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	John Kluge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kluge's major move into media was by purchasing stock in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company in the mid- 1950s.
		In addition, his gift would establish a $1 million dollar prize to be given in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in the human sciences, comparable to the Nobel Prizes in literature and economics.
		The Kluge Prize would honor lifetime intellectual achievement in the same way as the Kennedy Center Honors recognize lifetime achievement in the performing arts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Kluge (417 words)

	Kluge Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prize recognizes at the dawn of the Third Millennium the promise that the United States brought to the world at the end of the Second Millennium by demonstrating leadership in the human sciences and subsidizing them at a level unprecedented in human history.
		The Prize winner will give an address, will remain in residence at the Library of Congress for a short time thereafter, and will be expected to have some informal interaction with Members of Congress.
		Endowed by Library benefactor John W. Kluge, the Kluge prize rewards lifetime achievement in the wide range of disciplines not covered by the Nobel prizes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kluge_Prize (501 words)

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		Since 1961 Kluge has produced almost thirty films and hundreds of television programs, written four volumes of fiction, coauthored three major works of sociocultural theory, and won almost every major literary and film prize in Germany.
		Kluge took a central role in nurturing, unifying, and defending this new cinema while continuing his own prodigious output.
		A capable craftsman as well as a creative, intelligent artist, Kluge views filmmaking as an extension of his own writing and pursues on celluloid the same social and political concerns that he does in print.
	www.geocities.com /blubclone/8760/films.html (520 words)

	DailyProgress.com \| Historian, philosopher to share $1 million prize
		Kluge, who has given the Library of Congress more than $70 million over nearly 15 years, is considered the foremost patron of the institution since Jefferson.
		The John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences recognizes individuals who excel in the humanities and social sciences, areas of scholarship that are not recognized by the Nobel Prize.
		Monetary compensation of the Kluge Prize is equivalent to that of the Nobel Prize.
	www.dailyprogress.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779566573&path=!news (367 words)

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		As explained in the mission statement of the Kluge Center, “The John W. Kluge Prize is designed deliberately to reward work in the wide range of disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prizes -- including history, philosophy, politics, anthropology, sociology, religion, criticism in the arts and humanities, and linguistics.
		The Kluge Prize is international; the recipient may be of any nationality, writing in any language; and the award will be at the financial level of the Nobel awards”, i.e., one million dollars.
		A Senior Research Fellow in philosophy at All Souls College, Oxford, until his retirement in 1995, Leszek Kolakowski is renowned worldwide for the depth and breadth of his interests, which include the thought of the Enlightenment, his critical examination of Marxism, and his explorations in religion and myth.
	www.polishculture-nyc.org /kolakowski_award.htm (609 words)

	Film-Archive: Yesterday Girl (Abschied von Gestern)
		Alexander Kluge was born in Halberstadt in 1932.
		Kluge was one of the initiators of the Oberhausen Manifesto in 1962.
		Kluge is also a writer and received the Heinrich Kleist Prize in 1986 and the Lessing Prize in 1990.
	www.german-cinema.de /archive/film_view.php?film_id=641 (339 words)

	Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kluge, a German-born billionaire, donated a whopping $60 million to start the John W. Kluge Center in the Library of Congress and the John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences (a $1 million cash award).
		In 1985, Kluge sold off seven Metromedia International Group (amex: MMG) television stations to Rupert Murdoch for $2 billion and then proceeded to spend millions of dollars on building a cellular network, at a time when the term "wireless" was unknown to mainstream America.
		Both Kluge and his ex-wife, Patricia, live outside Charlottesville,Va. Patricia, more than 30 years his junior, created quite a media stir when it was discovered that she had posed nude for a British magazine.
	www.forbes.com /2000/10/06/1006faces.html (381 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Kluge
		One example is the John W. Kluge Foundation, which was formed by the media baron who was once listed as the richest man in America.
		Jodi Kluge, executive director of the Volunteer Center of the Cedar Valley, said encouraging family volunteering is a focus of the center.
		Holger Kluge, one of the bank's top executives, spent six years in Hong Kong, becoming a good friend of the Li family; he sits on Husky's board.
	www.nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/K/Kluge.shtml (772 words)

	Top German literature prize awarded to Alexander Kluge. 12/05/2003. The Space: Arts News.
		The Academy of Language and Poetry says 40,000 euro ($US71,500) prize, awarded to Nobel Prize winner Guenter Grass, Friedrich Duerrenmatt and Wolf Biermann in the past, will be handed over to Kluge in the western city of Darmstadt on October 25.
		Many of Kluge's writings are encapsulated in his tome from 2000, Chronical of Emotions/Feelings, a 1,000-page book containing 230 stories and interviews that is part autobiography, part history of German society.
		Kluge, 71, is perhaps best known in the film world.
	www.abc.net.au /arts/news/artsnews_852276.htm (235 words)

