The Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science is an award given annually by the Baltic Assembly for achievements in three categories: literature, art and science.
The prize is an annual award given to a citizen of Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania "for outstanding achievements" in three categories: literature, art and science. It was awarded for the first time in 1994 and consists of a statuette, a diploma and a sum of money, presently (2016) 5,000 euro. It is awarded during the formal session of the assembly. A joint jury consisting of three persons per prize make the decision on whom to award the prize. The purpose of the award is according to the Baltic Assembly to "demonstrate the common interests of the countries in this region in upholding of their national identity and self-esteem; create an opportunity to learn about the achievements of the neighbouring countries; maintain a continuous interest among the people in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania about developments in the Baltic States; strengthen cooperation among the Baltic States in the fields of literature, the arts and science; encourage more and more people to become interested in the intellectual values and languages of the Baltic nations; and raise the level of literature, the arts and science in the Baltic States."
List of recipients of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature The following list is based on the official webpage of the Baltic Assembly. Year Recipient of the award Country Rationale1994 Tõnu Õnnepalu "for his novel "The Border Land""1995 Uldis Bērziņš "for his collections of poetry "Stepsounds of Insects", "Time" and "Poetry""1996 Judita Vaičiūnaitė "for her poetry collection "Wreaths of Zemyna""1997 Jaan Kaplinski "for the essays and poetry of the past three years"1998 Sigitas Geda "for the poetical metamorphoses during the past three years"1999 Jaan Kross "for his novel "Standstill Flight""2000 Jānis Rokpelnis "for his collection of poems "Lyrics", (1999)"2001 Justinas Marcinkevičius "for his recent lyrical poetry, particularly for the collection of poems "Carmina Minora""2002 Jaan Tätte "for his plays "The Bridge and Happy Everyday!""2003 Vytautas Bubnys "for his novel "In a Dove's Flutter""2004 Pēters Brūveris "for his poetry book "The Landscape of Language" and publications during the past three years"2005 Hasso Krull "for his collection of poetry "Meeter ja Demeeter" ("Metre and Demeter")"2006 Nora Ikstena "for her book "The Undefined One"(2006), and for the unique collaboration with the Latvian poet Imants Ziedonis, as well as for humanism and the significant work in the field of culture"2007 Marcelijus Martinaitis "for his books "K.B. Suspected" (2004) and "Silent discourses" (2006)"2008 Knuts Skujenieks "for his Works in eight volumes, which contain high-quality poetry of particular value, written in prison and in a camp for political prisoners in Mordovia, where poet as Soviet dissident, spent seven years"2009 Inga Ābele "for the novel "Paisums" (eng. Tide) (2008)"2010 Ene Mihkelson "for her collected poetry "Torn" (Tower, 2010)"2011 Arvydas Juozaitis "for his book "Riga - No One's Civilization" (2011)"2012 Aivars Kļavis "for his tetralogy "On the Other Side of the Gate" (Viņpus vārtiem, 1995-2012)"2013 Donaldas Kajokas "for his poetry "To the deaf little donkey", 2011, and the novel "The Lake and its escorting persons", 2012"2014 Peeter Sauter "for his novel "Do Not Leave Me Alone" ("Ära jäta mind rahule"), 2012"2015 Māris Bērziņš "for his novel "The Taste of Lead", 2015"2016 Sigitas Parulskis "for his latest creative work, his broad and sharp worldview, his ability to grasp fundamental issues and his contemporary poetics"2017 Vladas Braziūnas "for his poetic discoveries made while delving into the Baltic worldview and the linguistic heritage of the Lithuanian, Latvian and other languages and as well as for his translations from Latvian and other languages and outstanding international projects on modern poetry"2018Gundega Repše "for the idea and concept of the historical novel series "Us. Latvia. XX century", the curating of the publication of 13 novels in the series, as well as for the novel "Bogene" as one of the novels in the series"2019Leelo Tungal "for her autobiographic trilogy "Comrade Kid" (Tänapäev, 2018), with a special emphasis on the last book of the series "A Woman's Touch" (Tänapäev, 2018), where Stalin's era is depicted through the eyes of a child"2020Birutė Jonuškaitė "for her novel cycle "Maranta" and "Maestro", which belong with the long, branched-out texts that weave numerous storylines and created detailed characters, which possess the versatility and depth of the classic canon, and which raise the language to the appropriate heights also for the hefty book of conversations "Laikas ir likimai" ("Time and Destiny")"2021Vahur Afanasjev "for his novel "Serafima ja Bogdan" ("Serafima and Bogdan", published in 2017)"2022Kai Aareleid "for her novel "Vaikne ookean" ("Pacific Ocean", published in 2021)"2023Antanas A. Jonynas "for the collection of sonnets Naujieji sonetai"2024Rein Raud "for his novel "Katkurong" ("The Plague Train," 2023)"2025Tomas Venclova "for his latest book of poetry "Už Onos ir Bernardinų""
