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. It is located in ]Montricher, Switzerland
Montricher is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Montricher is first mentioned in 1049 as ''Mons Richarius''. In 1301 it was mentioned as ''Montricher''.
Geography
Montricher has a ...
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Honorees
Notes
External links
Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
official website
Prize entry rules
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International literary awards
Swiss literary awards
Fiction awards
Non-fiction literary awards
Awards established in 2009
2009 establishments in Switzerland