Catalonia International Prize
# Catalonia International Prize

The Catalonia International Prize (Catalan: Premi Internacional Catalunya) is a Spanish international prize, awarded every year since 1989 by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The award recognizes the work of people who have not only contributed to the development of culture, science or economics, but have also stood out for having completed their work with a high ethical and humanistic commitment.

Institutions and organizations from all over the world present candidates every year, usually exceeding 200 people. A large jury, composed of various personalities from different fields, and independent of the Generalitat, determine one award winner each year. The prize is only given to living people, and cannot be awarded posthumously. Four times (1995, 2004, 2008, and 2013) the award has been shared by two people.

The prize is presented at the beginning of March by the President of the Government of Catalonia and consists of a cash prize (in 2005 it was 80,000 euros) and a work of art.

## History

       YearWinnerNacionalityActivity 1989Karl PopperUnited Kingdomphilosopher 1990Abdus SalamPakistanphysicist 1991Jacques CousteauFranceoceanographer 1992Mstislav RostropóvichRussiaCcellist 1993Luigi Luca Cavalli-SforzaItalygeneticist 1994Edgar MorinFrancesociologist 1995Václav Havel Richard von WeizsäckerCzech Republic Germanywriter essayist and politician politician 1996Yaşar KemalTurkeynovelist 1997Amartya SenIndiaeconomist 1998Jacques DelorsFrancepolitician 1999Doris LessingUnited Kingdomwriter 2000Abdallah LarouiMoroccohistorian 2001Andrea RiccardiItalyhistorian 2002Harold BloomUnited Statesessayist 2003Nawal al-Sa'dawiEgyptwriter and social activist 2004Sari Nusseibeh Amos OzPalestine Israelphilosopher and writer 2005Claude Lévi-StraussFranceanthropologist 2006Pere CasaldáligaSpainreligion 2007Edward Osborne WilsonUnited Statesentomologist, biologist and science communicator 2008Cynthia Maung Aung San Suu KyiMyanmar Myanmarmedic activist 2009Bill ViolaUnited Statesvideo artist 2010Jimmy CarterUnited Statespolitician 2011Haruki MurakamiJapanwriter 2012Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaBrazilmetallurgist, trade unionist and politician 2013Malala Yousafzai Gro Harlem BrundtlandPakistan NorwayStudent, activist politician 2014Desmond TutuSouth Africaactivist 2015Jane GoodallUnited Kingdomprimatologist 2016Josep Baselga Manel Esteller Joan MassaguéSpainoncologist 2019Vinton CerfUnited Statescomputer scientist 2020Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oKenyawriter and activist 2021 Judith Butler United States gender studies philosopher 2022 Svetlana Alexievich writer 2023 Joseph Stiglitz United States economist
