The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of

Prince Claus of the Netherlands Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg; 6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002) was Prince consort of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until his death in 2002 as the husband ...

. It receives an annual subsidy from the

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( nl, link=no, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken; BZ) is the Ministries of the Netherlands, Netherlands' ministry responsible for foreign relations of the Netherlands, foreign relations, foreign policy, internation ...

. The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually since 1997 to honor individuals and organizations reflecting a progressive and contemporary approach to the themes of culture and development. Recipients are mainly located in Africa, Asia,

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

, and the Caribbean.

The Prince Claus Awards

; Nominations Honorees are determined by a jury of experts from fields relevant to its mission of culture and development.PCF, "About the Prince Claus Awards", op. cit. ; Criteria The most important consideration of the jury is the positive effect of a laureate's work on a wider cultural or social field. The Prince Claus Fund interprets culture in a broad sense to encompass all kinds of artistic and intellectual disciplines, science, media and education. Outstanding quality is an essential condition for an award. ; Awards presentation The Principal Award of is presented during a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in December every year. The additional awards of each are presented in the Dutch embassies in the countries where the recipients live in December and January. ; The Prince Claus Awards books Every year, the Fund publishes a book including the awards speech by one of the Honorary Chairmen, an extract of the lecture by a leading thinker, the jury's report and extensive discussions of the laureates' work by experts qualified in the laureates' fields. ; List of previous awards books * * * * * * * * *

The 1997 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme ''The winners of the 1997 awards embody the policy aims of the Prince Claus Fund: Exceptional work in the field of culture and development in Asia, Latin America and notably in Africa.'' ; Laureates * The

Zimbabwe International Book Fair The Zimbabwe International Book Fair was held for the first time in 1983 in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. It was founded by David Martin (late), Phylis Johnson and Charles Mungoshi (late). Until the opening of the Cape Town Book Fair in 2006 i ...

(Principal Award) *

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. The current President of CODESRIA is Dzodzi Tsikata. Background CODESRIA was established in 1 ...

(CODESRIA) (Senegal) * Index on Censorship (United Kingdom), organization for the freedom of speech *

Malangatana Ngwenya Malangatana Valente Ngwenya (6 June 1936 – 5 January 2011) was a Mozambican painter and poet. He frequently exhibited work under his first name alone, as Malangatana. He died on 5 January 2011 in Matosinhos, Portugal. Life Born in Matalana ...

(Mozambique), artist painter and poet *

Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (22 June 1921 – 13 March 2019) was a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer. Considered Africa's premier musicologist, during his lifetime, he was called a "living legend" and "easily the most published and bes ...

(Ghana), ethnomusicologist and composer * Sardono Waluyo Kusumo (Indonesia), choreographer, dancer and filmmaker * Bruno Stagno (Chile/Costa Rica), architect * Jim Supangkat (Indonesia), sculptor, art critic and curator * Abdeljelil Temimi (Tunisia), historian * Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (D.R. Congo/Tanzania), political philosopher ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Lolle Nauta, Anil Ramdas.

The 1998 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "The Art of African Fashion" ; Laureates *

Alphadi Alphadi (born Sidahmed Seidnaly 1 June 1957)Oumou Sy (Oumou Sy) (born 1952 in Podor, Senegal) is a Senegalese fashion designer frequently referred to as "Senegal's Queen of Couture"."Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists", ''The Independent'', December 1, 2006. https://www.independent.co.uk/n ...

(Senegal) (Principal Award), fashion designer *

Tetteh Adzedu Tetteh Adzedu is a Ghanaian fashion designer. He was born in 1949 in Odumase Krobo.Prince Claus FundJournal #2, page 40-41 Adzedu initially learned to be a tailor, and went on with a study in fashion design. In 1978 he graduated at the Ardis Sch ...

(Ghana) (Principal Award), fashion designer * Rakhshan Bani-E'temad (Iran), filmmaker *

Heri Dono Heri Dono is an Indonesian visual artist as artist painter, sculptor, and installation artist. Life and work Dono was born in Jakarta on June 12, 1960. He studied at the Indonesian Art Institute (''Institut Seni Indonesia'') in Yogyakarta, wher ...

(Indonesia), artist painter, sculptor and installation artist *

Ticio Escobar Ticio Escobar (born February 9, 1947) is a Paraguayan lawyer, academic, author, museum director, and former Minister of Culture of Paraguay. He has championed the rights of Indigenous peoples of Paraguay, writing about and curating shows on the t ...

(Paraguay), art critic, curator and museum director *

Jyotindra Jain Jyotindra Jain (born 5 June 1943) is an Indian art and cultural historian, and museologist. A scholar on folk and ritual arts of India, he was the Director of the National Crafts Museum, New Delhi, Member Secretary and Professor (Cultural Archiv ...

(India), art and culture scientist *

Jean-Baptiste Kiéthéga Jean-Baptiste Kiéthéga is an archeologist and historian from Upper Volta, currently Burkina Faso. Kiéthéga was born on May 10, 1947, in Yako. He is considered to be one of the first archeologists of West Africa. In course of his career, he wa ...

