Jerusalem Prize

{{Short description|Israeli literary award}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Jerusalem Prize

| image = File:Schwarz-Bart-67.jpg

| caption = Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek (r) handing French author André Schwarz-Bart the 1967 Jerusalem Prize for Literature

| awarded_for = writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society

| presenter = Organisers of the Jerusalem International Book Forum

| location = Jerusalem

| year = {{start date and age|1963}}

| website = https://www.jbookforum.com/jerusalem-prize-winner

}}

The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.{{cite web | url=https://www.jbookforum.com/jerusalem-prize-winner/ | title=The Jerusalem Prize | publisher=The Jerusalem International Book Forum | accessdate=4 March 2022}}

It is awarded at the Jerusalem International Book Forum (previously known as the Jerusalem International Book Fair), and the recipient usually delivers an address when accepting the award. The award is valued at $10,000.

The prize's inaugural year was 1963, awarded to Bertrand Russell who had won the Nobel Prize in 1950. Octavio Paz, V. S. Naipaul, J. M. Coetzee, and Mario Vargas Llosa all won the Jerusalem Prize prior to winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

No prize was awarded in 2023, the first such occasion in the award's history.