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The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. The fund is subsidized annually by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually since 1997. The awards honor individuals and organizations that reflect a progressive and contemporary ...
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In 1998, after presenting the annual Prince Claus Awards to three African fashion designers, Claus told "workers of all nations to unite and cast away the new shackles they have voluntarily cast upon themselves", meaning the necktie, that "snake around my neck," [1] and encouraged the audience to "venture into open-collar paradise". He then ...
Ian Randle OD (born 7 July 1949) is a Jamaican publisher. He is the founder of an eponymous independent publishing company whose main focus is on English-language readers. He has won awards including the Prince Claus Award in 2012 [1] and the 2019 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for distinguished service to Caribbean letters.
As well as his 1985 award, Wang received the 2003 Prince Claus Award in recognition for his meticulous research into popular culture and decorative arts of the People's Republic of China. With his knowledge of traditions and skills, he contributed to the recovery from the dislocation caused by the Cultural Revolution by preserving and ...
from the Prince Claus Fund, an international culture and development organisation based in Amsterdam. [11] 2005 - André Simon Memorial Fund Food Book Prize for non-fiction for The Book of Jewish Food. [21] 2005 - Glenfiddich Best Food Book award for Arabesque. [22] [23] 2019 : Observer Food Monthly Awards: Lifetime achievement [24]
The 2008 jury of the Prince Claus Fund describes the photo series as intense, cru, powerful and poetic. [1] [7] In 2005. Uchechukwu received the Élan Price on the African Photography Encounters in Mali for his work Fire, Flesh and Blood. [6] [1] In 2008 he was honored with a Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands. [1]
In 2002, N'Dour was honoured with a Prince Claus Award, under that year's theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression". In 2006, N'Dour played the role of the African-British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano in the movie Amazing Grace, which chronicled the efforts of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire. [26]