Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award

Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
Awarded foroutstanding artistic and intellectual literary achievements
CountryPoland
Presented byThe Zbigniew Herbert Foundation
First awarded2013

The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (Polish: Międzynarodowa Nagroda Literacka im. Zbigniewa Herberta) is a Polish international literature prize established in 2013 in Warsaw and named after a Polish poet, essayist, and moralist Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998). It is conferred annually by the Zbigniew Herbert Foundation and its aim is to recognize "outstanding artistic and intellectual literary achievements on the world stage which have a bearing on the world of values towards which Zbigniew Herbert’s work gravitated".[1]

  1. ^ "About The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award". Retrieved 18 November 2017.