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Adam Michnik

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Polish essayist and publicist (born 1946)

WritersBorn 1946 · age 79
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Adam Michnik is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.

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Awards 32

2024Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross
2024Polish PEN Club Award Jan Parandowski
2022Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities
2022Princess of Asturias Awards
2018Primo Levi Award
2016Ortega y Gasset Awards
2014Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class
2013Kisiel Prize
2011Goethe Medal
2010Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)
2007Pelikán Award
2007Jan Karski Eagle Award
2006Dan David Prize
2006Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class
2005Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
2003Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III
2003Officer of the Legion of Honour
2003Saint George medal
2001Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2001Erasmus Prize
2000International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes
2000Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
1999Francisco Cerecedo Prize
1998commander of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
1998Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
19981st of June Award
1991Shofar of Freedom Award
1986Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
1986Kościelski Award
1985Andrzej Kijowski Award
Doctor Honoris Causa at the Vytautas Magnus University
January 13th commemorative medal

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Jorge Luis BorgesAlso won commander of the Order of Bernardo O'HigginsVáclav HavelAlso won 1st of June AwardMario Vargas LlosaAlso won Ortega y Gasset AwardsRafał A. ZiemkiewiczAlso won Kisiel PrizeJens StoltenbergAlso won Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIStanisław LemAlso won Polish PEN Club Award Jan Parandowski

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Dates
Born 1946 · age 79
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