Jan Michalski Prize

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Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (French: Prix Jan Michalski) is a Swiss literary prize for any work of fiction or non-fiction published anywhere in the world in any language. [1] [2] It is meant to recognize authors from around the world and world literature in general. The jury is multicultural and multilingual in composition.

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The award was launched October 2009 [1] and the first winner was announced November 2010. The winner receives CHF  50,000. The authors of finalists are invited for a three-month period of residence in the Maison de l'écriture. [3]

The prize was created by the Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature (Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Ecriture et la Littérature), founded in 2004 at the initiative of Vera Michalski-Hoffmann in memory of her husband Jan Michalski. [4] It is located in Montricher, Switzerland. [5]

Honorees

YearAuthorOriginal titleEnglish, French or German translationResultRef.
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Aleksandar Hemon The Lazarus Project Winner [6]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Flag of Lebanon.svg Yousef Al-Mohaimeed فخاخ الرائحةWolves of the Crescent MoonFinalists
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Flannery The Weather Makers
Flag of France.svg Laurent Binet HHhH Nominee
Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Esterházy Harmonia cælestis Celestial Harmonies
Flag of Austria.svg Alois Hotschnig Im Sitzen läuft es sich besser davon
Flag of Ukraine.svg Viktor Malakhov Уязвимость любви
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Martinez Claude Monet, une vie au fil de l’eau
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Klaus Merz Der Argentinier
Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Sanaev Похороните меня за плинтусом
2011 Flag of Hungary.svg György Dragomán A fehér király The White King Winner [7]
Flag of the Philippines.svg Miguel Syjuco IlustradoFinalists
Flag of Iceland.svg Sjón Skugga-Baldur The Blue Fox
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of the United States.svg Liu Xiaobo No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and PoemsNominee
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Fröberg Idling Pol Pots leendePol Pot’s Smile
Flag of Russia.svg Mark Kharitonov Проект Одиночество
Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Libera Godot i jego cień
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julia Lovell The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of ChinaWinner [8]
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Pollack Kaiser von Amerika: Die große Flucht aus GalizienFinalists
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Snyder Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Flag of France.svg Philippe Cassard Franz SchubertNominee
Flag of France.svg Patrick Deville Kampuchéa
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Gevisser Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Ray Pollock The Devil All the Time
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Rybakova Острый нож для мягкого сердцаCouteau tranchant pour un cœur tendre
Flag of France.svg Bruno Smolarz Hokusaï aux doigts d’encre
2013 Flag of Iran.svg Mahmoud Dowlatabadi زوال کلنلThe ColonelWinner [9] [10]
Flag of France.svg Serge Gruzinski L’aigle et le Dragon: Démesure européenne et mondialisation au XVIe siècleFinalists [11]
Flag of Sweden.svg Steve Sem-Sandberg De fattiga i ŁódźThe Emperor of Lies
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Macfarlane The Old Ways: A Journey on FootSecond selection
Flag of India.svg Uday Prakash The Walls of Delhi
Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Głowacki Good night, DżerziFirst selection
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chan Koonchung 盛世:中國,2013年The Fat Years
Flag of India.svg Charu Nivedita ஸீரோ டிகிரி Zero Degree
Flag of France.svg Tiphaine Samoyault Bête de cirque
Flag of Spain.svg Enrique Vila-Matas Chet Baker piensa en su arte
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Ware Building Stories
2014 Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Zhadan Ворошиловград Voroshylovhrad Winner [12] [13]
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Gevisser Dispatcher: Lost and Found in JohannesburgFinalists
Flag of the United States.svg Marci Shore The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rana Mitter China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for SurvivalSecond selection
Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Cabré ConfiteorConfessions
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maxime Raymond Bock AtavismesAtavismsFirst selection
Flag of France.svg Camille de Toledo Oublier, trahir puis disparaître
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Harding Enon
Flag of the United States.svg Fanny Howe Second Childhood
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech NowickiSalki
Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Velikić Bonavia
Flag of Iraq.svg Flag of Germany.svg Najem Wali ملائكة الجنوبEngel des Südens
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Thompson Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo KišWinner [14]
Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Iran.svg Navid Kermani Zwischen Koran und Kafka: West-östliche ErkundungenBetween Quran and Kafka: West-Eastern InquiriesFinalists
Flag of Iraq.svg Flag of Germany.svg Najem Wali بغداد مالبورو، من أجل برادلي مانينكBagdad Marlboro: Ein Roman für Bradley Manning
Flag of France.svg Jean-Noël Orengo La Fleur du CapitalSecond selection
Flag of Israel.svg Ari Shavit My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Ther Die neue Ordnung auf dem alten Kontinent: Eine Geschichte des neoliberalen EuropaEurope since 1989: A HistoryFirst selection
Flag of Romania.svg Lucian Dan Teodorovici Matei BrunulL’histoire de Bruno Matei
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Badré La grande santé
Flag of France.svg Valentin Retz Noir parfait
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hermione Lee Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Jarnot Robert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus: A Biography
Flag of France.svg Gansel Mireille Traduire comme transhumerTranslation as Transhumance
2016 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Georgi Gospodinov Физика на тъгатаPhysics of SorrowWinner [15] [16]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Dževad Karahasan Što pepeo pričaThe Solace of the Night SkyFinalists
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of the United States.svg Aatish Taseer The Way Things Were
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Barnes Levels of Life Second selection
Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Iran.svg Navid Kermani Ungläubiges Staunen: Über das ChristentumWonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity
Flag of the United States.svg Ada Limón Bright Dead ThingsFirst selection
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Argentina.svg Alberto Mangel Curiosity
Flag of Hungary.svg Iván Sándor Az éjszaka mélyén, 1914Husar in der Hölle, 1914
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bajani La vita non è in ordine alfabetico
Flag of France.svg Flag of Iran.svg Fariba Hachtroudi Le colonel et l’appât 455The Man Who Snapped His Fingers
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Banz Louis Michel Eilshemius: Peer of Poet-Painters
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Patrick McGuinness Poetry and Radical Politics in fin de siècle France: From Anarchism to Action française
Flag of Spain.svg Víctor del Árbol Un millón de gotasA Million Drops
Flag of Germany.svg Ulrike Guérot Warum Europa eine Republik werden muss! Eine politische UtopieWhy Europe Should Become a Republic! A Political Utopia
2017 Flag of France.svg Thierry Wolton Une histoire mondiale du communismeWinner [17]
Flag of India.svg Lawrence Liang et al.Invisible LibrariesFinalists
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Germany.svg Liao Yiwu 輪迴的螞蟻Die Wiedergeburt der Ameisen
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air Second selection
Flag of Poland.svg Wioletta Greg GugułySwallowing Mercury
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Vynnychuk Танґо смертіTango of DeathFirst selection
