Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
The Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award is an annual award for special social merits in Central and Eastern Europe. It is jointly awarded by the Global Panel Foundation and the Prague Society for International Cooperation . It is named after the mother of the chairman of both organizations, Marc S. Ellenbogen .
Since 2000 it has honored personalities who have put themselves at the service of society and at the same time made a contribution to international understanding. The award is linked to prize money of US $ 10,000, which traditionally has to be passed on by the winner to a young person of their choice, whose social commitment also deserves recognition.
The award therefore not only serves as an award, but also enables the winners to continue to have a social impact.
Award winners
- 12 .: Iva Drápalová and Věra Čáslavská . Iva Drápalová steadfastly refused to cooperate with the StB , the communist secret police in Czechoslovakia, despite threats against her family . She started working for the Associated Press in 1968 when no one else dared to do so after the end of the Prague Spring. At first, she only agreed to help out as a translator for a week. Two years later she was promoted to office manager. After her retirement in 1988 she was active as a translator for the press conferences of the protagonists of the violet revolution and worked as a consultant for the LA Times. Drápalová donated its prize money to the Czech social scientist Štěpán Ripka . At the center of Ripka's scientific work and civil society work are Roma communities inside and outside the Czech Republic. Věra Čáslavská won seven gold medals at the Olympic Games before she was dropped by the communist regime at the height of her career. After demonstrating subtly but publicly against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968, she was no longer allowed to take part in competitions. She had previously signed the 2000 Words Manifesto and was known for her support for the Prague Spring.
- 11 .: Wesley Clark , Jiří Dienstbier (in memoriam) and Andrés Pastrana . Dienstbier's widow donated her part of the prize money to enable the publication of a new book on Dienstbier's work as a journalist.
- 10 .: Adam Michnik , editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza; the financial part went to two young journalists from the same newspaper, Juliusz Kurkiewicz and Aleksandra Klich-Siewiorek.
- 9: The 14th Dalai Lama
- 8 .: Special Award (in memoriam) to Desmond Mullen.
- 7 .: Opposition leaders of Belarus Alexander Milinkevich and Pavel Sevyarynets
- 6 .: King Michael I of Romania and Petrsior Ostafie
- 5th: Director Miloš Forman and the students of the Pisek Film Academy
- 4th: NATO Secretary General George Robertson and David Hodan
- 3rd: President Václav Havel and Andrej Dynko
- 2 .: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Petra Prochazkova
- 1 .: Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy with the conductor of the Czech Philharmonic and pianist Lukáš Vondráček
Web links
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- ↑ "Jiří Dienstbier - Snění o politice (Jiří Dienstbier - Radio Reporter)" ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Milinkevich Honored" ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Havel helps Belarus journalist"
