| America Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | A lifetime contribution to international writing |
| Date | annual |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Contemporary Arts Educational Project (in loving memory of Anna Fahrni) |
| First awarded | 1994 |
| Website | www.greeninteger.com/america.cfm |
The America Award is a lifetime achievement literary award for international writers. It describes itself as a modest attempt at providing alternatives to the Nobel Prize in Literature. It was first presented in 1994. The award does not entail any prize money.[1][2] It is sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Educational Project, Inc., in loving memory of Anna Fahrni, and by the publisher Green Integer.
- ^ Ivo Michiels receives America Award 2012. Flemish Literature Fund. 2012.
- ^ America Awards, Green Integer, 2013, retrieved 5 December 2013