Manhae Prize

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The Manhae Prize is a series of awards in the following categories: Peace, Social Service, Academic Excellence, Art, Literature, and Buddhist Missionary Work awarded by The Society for the Promotion and Practice of Manhae's Thoughts in memory of Buddhist reformer and anti-Japanese independence activist Han Yong-un (1879–1944).

Awardees

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=Peace Prize winners=

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! Year !! Name !! Country !! Role/Reason !! Ref

2008

| Lokamitra (Jeremy Goody) || || Member of the Triratna Buddhist Community ||

2009

| Shirin Ebadi || Iran || Iranian human rights advocate, winner of Nobel Prize for Peace ||

2013

| World Fellowship of Buddhists || || ||

2014

| Mohsen Makhmalbaf || Iran || Iranian film director || {{Cite news |date=2014-08-12 |title=Iranian film director wins Manhae Award |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/177_162790.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |newspaper=Korea Times |language=en}}

2015

| Alexis Dudden || U.S.A || Professor of History at University of Connecticut ||

2019

| Haruki Wada || Japan || professor at the University of Tokyo || {{Cite web |date=August 16, 2019 |title=Four Awardees Selected for the 23rd Manhae Prize |url=https://www.dongguk.edu/eng/article/63820/detail/dongguk.edu |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Dongguk University |language=en}}

2020

| Phra Bodhirak || Thailand || monk and founder of Santi Asoke || {{Cite web |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Five Winners Selected for the 24th Manhae Prize |url=https://www.dongguk.edu/eng/article/63820/detail/dongguk.edu |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Dongguk University |language=en}}

=Practice Prize winners=

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! Year !! Name !! Country !! Role/Reason !! Ref

2012

| Kurt Gribl || {{Flag|DE}}|| Mayor of the Friedensstadt Augsburg||

2013

| Dagon Taryar|| {{Flag|MM}}|| Writer and democracy advocate || {{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/7548-dagon-taryar-awarded-peace-prize.html |title=Dagon Taryar awarded peace prize |accessdate=2013-08-25 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007100203/http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/7548-dagon-taryar-awarded-peace-prize.html |archivedate=2015-10-07 }}

2014

| Se-Chung Lee || {{Flag|KO}}|| Lawyer ||

rowspan="2" | 2015

| Cheoung-Jeoun || {{Flag|KO}}|| Buddhist monk ||

Rainbow Community - Noel-El Cheoun{{Flag|IE}}Priest
2019

| National Emergency Medical Center || || ||

rowspan="2" | 2020

| Um Hong-gil || {{Flag|KO}}|| Mountaineer and philanthropist ||

Sun Young-sung{{Flag|KO}}Director of the Keimyung University Deagu Dongsan Hospital

=Literature Prize winners=

  • 1990: Hyun Ki-young (novelist)
  • 1998: Ko Un (poet)
  • 1999: Chung Wan-young
  • 2000: Oh Sae-young
  • 2001: Lee Hung-ki
  • 2002: Shin Kyung-rim
  • 2003: Jo Jung-rae
  • 2004: Hong Seok-jung, first DPRK author
  • 2005: Wole Soyinka
  • 2006 Joint einners: Robert Pinsky, Hwang Dong-gyu
  • 2007: Kim Nam-jo
  • 2008: Lee Eo-ryeong
  • 2009 Joint winners: Robert Hass, Kim Jong-gil
  • 2010 Joint winners: John Ralston Saul President of International PEN,{{Cite news |date=2010-03-10 |title=Ralston Saul wins Korea's Manhae Prize |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ralston-saul-wins-korea-s-manhae-prize-1.877657 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826033704/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ralston-saul-wins-korea-s-manhae-prize-1.877657 |archive-date=2023-08-26 |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=CBC Arts}} Jeong Jin-gyu editor of Modern Poetry, Seoul.
  • 2011: Mo Yan
  • 2012: Kim Jay Hong
  • 2013: Konstantin Kedrov (poet), Ingo Schulze
  • 2014 Joint winners: Ashraf Dali, Egyptian poet and writer{{Cite web |date= 2014-08-21 |title=Ashraf Dali, 2014 Manhae Grand Prize Awardees Reports in Middle East |url=http://www.ajanews.asia/archives/2542 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130052449/http://www.ajanews.asia/archives/2542 |archive-date=2015-01-30 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Asia Journalist Association}} Yoon Yang-hee, calligrapher, Korea{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20151006213826/http://www.ajanews.asia/archives/2633 AJA article]}}
  • 2015 Joint winners: Young-Bok shin professor, SoungKongHoe University, Korea, Hyon-Jong Jeong, Poet, Korea, Byong-Kee Hwang, Master of Korean classical music, Korea
  • 2016: Lee In-hwi, labor literature author
  • 2019 Joint winners: Im Young-woong (theatre director) and Kim Uchang (Professor Emeritus of Korea University)
  • 2020 Joint winners: Kim Joo-young (writer) and Shin Dal-ja (poet)

References

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