The VIZE 97 Prize (also The Vision 97 Award;
in
Czech: ''Cena Nadace Dagmar a Václava Havlových VIZE 97'') is an international prize awarded to significant thinkers by the ''
Dagmar and
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as ...
Foundation VIZE 97'' (Nadace Dagmar a Václava Havlových VIZE 97). Starting in 1999, it has been awarded annually to people who through their work "cross the traditional framework of scientific knowledge, contribute to the understanding of science as an integral part of general culture, and in an unconventional way deal with the fundamental questions of knowledge, being and human existence." The prize is awarded in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
, and the laureates receive the "
crosier of
St. Adalbert of Prague."
Laureates
References
External links
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Nadace Dagmar a Václava Havlových VIZE at Google Cultural Institute
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Czech awards
Philosophy awards
Awards established in 1999
1999 establishments in the Czech Republic