	Polish philosopher Kolakowski awarded first $1 million Kluge Prize by Library of Congress
		Nominators for the Prize were asked to recommend pre-eminent scholars in any of these or other closely related fields whose work was recognized as outstanding by their peers and also spoke to people in other fields and in public life.
		The Kluge Prize was created to recognize not only the accomplishments but "the trajectory" of a scholarly lifetime.
		The Kluge Prize committee, having chosen wisely and well in its inaugural round, has set a standard freedom-loving participants in the life of the mind can only hope will be sustained in the years to come.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1017017/posts (2912 words)

	Litrix-German Literature Online > AUTHORS > Alexander Kluge > Portrait
		Alexander Kluge was born on 14 February 1932 in Halberstadt.
		In 2003 Alexander Kluge was awarded the Georg BÃ¼chner Prize of the Darmstadt Academy for Language and Literature.
		Kluge has also received numerous prizes for his work as a director.
	www.litrix.de /autoren/autor/alexanderkluge/enindex.htm (270 words)

	Polish author nabs first $1 million Kluge Prize - The Washington Times: Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because the sum is part of business entrepreneur and philanthropist John W. Kluge's largess of $60 million to the library, the international prize has been established in his name.
		Kluge, founding chairman of the James Madison Council, the library's private-sector support and advisory body, said he didn't know the name of the awardee until the last minute.
		A cookie modeled after the red-ribbon-bedecked prize medal was part of a "Medallion Medley" dessert at the end of an elaborate four-course meal.
	washingtontimes.com /metro/20031106-115257-6706r.htm (649 words)

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		Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Toronto at a special convocation May 7.
		A lawyer and human rights activist who served in the 1970s as one of the first female judges in her country, Ebadi was awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work on the behalf of democracy and the rights of women and children in Iran.
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	John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cybercast of Kluge Prize Ceremony, December 8, 2004
		E ndowed by Library benefactor John W. Kluge, the Kluge prize rewards lifetime achievement in the wide range of disciplines not covered by the Nobel prizes.
		Select this link for more information on the Kluge Prize process, including how to nominate candidates for the next award.
	www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/kluge-prize.html (303 words)

	PR Newswire : Winner of First John W. Kluge Prize of $1 Million to Be Announced on Nov. 5. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PR Newswire : Winner of First John W. Kluge Prize of $1 Million to Be Announced on Nov. 5.
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		Winner of First John W. Kluge Prize of $1 Million to Be Announced on Nov. 5.
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	Leszek Kolakowski Wins First John W. Kluge Prize
		Professor Kolakowski (pictured at right), who now resides in Oxford, England, was born in Radom, Poland, in 1927, is a philosopher focused on important questions, an historian of human thought, an essayist of enormous range, and an outstanding spokesman for, and exemplar of, European culture.
		The Kluge Prize of one million dollars is given for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences -- areas of scholarship for which there are no Nobel Prizes.
		Nominators for the prize were asked to recommend preeminent scholars in any of these or other closely related fields whose work was recognized as outstanding by their peers, they and also spoke to people in other fields and in public life.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/2003/03-195.html (2151 words)

	Professors with University of Chicago ties win “Nobel Prize for the humanities”
		Two men with strong ties to the University of Chicago have been awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences, an honor sometimes called “the Nobel Prize for the humanities” that carries with it the same monetary award -- $1 million.
		Perhaps best known for his contributions to the development of hermeneutics, the study of the interpretation of texts, French philosopher Ricoeur is the author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles.
		The award was conceived by Billington and financed by the philanthropist John Kluge, who gave the library $73 million in 2000.
	www-news.uchicago.edu /releases/04/041130.kluge.shtml (540 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / American, Frenchman share $1M Kluge prize
		An 80-year-old American historian, Jaroslav Pelikan, and a 91-year-old French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, will share the $1 million Kluge prize, created last year to honor achievement in fields not covered by the Nobel prizes.
		The prize was established by John W. Kluge, chairman of the private sector advisory body of the Library of Congress.
		The first year's prize, for 2003, went to Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish anti-communist philosopher.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/11/29/american_frenchman_share_1m_kluge_prize (325 words)

	Professor Emeritus Ricoeur, former professor Pelikan share Kluge Prize for human sciences
		Two scholars with strong ties to the University have been awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences, an honor sometimes called “the Nobel Prize for the humanities,” which carries with it the same monetary award—$1 million.
		The award, which will be presented Wednesday, Dec. 8, during a ceremony at the Library of Congress, recognizes work in anthropology, philosophy, history and the study of religion, for which there are no Nobel prizes.
		The award was conceived by Billington and financed by the philanthropist John Kluge, who contributed $73 million to the library in 2000.
	chronicle.uchicago.edu /041202/kluge.shtml (651 words)

	World Cinema: Directors -- Alexander Kluge
		He adapted the screenplay from his own story, based on a real character about the unhappy ordeals of a young Jewish fugitive from East Germany (brilliantly played by Kluge's sister, Alexandra [née Karen]), who seeks a new life in the Federal Republic but encounters apathy and misery on her pitiable odyssey in the prosperous West.
		The film, which boasted unconventional stylistic devices, including direct speech to the camera, accelerated motion, and surrealistic scenes, was a watershed production in the development of the New German Cinema.
		His protagonists are frequently women (often portrayed by his sister, Alexandra), through whose tribulations he reflects on the human condition in contemporary society.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/Metro/9384/directors/kluge.htm (329 words)

