Jerusalem Prize
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The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.
Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek (r) handing French author André Schwarz-Bart the 1967 Jerusalem Prize for Literature
Ignazio Silone
Jorge Luis Borges
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Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, and social reformer.
Jerusalem Prize
…and the recipient usually delivers an address when accepting the award. The award is valued at $10,000. The prize's inaugural year was 1963, awarded to Bertrand Russell who had won the Nobel Prize in 1950. Octavio Paz, V. S. Naipaul, J. M. Coetzee, and Mario Vargas Llosa all won the Jerusalem Prize prior to winning the…
Russell in 1936
Russell as a 4-year-old
Childhood home, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, London
Russell at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1891