Hermann Kesten Prize [SEP] named after
Hermann Kesten Prize
The Hermann Kesten Prize (), formally the Hermann Kesten Medal (), is a German literary award presented annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers, on behalf of German PEN Center according to the principles of the Charter of International PEN. In 1985, the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded the first Hermann Kesten Medal. It is named in honor of Hermann Kesten (1900–1996).
Until 1993, it was awarded every two years, since 1994 it has been given
2002: International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award
- 2003: Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage
- 2003: Hermann Kesten Medal
- 2004: Olof Palme Prize (shared with Lyudmila Alexeyeva and Sergei Kovalev)
- 2004: Vázquez Montalbán Award of International Journalism
- 2005: Civil Courage Prize (with Min Ko Naing and Munir Said Thalib)
- 2005: Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media
- 2006: International Journalism Award named after Tiziano Terzani
- 2006