(Burkina Faso), archeologist and historian *

David Koloane David Nthubu Koloane (5 June 1938 – 30 June 2019) was a South African artist. In his drawings, paintings and collages he explored questions about political injustice and human rights. Koloane is considered to have been "an influential artist ...

(South Africa), visual artist and curator *

Baaba Maal Baaba Maal ( ff, 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤦𞤢 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤, italics=no, born 13 June 1953) is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several al ...

(Senegal), singer * Carlos Monsiváis (Mexico), writer, philosopher and journalist *

Redza Piyadasa Redza Piyadasa was a Malaysian artist, art critic and art historian. Piyadasa was born in 1939 in Kuantan, the capital of Pahang, in a family of Sinhalese origin. Initially he followed a study at the Malaysia Teacher's College in Brinsford Lodge ...

(Malaysia), artist and art critic *

Rogelio Salmona Rogelio Salmona (April 28, 1929 – October 3, 2007) was a French Colombian architect. He was noted for his extensive use of red brick in his buildings and for using natural shapes like spirals, radial geometry and curves in his designs. Duri ...

(Colombia), architect *

Kumar Shahani Kumar Shahani (born 7 December 1940) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, best known for his parallel cinema films '' Maya Darpan'' (1972), ''Tarang'' (1984), ''Khayal Gatha'' (1989) and '' Kasba'' (1990). Due to his dedication to forma ...

(India), filmmaker *

Tian Zhuangzhuang Tian Zhuangzhuang (; born April 1952 in Beijing) is a Chinese film director, producer and actor. Tian was born to an influential actor and actress in China. Following a short stint in the military, Tian began his artistic career first as an am ...

(China), filmmaker *

Nazik Saba Yared Nazik Saba Yared (born 11 April 1928 in Jerusalem, Palestine) is a Lebanese novelist and academic, a former professor, and a writer. She is the daughter of Alexander and Hala (Maalouf) Saba. She was married to the late Ibrahim Yared and has three ...

(Lebanon), writer, essayist and literature critic ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera.

The 1999 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Creating Spaces of Freedom" ; Laureates * Mohand Fellag (France/Algeria) (Principal Award), comedian, actor and writer * Vitral (Cuba) (Principal Award), socio-cultural magazine *

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

(Qatar) (Principal Award), independent television network *

Patrick Chamoiseau Patrick Chamoiseau (born 3 December 1953) is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the créolité movement. His work spans a variety of forms and genres, including novels, essays, children's books, screenplays, theatre and comics. ...

(

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in ...

), writer * Paulin J. Hountondji (Benin), philosopher *

Cildo Meireles Cildo Meireles (born 1948) is a Brazilian conceptual artist, installation artist and sculptor. He is noted especially for his installations, many of which express resistance to political oppression in Brazil. These works, often large and dense, e ...

(Brazil), sculptor, installation and conceptual artist *

Pepetela Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela. A Portuguese Angolan, Pepetela was born in Benguela, Portuguese Angola, and fought as a member of the MPLA in the long ...

(Angola), writer *

Dessalegn Rahmato Dessalegn Rahmato is an Ethiopian sociologist. He was born in 1940 in Adama and he studied in the United States. He is specialized in agricultural development, famine and resettlement.Zewde, Bahru (2008biography/ref> In 1970, Rahmato published hi ...

(Ethiopia), sociologist * Juana Marta Rodas and Julia Isídrez (Paraguay), ceramics artists *

Claudia Roden Claudia Roden (née Douek; born 1936) is an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist of Sephardi/ Mizrahi descent. She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern cookbooks including ''A Book of Middle Eastern Food'' ...

(United Kingdom/Egypt), cookery book writer *

Cheick Oumar Sissoko Cheick Oumar Sissoko (born 1945 in San, Mali) is a Malian film director and politician. Biography As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole ...

(Mali), filmmaker * Tsai Chih Chung (Taiwan), cartoonist, comic strip artist and cartoon filmmaker *

Ken Yeang Ken Yeang (6 October 1948) is an architect, ecologist, planner and author from Malaysia, best known for his ecological architecture and ecomasterplans that have a distinctive green aesthetic. He pioneered an ecology-based architecture (since 1 ...

(Malaysia), architect ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera.

The 2000 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Urban Heroes" ; Laureates *

Jaime Lerner Jaime Lerner (17 December 1937 – 27 May 2021) was a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, th ...

(Brazil) (Principal Award), architect * Viva Rio (Brazil) (Principal Award), social work peace organization * Francisco Toledo (Mexico) (Principal Award), artist painter * Bush Radio (South Africa), independent radiostation *

Communalism Combat ''Communalism Combat'' is a monthly magazine published by Sabrang Communications since August 1993. The magazine is edited by husband wife team of Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad. History Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad left their jobs as Bomba ...

(India), human rights organization *

Cui Jian Cui Jian ( zh, c=崔健, p=Cuī Jiàn, ; born 2 August 1961) is a Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Affectionately called "Old Cui" (), he pioneered Chinese rock music. For this distinction Cui Jian is often l ...