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		As Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) honored the 2004 recipients of the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences, Dr. Jerry Pelikan and Dr. Paul Ricoeur, at the Library of Congress last night.
		“This year’s recipients of the Kluge Prize – Dr. Jerry Pelikan and Dr. Paul Ricoeur – have made important contributions to the ‘hospital for the soul.’ Their ‘case studies’ represent two lifetimes spent in pursuit of wisdom and knowledge.
		The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress was made possible by donation from Kluge – the single largest donation in the library’s 200-year history.
	stevens.senate.gov /pr/2004/december/pr120904%20Kluge.htm (427 words)

	Kluge, library honor thinkers - The Washington Times: Entertainment - December 10, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The million-dollar Kluge Prize, established last year by billionaire businessman John Kluge and the Library of Congress, rewards big thinkers in fields not recognized by the Nobel Prize.
		If the former ceremony is somewhat less formal than the latter, the prestige is meant to be the equivalent in terms of international recognition — especially among one's professional peers.
		Kluge, a member of a private support group known as the Madison Council, has given millions to establish not only the prize, but also the Kluge Center for Scholars and the library's ambitious efforts to make its vast collection accessible on the Internet.
	washingtontimes.com /entertainment/20041209-102120-2101r.htm (521 words)

	Winner of First John W. Kluge Prize of $1 Million to Be Announced on Nov. 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The winner of the inaugural John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences will be honored during two events at the Library of Congress on November 5.
		The Kluge Prize will reward lifetime achievement in the wide range of disciplines not covered by the Nobel prizes, including history, philosophy, politics, anthropology, sociology, religion, criticism in the arts and humanities, and linguistics.
		The recipient of the Kluge Prize may be of any nationality and write in any language.
	www.forrelease.com /D20031031/dcf034.P2.10312003145959.00934.html (322 words)

	Bookselling This Week: BTW News Briefs
		On November 29, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced the award of the second John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences to Jaroslav Pelikan of New Haven, Connecticut, and Paul Ricoeur of Paris, France.
		The Kluge Prize of $1 million is given for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences -- areas of scholarship for which there are no Nobel Prizes.
		In announcing the award, Billington said, "Jaroslav Pelikan is an historian who deals with the whole of the Christian tradition from the ancient near East to the present….
	news.bookweb.org /news/3067.html (497 words)

	The Chronicle: Slate 60 results
		Kluge is the founder of Metromedia Company, a private company that owns telecommunications and media holdings, and chairman of the Madison Council, a group of people who have made large donations to the Library of Congress.
		His donation will establish the John W. Kluge Center and the John W. Kluge Prize for the Human Sciences.
		The prize fund will give $1-million prizes to recognize lifetime achievements of scholars in fields such as history, anthropology, sociology, and literary and artistic criticism.
	www.philanthropy.com /donors2000/donors2000_results2.php3?Donor_ID=12 (93 words)

	Pejmanesque: A GOOD GUY WINS A ROUND
		The Library of Congress will award the new $1 million Kluge Prize for lifetime contribution to the humanities to a Polish philosopher who provided intellectual backing for the Solidarity union's efforts to jettison communism, library officials said on Tuesday.
		The prize, to be awarded on Wednesday to Leszek Kolakowski, is meant to highlight fields of study as varied as anthropology, history, philosophy, sociology and religion for which there is no major international award.
		It was conceived by the librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, and financed by the philanthropist John W. Kluge, who had no say in selecting the winner, library officials said.
	www.pejmanesque.com /archives/004874.html (408 words)

	Limbicnutrition Old: Critic of Marxism Wins First Kluge For Wise Words [ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Roger Kimball reports on the Leszek Kolakowski winning the Kluge Prize"The prize, for and#8220;lifetime achievement in the humanities,and#8221; is funded by the philanthropist John W. Kluge and is administered by a five-member panel through the Library of Congress.
		It carries a purse of $1 million, a pleasingly round sum that surely makes the Kluge Prize one of the most lavish awards anywhere.
		It is difficult to think of a more deserving recipient of this munificent prize than Leszek Kolakowski.
	www.limbicnutrition.com /blog/archives/020858.html (592 words)

	USNews.com: Kluge Prize: The humanities gets its due (11/17/03)
		N obel-size recognition came to the humanities last week when the Library of Congress awarded the $1 million John W. Kluge Prize to Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher whose intellectually and morally exacting work inspired the movements that brought down communism in his native land.
		The intent of the prize, says Librarian of Congress James Billington, is to honor lifetime achievement in the human sciences the way the Swedish Academy recognizes work in the natural sciences and other fields.
		Prominent American scholars have been quick to praise the prize as a much-needed boost for a field--and an ideal--that has been under assault in recent decades.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/031117/17prize.htm (601 words)

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