The 2020 Lenin Award
The 2020 Lenin Award and Robespierre Prize will be given out 21 November at Varberg Theatre.
“A kick in the nuts aimed at the powers that be”. That’s how Lasse Diding describes the purpose of the Lenin Award that’s given out every year to an author or artist in Sweden, who operates with social criticism and in a rebellious leftist tradition. With the prize money amounting to 100,000 SEK, the Lenin Award is one of the bigger cultural awards in Sweden – and without a shadow of a doubt the most contentious! The Robespierre Prize amounts to 10,000 SEK and should reward a young Swedish writer or artist, who operates in a critical spirit.
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The 2020 Lenin Award and Robespierre Prize will be given out 21 November at Varberg Theatre.
Lasse Diding puts the debate about the award into perspective.
The Robespierre Prize should reward a young writer or artist, working in a critical spirit.
Suggest a candidate for the Lenin Award or the Robespierre Prize!
Many joined up to celebrate Göran Therborn and Daria Bogdanska.
Mattias Gardell became the first Lenin Award laureate in 2009.
Follow the sometimes hot debate about the Lenin Award over the years.
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