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Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society えるされむしょう

Edition 31 (2025)

Literature prizeInternational literature prizeLiterature prize on human rightsLifetime achievement award

Winners

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Michel Houellebecq みしぇる うえるべっく Winner

The 2025 Jerusalem Prize was awarded to Michel Houellebecq for his body of work across novels, poetry, essays, and film. He was recognized for a style that looks steadily at the human condition while writing about aging, death, love, sex, and the fragility of freedom with provocative clarity.

A tribute to a writer who has captured modern isolation and desire in the most direct language.

body of workthe human conditionaging and deathlove and sexindividual freedomsocial critique