Flag of France.svg Eugénie Paultre L’état actuel des choses
Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Cuba.svg Alvar González-Palacios Solo ombre: Silhouettes storiche, letterarie e mondane
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Frankopan The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
2018 Flag of Poland.svg Olga Tokarczuk Księgi Jakubowe The Books of Jacob Winner [18]
Flag of Israel.svg Yuval Noah Harari ההיסטוריה של המחר Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Finalists
Flag of France.svg Jean Rolin Le traquet kurde
Flag of Germany.svg Norman Ohler Der totale Rausch: Drogen im Dritten ReichBlitzed: Drugs in the Third ReichSecond selection
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Patrick McGuinness Other People’s Countries: A Journey into Memory
Flag of the United States.svg Maggie Nelson The Argonauts First selection
Flag of France.svg Virginie Despentes Vernon Subutex
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Hungary.svg George Szirtes Bad Machine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Preti Taneja We That Are Young
2019 Flag of Israel.svg Zeruya Shalev כאבPainWinner [19]
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Melandri Sangue giustoFinalists
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of France.svg Patrik Ouředník La fin du monde n’aurait pas eu lieuThe End of the World Might Not Have Taken Place
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Iturbe La bibliotecaria de AuschwitzThe Librarian of AuschwitzSecond selection
Flag of France.svg Morgan Sportès Le ciel ne parle pasFirst selection
Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Long Litt Woon Stien tilbake til livet: Om sopp og sorgThe Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning
2020 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mia Couto with David Brookshaw (trans.)As Areias do ImperadorSands of the EmperorWinner [20] [21]
Flag of the United States.svg Fran Ross OreoFinalists
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of France.svg Philippe Sands East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Flag of France.svg Érik Orsenna Briser en nous la mer geléeSecond selection
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bernard Quiriny Vies conjugales
Flag of Germany.svg Roland Schimmelpfennig An einem klaren, eiskalten Januarmorgen zu Beginn des 21. JahrhundertsOne Clear, Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-First CenturyFirst selection
Flag of Norway.svg Vigdis Hjorth Arv og miljø Will and Testament
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech NowickiCieśniny
Flag of France.svg Nastassja Martin Croire aux fauvesIn the Eye of the Wild
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yurii Andrukhovych Коханці юстиціїDie Lieblinge der Justiz
Flag of Portugal.svg António Damásio The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
Flag of France.svg Catherine Meurisse La LégèretéLightness
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Lebedev Предел забвенияOblivion
Flag of France.svg Sorj Chalandon Le jour d’avant
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Vietnam.svg Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer
Flag of France.svg Ruth Zylberman 209 rue Saint-Maur, Paris Xe: Autobiographie d’un immeubleThe Department of Missing Persons
2021 Flag of Russia.svg Memorial International (Alena Kozlova, Nikolai Mikhailov, Irina Ostrovskaya, and Irina Scherbakova) with Georgia Thomson (trans.)Знак не сотрется: Судьбы остарбайтеров в письмах, воспоминаниях и устных рассказахOST: Letters, Memoirs and Stories from Ostarbeiter in Nazi GermanyWinner [22]
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Huyler White Hot Light: Twenty-five Years in Emergency MedicineFinalists
Flag of Guatemala.svg Eduardo Halfon with Lisa Dillman and Daniel Hahn (trans.)DueloMourning
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sophy Roberts The Lost Pianos of SiberiaSecond selection
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Lebedev with Antonina W. Bouis (trans.)ДебютантUntraceable
Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Mendelsohn Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and FateFirst selection
Flag of Portugal.svg Mário Cláudio Tríptico da Salvação
Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Buksha Открывается внутрь
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Stepanova Памяти памятиIn Memory of Memory
Flag of Germany.svg Judith Schalansky Verzeichnis einiger Verluste An Inventory of Losses
Flag of France.svg Édouard Louis Qui a tué mon pèreWho Killed My Father
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Sapin Gérard: Cinq années dans les pattes de DepardieuGérard: Five Years with Depardieu
Flag of France.svg Lisa Mandel Une année exemplaire
Flag of France.svg Patrice Jean L’homme surnuméraire
Flag of France.svg Claude Hunzinger Les grands cerfs
Flag of Mexico.svg Carmen Boullosa El libro de AnaThe Book of Anna
2022 Flag of Finland.svg Flag of France.svg Taina Tervonen Les fossoyeusesWinner [23]
Flag of Brazil.svg Eliane Brum with Diane Grosklaus Whitty (trans.)A vida que ninguém vêThe Collector of Leftover Souls: Dispatches from BrazilFinalists
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Untold NarrativesMy Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
Flag of France.svg Perrine Lamy-Quique Dans leur nuitSecond selection
Flag of France.svg Laurent Binet Civilizations
Flag of Mauritius.svg Flag of France.svg Nathacha Appanah Le ciel par-dessus le toitThe Sky Above the RoofFirst selection
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M. John Harrison The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Georgi Gospodinov ВремеубежищеTime Shelter
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cat Jarman River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
Flag of France.svg Tanguy Viel La fille qu’on appelleThe Girl You Call
Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Coste Le passeur
2023 Flag of Venezuela.svg Flag of Spain.svg Karina Sainz Borgo El Tercer PaísWinner [24]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Suzanne Simard Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the ForestFinalists
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hamid Ismailov with Donald Rayfield (trans.)Manaschi
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Trevi Due viteSecond selection
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stefan Hertmans with David McKay (trans.)De opgangThe Ascent
Flag of France.svg Hélène Frappat Trois femmes disparaissentFirst selection
Flag of France.svg Michel Houellebecq Anéantir Annihilation
Flag of Spain.svg Eva Baltasar Boulder
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Russia.svg Anna Badkhen Bright Unbearable Reality
Flag of Spain.svg Agustín Fernández Mallo El libro de todos los amoresThe Book of All Loves
Flag of Sweden.svg Sara Stridsberg Kärlekens AntarktisThe Antarctica of Love
Flag of Norway.svg Aslak Nore Havets kirkegårdThe Sea Cemetery
Flag of Ireland.svg Sally Hayden My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route
Flag of the United States.svg Sigrid Nunez What Are You Going Through?
2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kate Beaton Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Winner [25]
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Belazi Attaquer la terre et le soleilFinalists
Flag of Spain.svg Irene Solà Canto jo i la muntanya ballaWhen I Sing, Mountains Dance
Flag of Egypt.svg Iman Mersal في أثر عنايات الزياتTraces of EnayatSecond selection
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabienne Radi Une autobiographie de Nina Childress
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Carlos FonsecaAustralFirst selection
Flag of France.svg Sylvain Tesson Avec les fées
Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Germany.svg Byung-Chul Han Infokratie: Digitalisierung und die Krise der DemokratieInfocracy: Digitization and the Crisis of Democracy
Flag of France.svg Yasmina Reza James Brown mettait des bigoudis
Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cecile Pin Wandering Souls
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hisham Matar My Friends
Flag of Mexico.svg Fernanda Melchor Páradais Paradais
Flag of France.svg Gaëlle Obiégly Sans valeur
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Thirlwell The Future Future

