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The 1999 Prince Claus Awards

The Laureates

Mohammed Fellag (France/Algeria)

Mohamed Fellag (1950, Azeffoun, Algerije) is a comedian. The ex-director of the Théâtre Régional in Bougie, Algeria, he arrived in Paris in 1995. read more

Vitral (Cuba)

The cultural magazine Vitral was founded in 1994 and is based in Pinar del Río, Cuba). It is a private initiative of a group of independent intellectuals. read more

Al-Jazeera (Qatar)

The satellite television channel Al-Jazeera (based in Doha, Qatar) has been broadcasting since 1996. It represents a revolution in the media culture of the Arab world. read more

Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique)

Patrick Chamoiseau is a pioneer of the Créolité Movement; using an innovative, creolised French, he is the narrator of Creole history. read more

Paulin J. Hountondji (Benin)

Paulin J. Hountondji has played a major role in placing African philosophy on a more scholarly footing. read more

Cildo Meireles (Brazil)

Cildo Meireles has played an inspiring and leading role in the Brazilian and Latin American art world. read more

Pepetela (Angola)

Pepetela tells an alternative Angolan tale: that of the Creole and white population of his country. read more

Dessalegn Rahmato (Ethiopia)

Sociologist Dessalegn Rahmato succeeds in combining the various aspects of development theory and practice. read more

Juana Marta Rodas and Julia Isídrez (Paraguay)

The traditional work of ceramicists Juana Marta Rodas en Julia Isídrez has a highly individual aesthetic and expressionistic character. read more

Claudia Roden (UK/Egypt)

Claudia Roden is both the originator and the leading exponent of research into the culinary cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. read more

Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)

Cheick Oumar Sissoko is a film-maker who places himself at the service of the film industry and the cultural climate in his country. read more

Tsai Chih Chung (Taiwan)

Tsai Chih Chung presents the Chinese classics in the form of modern-day cartoons. read more

Ken Yeang (Malaysia)

In his architecture Kenneth Yeang uses avant-garde technology in order to build an artificial environment. read more

 

Vitral

Vitral (Cuba)

The 1999 Prince Claus Awards

report from the jury