2001
Jennifer Mack
Project on Swedish urban development. At the time, Mack was at MIT.
Gregory Webb
Project on Scandinavian literature. At the time, Webb was at UCLA.
Marjorie Ransom
In recognition of the contributions as a Foreign Service Officer of one of the Award’s original designers, who first met Lois in 1967 in Tehran.
Dick Davis
For his translation into English of the hilarious My Uncle Napoleon, by Iraj Pezeshkhzad
Anne Damour
For her translation of The Hours, by Michael Cunningham.
Hans Hubert
Research on the Florentine Palazzo Uguccioni and its Roman architectural influences, conducted at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.
Kenneth Shockley
Project on the obligations which group membership implies in different societies. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi, at the time Schockley was studying philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.
Frog
Project exploring how Finland’s national epic, The Kalevala, was assembled over time
Douglas Geers
Project consisting in the composition of a large-scale, multi-media piece for live musicians, computer music and computer-assisted puppetry. At Norway’s Technology, Acoustics and Music center (NOTAM) Geers, at the time at Columbia University, created a production of Gilgamesh.