The Jan Długosz Award (Polish: ''Nagroda im. Jana Długosza'') is a Polish

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Man ...

which has been presented annually since 1998 during the

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

Book Fair. It is named in honor of Polish

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chronicler A chronicle (, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, ...

Jan Długosz Jan Długosz (; 1 December 1415 – 19 May 1480), also known in Latin as Johannes Longinus, was a Polish priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków. He is considered Poland's first histo ...

(1415–1480) and its aim is to popularize works in the field of

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

written by Polish authors and published the previous year which make significant contributions to the advancement of science and cultural enrichment. The award recognizes books not only targeted to the professional, scientific circles but also to the general reader, which is intended to make them the subject of a broader public debate. The winners of the award receive cash prizes and a

statuette A figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with cla ...

List of Laureates

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Author ! Title , - , 2021 , Zbigniew Mentzel , ''Kołakowski. Czytanie świata. Biografia'' (" Kołakowski. Reading the World: A Biography") , - , 2020 , Michał Roch Kaczmarczyk , ''Aporia wolności. Krytyka teorii społecznej'' ("Aporia of Freedom. A Critique of Social Theory") , - , 2019 , Joanna Tokarska-Bakir , ''Pod klątwą. Społeczny portret pogromu kieleckiego'' ("Under the Curse. A Social Portrait of the

Kielce Pogrom The Kielce pogrom was an outbreak of violence toward the Jewish community centre's gathering of refugees in the city of Kielce, Poland, on 4 July 1946 by Polish soldiers, police officers, and civiliansMonika Bobako , ''Islamofobia jako technologia władzy. Studium z antropologii politycznej'' ("Islamophobia as a Technology of Power. A Study in Political Anthropology") , - , 2017 , Przemysław Czapliński{{cite news, url=https://krakow.wyborcza.pl/krakow/7,44425,22571537,przemyslaw-czaplinski-laureatem-nagrody-im-jana-dlugosza.html , title=Przemysław Czapliński laureatem Nagrody im. Jana Długosza , access-date=2017-11-19 , ''Poruszona mapa'' ("A Moved Map") , - , 2016 , Anna Machcewicz , ''Bunt. Strajki w Trójmieście. Sierpień 1980'' ("Rebellion: Strikes in the Tri-City, August 1980") , - , 2015 , Michał Głowiński , ''Rozmaitości interpretacyjne. Trzydzieści szkiców'' ("Interpretational Varieties. Thirty Sketches") , - , 2014 , Grzegorz Niziołek , ''Polski teatr Zagłady'' ("The Polish Theatre of the

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

") , - , 2013 , Jerzy Holzer , ''Europa Zimnej Wojny'' ("

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Europe") , - , 2012 , Andrzej Friszke , ''Czas KOR-u. Jacek Kuroń a geneza Solidarności'' ("The Time of KOR.

Jacek Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń (; 3 March 1934 – 17 June 2004) was one of the democratic leaders of opposition in the People's Republic of Poland. He was widely known as the "godfather of the Polish opposition," not unlike Václav Havel in Czechoslovakia. Kur ...

and the Origin of the

Solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...

") , - , 2011 , Hanna Świda-Ziemba , ''Młodzież PRL. Portrety pokoleń w kontekście historii'' ("The Youth of PRL - Portraits of Generations from a Historical Perspective") , - , 2010 , Mieczysław Nurek , ''Gorycz zwycięstwa'' ("The Bitterness of Victory") , - , 2009 , Teresa Chylińska , ''Karol Szymanowski i jego epoka'' ("

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early w ...

and His Era") , - , 2008 , Stanisław Mossakowski , ''Kaplica Zygmuntowska 1515–1533'' ("

Sigismund's Chapel Sigismund's Chapel () is a royal chapel of the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland. Built as a funerary chapel for the last members of the Jagiellonian Dynasty, it has been hailed by many art historians as "the most beautiful example of the Tu ...

1515–1533") , - , 2007 ,

Jerzy Strzelczyk Jerzy Strzelczyk (born 24 December 1941 in Poznań) is a Polish historian, professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as s ...

, ''Zapomniane narody Europy'' ("The Forgotten Nations of Europe") , - , 2006 , Piotr Piotrowski , ''Awangarda w cieniu Jałty. Sztuka w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej w latach 1945–1989'' , - , 2005 , Mirosława Marody and Anna Giza-Poleszczuk , ''Przemiany więzi społecznych'' ("Changes in Social Relations") , - , 2004 , Wacław Hryniewicz , ''Nadzieja uczy inaczej'' ("Hope Teaches Differently") , - , 2003 , Teresa Kostkiewiczowa , ''Polski wiek świateł. Obszary swoistości'' , - , 2002 , Jan Błoński , '' Witkacy'' , - , 2001 , Stefan Swieżawski , ''Dzieje europejskiej filozofii klasycznej'' ("History of European

Classical Philosophy Classical may refer to: European antiquity *Classical antiquity, a period of history from roughly the 7th or 8th century B.C.E. to the 5th century C.E. centered on the Mediterranean Sea * Classical architecture, architecture derived from Greek an ...

") , - , 2000 , Eugeniusz Cezary Król , ''Propaganda i indoktrynacja narodowego socjalizmu w Niemczech 1919–1945'' ("Propaganda and Indoctrination of the

National Socialism Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequ ...

in Germany 1919–1945") , - , 1999 , Mieczysław Tomaszewski , ''Chopin. Człowiek, Dzieło, Rezonans'' (" Chopin. The Man, His Work and Its Resonance") , - , 1998 , Barbara Skarga , ''Tożsamość i różnica. Eseje metafizyczne'' ("Identity and Difference. Metaphysical Essays")

References

Science writing awards Polish literary awards Awards established in 1998

List of Laureates

See also

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