(China), singer-songwriter, trumpeter, guitarist and film actor *

Film Resource Unit Film Resource Unit (FRU) is an independent film distributor from Johannesburg, South Africa.Prince Claus Fundprofile/ref> FRU was founded in 1986. In course of the years it has become a worldwide distributor of African films. In South Africa prope ...

(South Africa), independent film distributor * Arif Hasan (Pakistan), architect, urban planner, socio-philosopher and poet *

Bhupen Khakhar Bhupen Khakhar (also spelled Bhupen Khakkar, 10 March 1934 – 8 August 2003) was an Indian artist. He was a member of the Baroda Group and gained international recognition for his work as "India's first 'Pop' artist." Works Khakhar was a sel ...

(India), visual artist *

Komal Kothari Komal Kothari was an Indian folk artist and classical singer. Career Kothari's research resulted in his development of the study of a number of areas of folklore. In particular, he made contributions to the study of musical instruments, oral tra ...

(India), ethnomusicologist *

Werewere Liking Werewere Liking (born 1950, in Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She established the Ki-Yi Mbock theatre troupe in 1980 and founded the Ki-Yi village in 1985 for the artistic education of young pe ...

(Ivory Coast), art painter, filmmaker and writer *

Ayu Utami Ayu Utami (born 21 November 1968) is an Indonesian writer who has written novels, short-stories, and articles. '' Saman'' (1998) is widely considered her masterpiece. It was translated into English by Pamela Allen in 2005. By writing about sex ...

(Indonesia), radio broadcaster and writer * Van Leo (Egypt), photographer ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.

The 2001 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Carnival" ; Laureates * Summer Carnival,

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

(Netherlands) (Principal Award), Caribbean carnival *

Peter Minshall Peter Minshall (born 16 July 1941) is a Trinidadian Carnival artist (described colloquially in Trinidad and Tobago as a "mas-man"). Early life and career beginnings Minshall was born in Georgetown, Guyana, but moved to Trinidad as a small child ...

, designer (

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

) (Principal Award), carnival costume designer * Chris Abani (Nigeria), writer and poet * Duong Thu Huong (Vietnam), writer * Samuel Fosso (Cameroon), photographer * Jahan-e Ketab (Iran), literary magazine *

Miri Maftun Mir Maftoon ( fa, میر مفتون) also written as Mehri Maftun, is an Afghan musician. Born 1962s in Badakhshan. He specialized in authentic instruments, principally the dambura (a two string lute), the harmonium and the ghaychak (a two string v ...

(Afghanistan), ethnomusicologist * Antun Maqdisi (Syria), political philosopher * Ibrahim el-Salahi (Sudan/United Kingdom), artist painter * Elena Rivera Mirano (United States, Philippines), singer, choir leader and musicologist * Talingo (Panama), cultural magazine *

Iván Thays Iván Thays is a Peruvian author, professor and television host. Life Thays was born on October 21, 1968, in Lima. He studied languages and literature at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. After his study he continued as a professor at ...

(Peru), writer ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.

The 2002 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression" ; Laureates *

Mohamed Chafik Mohamed Chafik (; ), born 17 September 1926, is a leading figure in the Amazigh (also known as Berber) cultural movement. An original author of the Amazigh Manifesto, he was later appointed as the first Rector of the Royal Institute of the Ama ...

(Morocco) (Principal Award), writer * Marcelo Araúz Lavadenz (Bolivia), festival director, cultural promoter and choir leader *

Ali Farzat Ali Farzat or Ali Ferzat ( ar, علي فرزات; born 22 June 1951) is a Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures in Syrian, Arab and international newspapers. He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists Associ ...

(Syria), cartoonist * Ferreira Gullar (Brazil), writer and art critic * Amira Hass (Israel), writer *

Institute for Islamic and Social Studies The Institute for Islamic and Social Studies ( Indonesian: Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Sosial, LKiS), is an Indonesian non-governmental organization that was founded on September 3, 1993, in Yogyakarta.Wahid Institutereference card The institute stim ...

(Indonesia), human rights organization and study center * Virginia Pérez-Ratton (Costa Rica), artist, art critic and curator *

Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour (, wo, Yuusu Nduur; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine describe ...

(Senegal), singer *

Walter Tournier Walter Tournier (born July 14, 1944) is a Uruguayan director of animated and documentary films, who is closely identified with that country's enterprising filmmaking community. His work has been well-received both at home and at film festivals in ...

(Uruguay), animation filmmaker *

Wu Liangyong Wu Liangyong (, born 7 May 1922) is a Chinese architect and urban planner. He was a former professor in urban planning, architecture, and design. In preparation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was leading the team that studied the bui ...

(China), town-planner ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay,

Sadiq Jalal al-Azm Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm ( ar, صادق جلال العظم ''Ṣādiq Jalāl al-‘Aẓm''; 1934 – December 11, 2016) was a Professor Emeritus of Modern European Philosophy at the University of Damascus in Syria and was, until 2007, a visiting pro ...

, Aracy Amaral,

Goenawan Mohamad Goenawan Mohamad (born 29 July 1941) is an Indonesian poet, essayist, playwright and editor. He is the founder and editor of the Indonesian magazine ''Tempo''. Mohamad is a vocal critic of the Indonesian government, and his magazine was periodic ...

, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2003 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "The Survival and Innovation of Crafts" ; Laureates * Wang Shixiang (China) (Principal Award), art collector and poet * The 2002 Arab Human Development Report from notably Nader Fergany (Egypt) *

Mathare Youth Sports Association MYSA logo Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) is a sports development aid organization in Mathare, a collection of slums in Nairobi. In sports it focuses mainly on association football, and furthermore it is active in the field of community b ...

(Kenya), development aid organization *

Carlinhos Brown Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical ...

(Brazil), singer-songwriter and percussionist *

Lita Stantic Élida Stantic (born April 7, 1942), and more commonly known and credited as Lita Stantic, is an Argentine cinema film producer, producer, screenplay writer, and film director, director. Stantic is one of the most important producers working in t ...

(Argentina), filmmaker *

District Six Museum District Six Museum is a museum in the former inner-city residential area and, District Six, in Cape Town, South Africa in an old Methodist church. District Six Foundation was founded in 1989 and the museum in 1994, as a memorial to the forced mo ...

(South Africa), museum on

apartheid in South Africa Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

* Hasan Saltık (Turkey), music producer * Mick Pearce (Zimbabwe), architect * Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture (Cambodia), art and culture institute * G. N. Devy (India), tribal researcher, writer and literary critic * Yovita Meta (Indonesia), fashion designer and artisan ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2004 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "The positive results of Asylum and Migration" ; Laureates *

Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish ( ar, محمود درويش, Maḥmūd Darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine ...

( Palestine) (Principal Award), poet and writer *

Jawad al-Assadi Jawad al-Assadi is an Iraqi theater director, playwright, theater researcher and poet. Al-Assadi was born on January 12, 1947, in Karbala. While still a child, he moved with his parents to Baghdad. Here he went to the art academy until 1976. In th ...

(Iraq), theater maker and poet *

Tin Moe U Tin Moe (; ) (1933-2007) was a Burmese poet. Early life Tin Moe (Maung Ba Gyan) was born in the village of Kanmyè in Taungtha Township, Myingyan, Mandalay Division. He received his early education at a Buddhist monastery, and attended s ...

(Burma), poet *

Ivaldo Bertazzo Ivaldo Bertazzo is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer and movement therapist.NRC (November 9, 2005''Bij Bertazzo dansen Brazilianen de haat weg'' Bertazzo was born in São Paulo in 1949, as a son of an Italian father and Lebanese mother. He began ...

(Brazil), dancer and choreographer *

Bhutan Archery Federation The Bhutan Archery Federation is an organization that occupies itself with the conservation and further development of traditional archery in Bhutan. The sporting body also governs Olympic archery in Bhutan. The federation was founded in 1971 in ...

(Bhutan), cultural archery society *

Halet Çambel Halet Çambel (27 August 1916 – 12 January 2014) was a Turkish archaeologist and Olympic fencer. She was the first woman with a Muslim background to compete in the Olympic Games. Private life Çambel was born in Berlin, German Empire on ...

(Turkey), archeologist * Omara Khan Massoudi (Afghanistan), museum director * Memoria Abierta (Argentina), human rights organization * Farroukh Qasim (Tajikistan), theater maker *

Aminata Traoré Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1947) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. ...

(Mali), writer and political activist ; Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2005 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Humour and Satire" ; Laureates *

Jonathan Shapiro Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958) is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician ...

, alias ''Zapiro'' (South Africa) (Principal Award), cartoonist * Lenin El-Ramly (Egypt), writer and director *

Slamet Gundono Slamet Gundono (June 19, 1966 – January 5, 2014) was an Indonesian modern puppeteer in wayang and artist. He was born in Slawi, the capital of the Tegal Regency, and died in 2014. Traditionally, wayang is linked with drinking and debauchery, ...

(Indonesia), wayang puppeteer and artist * Edgar Langeveldt (Zimbabwe), stand-up comedian, singer-songwriter and actor *

Michael Poghosyan Michael Movsesi Poghosyan (sometimes credited as Mikael Pogosyan, Michael Poghosian, Mikael Poghosyan, hy, Միքայել Պողոսյան; born 31 May 1954) is an Armenians, Armenian film and theatre actor, as well as a judge on the Armenian ve ...

(Armenia), actor, singer and cabaret performer * Joaquín Salvador Lavado, alias ''

Quino Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, better known by his pen name Quino (; 17 July 193230 September 2020), was an Argentinian cartoonist. His comic strip ''Mafalda'' (which ran from 1964 to 1973) is popular in many parts of the Americas and Euro ...

'' (Argentina), cartoonist and comic strip artist *

Ebrahim Nabavi Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi ( fa, سید ابراهیم نبوی; born 1958 in Astara, Iran) is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, and researcher. He currently writes in the news website '' Gooya'' and the online newspaper '' Rooz'', and ha ...

(Iran), writer and satirist * Chéri Samba (D.R. Congo), artist painter *

Niède Guidon Niède Guidon () (born 12 March 1933) is a Brazilian archaeologist known for her work in pre-historic archeology of South American civilizations and her efforts to secure the conservation of the World Heritage Site Serra da Capivara National Pa ...

