The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose work has dealt with themes of human freedom, society, politics, and government. It is awarded at the Jerusalem International Book Fair, and the recipient usually delivers an address when accepting the award.

Following is a list of past winners of the prize:

• 2005 Antonio Lobo Antunes
• 2003 Arthur Miller
• 2001 Susan Sontag
• 1999 Don DeLillo
• 1997 Jorge Semprun
• 1995 Mario Vargas Llosa
• 1993 Stefan Heym
• 1991 Zbigniew Herbert
• 1989 Ernesto Sabato
• 1987 J. M. Coetzee
• 1985 Milan Kundera
• 1983 V. S. Naipaul
• 1981 Graham Greene
• 1979 Isaiah Berlin
• 1977 Octavio Paz
• 1975 Simone de Beauvoir
• 1973 Eugène Ionesco
• 1971 Jorge Luis Borges
• 1969 Ignazio Silone
• 1967 Andre Schwarz-Bart
• 1965 Max Frisch
• 1963 Bertrand Russell

External links

• Jerusalem Book Fair

Literary awards