Project on contemporary writer Villy Sørenson.
Awardee Database
Awardees
Geoffrey Brock
For his translations of Cesare Pavese. Disaffections: Complete Poems 1930-1950 (Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 2002) collects all of Pavese’s poems from 1930 until his death in 1950. Poet Rosanna Warren noted that these are “poems that have the density, the grit, the obdurate presentness hewn from silence for which Pavese fought so hard in Italian.”
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.
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.
Anne Damour
For her translation of The Hours, by Michael Cunningham.
Dick Davis
For his translation into English of the hilarious My Uncle Napoleon, by Iraj Pezeshkhzad
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.
Jason Pierce
Project on Australia’s High Court, as Australian political and judiciary elements re-evaluate the judicial system. At the time, Pierce was at the University of Texas.
Adrienne O’Neal
In recognition of her service in Rio de Janiero.
Edward Woodfin
Project on Australia in WWI, part of a social history of the common soldier in the British Empire. At the time, Woodfin was at Texas A&M.
Andrew Zawacki
Project on the impact of negative theology on contemporary Australian poetry, conducted by poet-critic Zawacki.
Kathryn McCamant
Project on the roots of the co-housing movement, which took place in Denmark. Prior to this research, McCamant and Charles Durrett published a volume entitled COHOUSING: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves (10 Speed Press 1994) that, according to The New York Times, “… has become something of a bible for the cohousing movement.”
Joan Kluwe
Project on subsistence and non-subsistence uses of wilderness areas, conducted at Finland’s Forestry Institute. At the time, Kluwe was at the University of Idaho.
Denise Wall
Project comparing Finnish curricula for public health nurses to US practices
Sandra Rasmussen
Project on gender and family in the Norwegian land reform process. At the time, Rasmussen was at the University of Washington.
Matthias Geise
Project on the contribution of the Swedish ombudsman in maintaining public trust. At the time, Geise was at Harvard University.
Kristoffer Neville
Project on 16th-century art and architecture of the Swedish Reformation, undertaken after Neville earned his BA at Washington and Lee University.
*The Prix Coindreau Prize, The Jeanne Varnay Pleasants Prize for Language Teaching, and the CASVA-Henry & Judith Millon Award are currently inactive.