(Brazil), archeologist *

Abdul Sheriff Abdul Sheriff is a Tanzanian emeritus history professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, and former director of the Peace Memorial Museum, the national museum of Zanzibar. Life Sheriff was born on December 7, 1939, on the island of Zanzibar ...

(Tanzania), museum director * Opiyo Okach (Kenya), dancer and choreographer ; Committee Niek Biegman, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Mick Pearce.

The 2006 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "10 years Prince Claus Awards" (recapitulating visual arts, writing and publishing, theater, cultural education and debate, cultural heritage and education) ; Laureates * Reza Abedini (Iran) (Principal Award), graphical artist and art critic *

Lida Abdul Lida Abdul is a video artist and performance artist from Afghanistan. She was born as Lida Abdullah in Kabul in 1979, fled the country as a child during the Soviet Invasion, and went on to live in India and Germany then the United States. Her mos ...

(Afghanistan), visual artist, videographer and photographer *

Christine Tohmé Christine Tohme ( ar, كريستين طعمة) is a Lebanese curator and the founding director of Ashkal Alwan - The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. Since its establishment in 1993, Ashkal Alwan has been committed to contemporary artistic ...

(Lebanon), curator and art promoter *

Erna Brodber Erna Brodber (born 20 April 1940) is a Jamaican writer, sociologist and social activist. She is the sister of writer Velma Pollard. Biography Born in the farming village of Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, she gained a B.A. from the Unive ...

(Jamaica), writer and sociologist * Henry Chakava (Kenya), publisher *

Frankétienne Frankétienne (born Franck Étienne on April 12, 1936, in Ravine-Sèche, Haiti) is a Haitian writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician, activist and intellectual. He is recognized as one of Haiti's leading writers and playwrights of both Fre ...

(Haiti), writer, poet, dramatist, musician and artist painter *

Madeeha Gauhar Madeeha Gauhar (; 21 September 1956 – 25 April 2018) was a Pakistani TV and stage actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist. In 1984, she founded Ajoka Theatre where social themes were staged in theat ...

(Pakistan), actress, writer, theater maker and women rights activist * Michael Mel (Papua New Guinea), art scientist, curator, philosopher, musician and playwright * Committee for Relevant Art (Nigeria), art platform * Al Kamandjâti Association (Palestine), musical development organization *

National Museum of Mali The National Museum of Malí (french: Musée national du Mali) is an archaeological and anthropological museum located in Bamako, the capital of Mali. It presents permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of Mali, as well as the musical inst ...

, archeological and ethnological museum ; Committee FROM PHOTO CAPTION ON on princeclausfund.org
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, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Mick Pearce, Niek Biegman.

The 2007 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Culture and Conflict" ; Laureates *

Faustin Linyekula Faustin Linyekula (born February 27, 1974). is a Congolese dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance.Patricia Ariza (Colombia), poet and actress *

Augusto Boal Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movemen ...

(Brazil), theater maker *

Emily Jacir Emily Jacir ( ar, املي جاسر) is a Palestinian artist and filmmaker. Biography Jacir was born in Bethlehem in 1973, Jacir spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, attending high school in Italy. She attended the University of Dallas, Memp ...

(Palestine), visual artist *Hollis Liverpool, alias '' Chalkdust'' (

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), calypso singer and writer * Sudanese Writers Union (Sudan) * Ars Aevi (Bosnia and Herzegovina), museum of art * Oscar Hagerman (Mexico), architect and designer * Harutyun Khachatryan (Armenia), filmmaker *Godfrey Mwampembwa, alias ''Gado'' (Kenya), cartoonist * Radio Isanganiro (Burundi), human rights promoter and radio station ; Committee Peter Geschiere, Manthia Diawara, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mick Pearce, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Selma Al-Radi.

The 2008 Prince Claus Awards

; Theme "Culture and the Human Body" ; Laureates *

Mamoni Raisom Goswami Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983 ...

(India) (Principal Award), writer and poet * Li Xianting (China), art critic * Ganchugiyn Purevbat (Mongolia), artist painter, museum director and lama * Ousmane Sow (Senegal), sculptor *

Dayanita Singh Dayanita Singh (born 18 March 1961) is an Indian photographer whose primary format is the book. She has published fourteen books. Singh's art reflects and expands on the ways in which people relate to photographic images. Her later works, draw ...

(India), photographer *

Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on ...

(Palestine), filmmaker *

James Iroha Uchechukwu James Iroha Uchechukwu is a Nigerian photographer. He was born in 1972 in Enugu. He is known for his photography, his support to young photographers, and the passing on of his knowledge to the young. He is also regarded at the beginning of the 2 ...

(Nigeria), photographer *

Tania Bruguera Tania Bruguera (born 1968 in Havana, Cuba) is an artist and activist who focuses on installation and performance art. She lives and works between New York City and Havana, and has participated in numerous international exhibitions. Her work is i ...