List of recipients of the Baltic Assembly Prize for the Arts The following list is based on the official webpage of the Baltic Assembly. Year Recipient of the award Country Rationale1994 Eimuntas Nekrošius "for his stage productions of recent years (in particular plays by Chekhov, Shakespeare, Pushkin, Gogol)"1995 Peeter Mudist "for paintings of the past two years"1996 Pēteris Vasks "for his Concerto for Cello and Symphony Orchestra, string music "Quasi una sonata" with piano solo, Third String Quartet and music for three poems of Czeslaw Milosz for a vocal group"1997 Gidons Krēmers "for promoting the musical culture of the Baltic States throughout the world"1998 Erkki-Sven Tüür "for the musical creativity during the past three years"1999 Mindaugas Bauzys "for the roles during the past three years which have revealed him as an artist-creator"2000 Veljo Tormis "for his compositions during the past three years"2001 Ilmars Blumbergs "for his creative achievements and originality of style presented in the set designs for Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and the exhibition "Windows""2002 Biruta Baumane "for her professional achievements demonstrated at a large-scale solo exhibition at the exhibition hall "Arsenāls" in 2002 and for her rich contribution to the development of painting, as well as for her autobiographical book "I Am Living" (2002)"2003 Jaan Toomik "for his creative work as artist and organiser of art activities in recent years"2004 Mindaugas Navakas "for promoting art processes in the Baltic States"2005 Vilnius String Quartet "for their particular understanding of cultural mission, consistent work and broad scope of their undertakings"2006 Andres Tali "for his works that touch existential problems of human life, and in the shallowness and rush of today's world find time and place for the most human questions of loneliness and relations, truth and lie"2007 Silvija Radzobe "for her contribution to preparing the book "Theatre Production in the Baltic States" (2006), namely, for initiating, managing and executing this project"2008 Petras Vyšniauskas "for the presentation of the Baltic Jazz in the world, fruitful and intensive activity, important to the stage of Baltic Jazz and other genres, work comprising concert tours, teaching, recording and the preparation of various projects"2009 Marko Mäetamm "for his high professional and successful exhibitions and achievements of the last years on the Baltic and international scene"2010 Antanas Žukauskas "for professionally communicating the past values in fine art, striking the right balance between the modern and the traditional, and for promoting the Baltic identity in the world"2011 Andris Nelsons "for his outstanding achievements in promoting the performing arts and creating a positive image of Latvia and the Baltic States in the world"2012 Visible Solutions LLC "for the artistic achievements in integrating Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian art scenes into one arena of discussion"2013 Peeter Vähi "for composing the Oratorio „Maria Magdalena", 2011, that is composed on gospel texts in original Coptic language"2014 Alvis Hermanis "for his creative directorial achievements conducting numerous theatre plays and particularly theatre play "Oblomow", 2011"2015 Modestas Pitrėnas "for his creative endeavours to advance the idea of interaction amongst the cultures of all the three Baltic States and to further their cultural promotion on the European and global scale by conducting numerous plays and concerts in performance venues and theatres in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia"2016 Kristijonas Vildžiūnas "for his film "Seneca's Day", which is the first Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian co-production project (2016)"2017 Laima Slava "for the excellent professional contribution to the theory development of the art science, as well as for the outstanding achievement in the book publishing sector, especially in publishing of art books, which significantly have enriched the current cultural landscape and furthermore foster the international recognition of Latvian culture"2018 Jurgita Dronina "for her impressive performances on the greatest stages of the world"2019 Normunds Šnē "the performance at the concert in honour of 100-year anniversary of the Baltic states in the prominent Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm's Berwaldhallen on August 28, 2018, with Sinfonietta Rīga and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra"2020Kristīne Briede and Audrius Stonys "for meditative documentary essay "Bridges of Time" (2018), which was co-produced by Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian studios and portrays the less-remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave"2021Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece "for the direction of the international exhibition project "Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States""2022Šarūnas Sauka "for his phantasmagorical nightmare visions and hallucinations, which are rooted in reality, fed by biblical and literary visual images of hell, paradise, and purgatory, which have evolved through the history of fine arts"2023Peeter Laurits "for his outstanding and versatile work as an artist and for his project Biotoopia"2024Dāvis Sīmanis "for the film "Maria's Silence," a Latvian-Lithuanian co-production and Berlin International Film Festival award winner"2025Kaspars Putniņš "for his performance with the Latvian Radio Choir in the concert program "The Dream Stream", held within the framework of the Baltic Music Days on 31 March 2023 in the Great Hall of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music"
List of recipients of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Science The following list is based on the official webpage of the Baltic Assembly.