The 2005 Prince Claus Awards
- Theme
"Humour and Satire"
- Laureates
- Jonathan Shapiro, alias Zapiro (South Africa) (Principal Award), cartoonist
- Lenin El-Ramly (Egypt), writer and director
- Slamet Gundono (Indonesia), wayang puppeteer and artist
- Edgar Langeveldt (Zimbabwe), stand-up comedian, sinter-songwriter and actor
- Michael Poghosyan (Armenia), actor, singer and cabaret performer
- Joaquín Salvador Lavado, alias Quino (Argentina), cartoonist and comic strip artist
- Ebrahim Nabavi (Iran), writer and satirist
- Chéri Samba (D.R. Congo), artist painter
- Niède Guidon (Brazil), archeologist
- Abdul Sheriff (Tanzania), museum director
- Opiyo Okach (Kenya), dancer and choreographer
- Committee
Niek Biegman, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Mick Pearce.
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