(Cuba), visual artist * Ma Ke (China), fashion designer * Jeanguy Saintus (Haiti), dancer and choreographer * Carlos Henríquez Consalvi (Venezuela/El Salvador), radio broadcaster and museum director

The 2009 Prince Claus Awards

;Theme « Culture and Nature » ;Laureates * Simón Vélez - (Colombia) (Principal Award), architect *

El Anatsui El Anatsui ( h-nah-ch-wee born 1944) is a Ghanaian sculptor active for much of his career in Nigeria. He has drawn particular international attention for his " bottle-top installations". These installations consist of thousands of aluminum piec ...

- (Ghana), sculptor *

Doual'art doual'art is a non profit cultural organisation and art centre founded in 1991 in Douala, Cameroon and focussed on new urban practices of African cities. History doual'art was registered as a non profit organization in 1992 and it was establish ...

- (Cameroon), art organization * Liang Shaoji - (China), conceptual artist *

Jivya Soma Mashe Jivya Soma Mashe (1934 - 15 May 2018) was an artist of the Maharashtra state in India, who popularised the Warli tribal art form. Mashe was born in Dhamangaon village in Talasari taluka of Thane district of Maharashtra. At the age of 11, he ca ...

- (India), visual artist *

Sammy Baloji Sammy Baloji is a photographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He works in Lubumbashi and Brussels, and held exhibitions in Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Bilbao, Cape Town and Bamako.Témoin Africa''Sammy Baloji Né le 29 décembre 1978. ...

- (D.R. Congo), photographer *

Santu Mofokeng Santu Mofokeng (October 19, 1956 – January 26, 2020) was a South African news and documentary photographer who worked under the alias ''Mofokengâ''. Mofokeng was a member of the Afrapix collective and won a Prince Claus Award.Prince Claus Fund ...

- (South Africa), photographer * Kanak Dixit - (Nepal), publisher and writer *

Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America The Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America (Spanish: ''Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica'', ''IHNCA'') is a research institute that is connected to the Central American University in Nicaragua. The institute is se ...

- (Nicaragua) * Desiderio Navarro - (Cuba), art and culture critic *

Gastón Acurio Gastón Acurio Jaramillo (born October 30, 1967) is a Peruvian chef and ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. He owns several restaurants in various countries, and is the author of several books. In Peru, he is the host of a television program and ...

- (Peru), cook and gastronomist

The 2010 Prince Claus Awards

;Theme « Borders to reality » ;Laureates * Barzakh Editions (Algeria) (Principal Award), independent publisher * Decolonizing Architecture institute (DAi, Palestine), architectonic institute *

Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...

(China), filmmaker, actor and writer * Kwani Trust (Kenya), literary platform and magazine *

Ana Maria Machado Ana Maria Machado (born 24 December 1941) is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasti ...

(Brazil), painter and writer *

Yoani Sánchez Yoani María Sánchez Cordero (born September 4, 1975) is a Cuban blogger who has achieved international fame and multiple international awards for her critical portrayal of life in Cuba under its current government. Sánchez attended primary ...

(Cuba), blogger and human rights activist * Maya Goded (Mexico), photographer * Kasmalieva & Djumaliev (Kyrgyzstan), visual artist couple * Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnam), visual artist and photographer * Mehrdad Oskouei (Iran), documentary maker *Aung Zaw (Thailand), publisher

The 2011 Prince Claus Awards

Tibetan writer- blogger Tsering Woeser on 26 March 2009 from Voice of America's Chinese service

;Theme « Breaking taboos » ;Laureates * Ntone Edjabe for ''

Chimurenga ''Chimurenga'' is a word in the Shona language. The Ndebele equivalent, though not as widely used since the majority of Zimbabweans are Shona speaking, is ''Umvukela'', meaning "revolutionary struggle" or uprising. In specific historical terms ...

'' (Pan-Africa) (Principal Award), DJ, writer and publisher *

Said Atabekov Said Atabekov is a Kazakhstani artist in the fields of installation, performance and video art, and photography. Life Atabekov was born in 1965 in Bes Terek in the Tashkent Province of Uzbekistan. After his studies at the Shymkent Art Colleg ...

, (Kazakhstan), visual artist, videographer and photographer * The Book Café, (Zimbabwe), platform for free cultural expression * Nidia Bustos, (Nicaragua), cultural activist and theatre director * Rena Effendi, (Azerbaijan), photographer *

Regina José Galindo Regina José Galindo (born August 27, 1974) is a Guatemalan performance artist who specializes in body art. She was born in Guatemala City. Early work Remarkably, for an artist who is known for the political themes of her work, Galindo grew up ...

, (Guatemala), body and performance artist * Ilkhom Theatre, (Uzbekistan), independent theater * Kettly Mars, (Haiti), poet and writer *

Rabih Mroué Rabih Mroué ( ar, ربيع مروة, born 1967) is a Lebanese stage and film actor, playwright, and visual artist. Rooted in theater, his work includes videos and installation art; the latter sometimes incorporates photography, text and sculptur ...

, (Lebanon), theater maker and visual artist * Riwaq, (Palestine), architectonic organization * Woeser, (

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

; China), writer, poet and blogger

The 2012 Prince Claus Awards

Theme «Frontiers of Reality » ;Laureates * Eloísa Cartonera (Argentina) (Principal Award), co-operation of designers and writers *

Sami Ben Gharbia Sami Ben Gharbia is a Tunisian human rights campaigner, blogger, writer and freedom of expression advocate. He was a political refugee living in the Netherlands between 1998 and 2011. Sami is the author of the book (in French) Borj Erroumi XL. He ...

