The 2000 Prince Claus Awards
- Theme
"Urban Heroes"
- Laureates
- Jaime Lerner (Brazil) (Principal Award), architect
- Viva Rio (Brazil) (Principal Award), social work peace organization
- Francisco Toledo (Mexico) (Principal Award), artist painter
- Bush Radio (South Africa), independent radiostation
- Communalism Combat (India), human rights organization
- Cui Jian (China), singer-songwriter, trumpeter, guitarist and film actor
- Film Resource Unit (South Africa), independent film distributor
- Arif Hasan (Pakistan), architect, urban planner, socio-philosopher and poet
- Bhupen Khakhar (India), visual artist
- Komal Kothari (India), ethnomusicologist
- Werewere Liking (Ivory Coast), art painter, film maker and writer
- Ayu Utami (Indonesia), radio broadcaster and writer
- Van Leo (Egypt), photographer
- Committee
Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.
Read more about this topic: Prince Claus Awards
Famous quotes containing the words prince and/or claus:
“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)