Erasmus Prize
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annual award for an exceptional contribution to the humanities or the arts awarded by the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
Key facts
- Awarded for
- Notable contributions to European culture, society, or social science
- Country
- Netherlands
- Reward
- €150,000
- Final award
- Annual award
- Website
- http://www.erasmusprijs.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Erasmus Prize is an annual prize awarded by the board of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation to individuals or institutions that have made exceptional contributions to culture, society, or social science in Europe and the rest of the world. It is one of Europe's most distinguished recognitions. The prize is named after Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch Renaissance humanist.
Prize and adornment
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erasmus Prize” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.