, (Tunisia), internet activist * Habiba Djahnine, (Algeria), film producer, film festival curator and essayist *

Yassin al-Haj Saleh Yassin al-Haj Saleh ( ar, ياسين الحاج صالح; born 1961)Widad Kawar Widad Kawar ( ar, وداد قعوار ), was born in Tulkarm city in 1931, is an internationally renowned collector of Jordanian and Palestinian ethnic and cultural arts. She has amassed an extensive collection of dresses, costumes, textiles, and ...

, (Jordan), collector and researcher of Arab clothing and jewellery *

Teresa Margolles Teresa Margolles (born 1963) is a Mexican conceptual artist, photographer, videographer, and performance artist. As an artist she researches the social causes and consequences of death.Prince Claus Fund (June 2012''Report from the 2012 Prince Clau ...

, (Mexico), photographer, videographer and performance artist *

Boniface Mwangi Boniface Mwangi (born July 10, 1983) is a Kenyan photojournalist, politician and activist involved in social-political activism. He is known for his images of the post-election violence that hit Kenya in 2007 and 2008. Early life Mwangi was ...

, (Kenya), press photographer and peace activist * Phare Ponleu Selpak, (Cambodia), cultural community organization *

Ian Randle Ian Randle (born 7 July 1949) is a Jamaican publisher. He is the founder of an eponymous independent publishing company whose main focus is on English-language readers. He has won awards including the Prince Claus Award in 2012 and the 2019 Boc ...

, (Jamaica), independent publisher *Maung Thura, alias

Zarganar Maung Thura "Zarganar" (also called Zaganar, my, ဇာဂနာ; also Zargana, ); born 27 January 1961) is a popular Burmese comedian, film actor, and a film director as well as a fierce critic and often political prisoner of the Burmese mili ...

, (Burma), comedian and filmmaker *Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, alias '' Hadraawi'', (Somaliland/Somalia), poet and songwriter

The 2013 Prince Claus Awards

;Laureates *

Ahmed Fouad Negm Ahmed Fouad Negm ( ar, أحمد فؤاد نجم, ; 22 May 1929 – 3 December 2013), popularly known as el-Fagommi الفاجومي (), was an Egyptians, Egyptian vernacular poetry, poet. Negm is well known for his work with Egyptian composer Shei ...

, (Egypt) (Principal Award), poet and critic * Alejandro Zambra, (Chile), writer *Carla Fernández, (Mexico), fashion designer and cultural historian *Christopher Cozier, (Trinidad and Tobago), multi-media artist and cultural activator *Idrissou Mora-Kpaï, (Benin), documentary filmmaker * Lu Guang, (China), photographer *Naiza Khan, (Pakistan), visual artist * Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, (Paraguay), youth orchestra *Óscar Muñoz, (Colombia), visual artist * Teater Garasi, (Indonesia), performing arts *

Zanele Muholi Zanele Muholi (born 19 July 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000's, documen ...

, (South Africa), photographer and visual activist

The 2014 Prince Claus Awards

;Laureates * Ignacio Agüero (Chile), (Principal Award), filmmaker *

Rosina Cazali Rosina Cazali (born in 1960) is a Guatemalan art critic and independent curator. She serves as an advisory committee member for CIFO (The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation). Cazali works as a columnist for '' El Periódico'', a Guatemalan newspape ...

, (Guatemala), writer and curator *

Lav Diaz Lavrente Indico Anciro Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on recor ...

, (Philippines), filmmaker * FX Harsono, (Indonesia), visual artist *

Gülsün Karamustafa Gülsün Karamustafa (born 1946 in Ankara) is a visual artist and filmmaker recognised as "one of Turkey’s most outspoken and celebrated artists." Using personal and historical narratives, Karamustafa explores socio-political issues in modern ...

, (Turkey), visual artist * Tran Luong, (Vietnam), media artist * Museo Itinerante Arte por la Memoria, (Peru), art collective * Lia Rodrigues, (Brazil), choreographer * SPARROW Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women, (India), women's archive

The 2015 Prince Claus Awards

;Laureates *

Newsha Tavakolian Newsha Tavakolian ( fa, نیوشا توکلیان; born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ''Time'' magazine, ''The New York Times'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''National Geographic''. Her work focuses o ...

(Iran), (Principal Award), photojournalist *

Latif Al-Ani Latif al-Ani (1932 – 18 November 2021) was an Iraqi photographer, often known as "the father of Iraqi photography" and noted for his photographic works that combine both ancient and modern themes. During his active career from the 1950s throug ...

(Iraq), photographer * Amakhosi (Zimbabwe), community-oriented theatre group and cultural hub * Jelili Atiku (Nigeria), performance artist * Jean Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon), filmmaker *

ETCETERA ''Et Cetera'' ( or (proscribed) , ), abbreviated to ''etc.'', ''etc'', ''et cet.'', ''&c.'' or ''&c'' is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and other similar things", or "and so forth". Translated literally from Latin, means 'an ...