Notes

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  2. "Jan Michalski Prize for Literature". BookTrade.info. June 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. "Maison de l'Ecriture". Foundation Jan Michalski. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  4. "Jan Michalski Foundation, background". Foundation Jan Michalski. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  5. Domhnall O'Sullivan (August 26, 2017). "Treehouses of language: inside a Swiss literature foundation". swissinfo.ch. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  6. "2010". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. "2011". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  8. "2012". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  9. Sal Robinson (November 14, 2013). "Mahmoud Dowlatabadi wins the 2013 Jan Michalski Prize". Melville House Publishing. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  10. "2013". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  11. "Awards: Jan Michalski Prize for Literature". Shelf Awareness . August 6, 2013. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  12. Brack, Joëlle (28 November 2014). "Prix Jan Michalski 2014ImprimerPartager par e-mail avec un ami". Payot Libraire (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  13. "2014". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  14. "2015". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  15. "Reading with... Georgi Gospodinov". Shelf Awareness . May 18, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  16. "2016". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  17. "2017". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  18. "2018". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  19. "2019". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  20. Anderson, Porter (2020-12-11). "Switzerland's 2020 Jan Michalski Prize Goes to Mia Couto". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  21. "2020". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  22. "2021". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  23. "2022". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  24. "Literature Prize". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  25. "Literature Prize". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 2024-12-10.