( Argentina/Chile), art collective * Perhat Khaliq (China), musician and singer-songwriter *

Fatos Lubonja Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an Albanian writer and dissident. Life Fatos is the son of Todi Lubonja, who was a close associate of Communist leader of Albania Enver Hoxha and head of Albanian national television until the early 1970s. In the ...

(Albania), author, editor and public intellectual *

Ossama Mohammed Ossama Mohammed ( ar, أسامة محمد; born 21 March 1954) is a Syrian film director and screenwriter. His film, ''The Box of Life'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently living in ...

(Syria), filmmaker * Oksana Shatalova (Kazakhstan), visual artist and curator *

Y'en A Marre Y'en a Marre ("Fed Up") is a group of Senegalese rappers and journalists, created in January 2011, to protest ineffective government and register youth to vote. They are credited with helping to mobilize Senegal's youth vote and oust incumbent Presi ...

(Senegal), collective of young musicians and journalists ;Committee Bregtje van der Haak, Suad Amiry, Salah Hassan, Kettly Mars, Ong Ken Sen, Gabriela Salgado

The 2016 Prince Claus Awards

;Laureates *

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...

(Thailand), (Principal Award), filmmaker * Kamal Mouzawak (Lebanon), chef and food activist * The Second Floor (T2F) (Pakistan), interdisciplinary cultural centre * Bahia Shehab (Egypt/Lebanon), graphic designer, artist, educator *

La Silla Vacía (The Empty Chair) ''La Silla Vacía'' (Spanish language, Spanish: "The Empty Chair") is a Colombian news website founded by journalist and writer Juanita León in 2009. The site focuses primarily on Politics of Colombia, Colombian politics. ''La Silla Vacía'' d ...

(Colombia), interactive online portal * Vo Trong Nghia (Vietnam), architect ; Committee Emile Fallaux, Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, Dinh Q Lê, Visual Artist, Neo Muyanga, Manuel de Rivero, Suely Rolnik

The 2017 Prince Claus Awards

;Laureates * Vincent Carelli (Brazil) (Principal Award), filmmaker * Ma Jun (China) (Principal Award), environmental activist * Khadija Al-Salami (filmmaker, Yemen) * L’Art Rue (art collective, Tunisia) * Brigitte Baptiste (scientist, Colombia) *

Amar Kanwar Amar Kanwar was born in New Delhi in 1964 where he continues to live and work as a filmmaker. Kanwar studied at the Department of History, Ramjas College, Delhi University (1982-1985), and at the Mass Communication Research Center, Jamia Millia ...

(film director, India) *

Diébédo Francis Kéré Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 10 April 1965) is a Burkinabé- German architect, recognized for creating innovative works that are often sustainable and collaborative in nature. In 2022, he became the first African to receive the '' Pritzker A ...

(architect, Burkina Faso)

The 2018 Prince Claus Awards

Theme ‘Louder than Words’ New, the ''Next Generation Award'', which honours an outstanding creative initiative that contributes positively to the lives and possibilities of young people. ;Laureates *Market Photo Workshop, (South Africa), (Principal Award), Training institute and cultural platform * Dada Masilio South Africa) (Next Generation Award)(dancer and choreographer) *

Adong Judith Adong Judith is a Ugandan playwright and filmmaker."Adong Lucy Judith"
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(playwright, film and theatre-maker, Uganda) * Marwa al-Sabouri (architect and urban thinker, Syria) *

Kidlat Tahimik Eric Oteyza de Guia (born October 3, 1942), better known as Kidlat Tahimik ("Silent Lightning"), is a film director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinema movement through their critiques of neocolonialism. ...

(artist in many disciplines, Philippines) *

Eka Kurniawan Eka Kurniawan (born November 28, 1975) is an Indonesian writer and screenwriter. In 2016, Kurniawan became the first Indonesian writer to be nominated for the Man Booker International Prize. Early life He was born in Tasikmalaya, West Java, an ...

(writer, Indonesia), * O Menelick 2 Ato (independent platform, Brazil)

The 2019 Prince Claus Awards

* Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq, ( Sudan) (Principal Award) * Ambulante (documentaries, Mexico) * Mariam Kamara (architect, Niger) * Bill Kouélany (artist & writer, Congo-Brazzaville) * Djamila Ribeiro (philosopher, Brazilië) *

Anocha Suwichakornpong Anocha Suwichakornpong ( th, อโนชา สุวิชากรพงศ์, born 1976) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer. She is Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. Her ...

(filmmaker, Thailand) * Mónica Ojeda Franco (writer, Ecuador), Next Generation Laureate

The 2020 Prince Claus Awards

* Ibrahim Mahama, (Ghana, Visual Arts) (Principal Award) * Açik Radyo, (Turkey, Media) * Diamantina Arcoiris, (Colombia, Design) * Fendika Cultural Center, (Ethiopia, Music and performance) * Tunakaimanu Fielakepa, (Tonga, Cultural Heritage) * m7red, (Argentina, Architecture).

References

Awards per year and profiles starting from here

External links

* {{official website, http://www.princeclausfund.org Dutch awards Awards established in 1996