Kisiel Prize


Kisiel Prize or Kisiel Award is an annual Polish award presented in three categories: publicist, politician/public figure and entrepreneur whose actions most closely portray the spirit and beliefs of the Polish publicist and politician, Stefan Kisielewski.

History

The award was established in 1990 by Kisielewski himself, with support of a major Polish weekly newspaper, Wprost. Since Kisielewski's death in 1991, the award is being given out with the agreement of the group composed primarily of former winners of the award, his son Jerzy Kisielewski and former Wprost's editor-in-chief Marek Król.
In 2007, 2008 and 2009 the award was not given out, which caused some controversy, as many former winners criticized Wprost for drifting away from Kisielewski's views.

Winners

2017 – Jadwiga Emilewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński, Ryszard Pieńkowski, Mariusz Szataniak and Paweł Szataniak
2016 – Paweł Kukiz, Andrzej Zarajczyk, Paweł Jabłoński
2015 – Andrzej Rzepliński, Adam Boniecki, Adam Kiciński, Marcin Iwiński
2014 – Paweł Lisicki, Ryszard Florek
2013 – Jacek Rostowski, Adam Michnik, Dariusz Miłek
2012 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Joanna Solska, Tomasz Zaboklicki
2011 – Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Janina Paradowska, Krystyna Janda
2010 – Andrzej Mleczko, Jerzy Buzek, Krzysztof Olszewski
2009 – no award
2008 – no award
2007 – no award
2006 – Marek Safjan, Wojciech Trzciński, Roman Młodkowski
2005 – Lech Wałęsa, Ryszard Krauze, Tomasz Lis
2004 – Jerzy Hausner, Teresa Bogucka, Adam Krzanowski
2003 – Jan Rokita, Roman Kluska, Janusz A. Majcherek
2002 – Krzysztof Pawłowski, Donald Tusk, Maciej Rybiński
2001 – Stanisław Ciupiński, Jan Kułakowski, Rafał Aleksander Ziemkiewicz
2000 – Irena Eris, Witold Gadomski, Andrzej Olechowski
1999 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Paweł Piskorski, Wiesław Uchański
1998 – Henryka Bochniarz, Stanisław Tym, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
1997 – Marian Krzaklewski, Tomasz Wołek, Czesław Apiecionek
1996 – Andrzej Bączkowski, Sobiesław Zasada, Michał Zieliński
1995 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Andrzej Woyciechowski, Antoni Majewski
1994 – Leszek Balcerowicz, Jacek Fedorowicz, Mieczysław Prószyński
1993 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Janusz Lewandowski, Józef Tischner
1992 – Jerzy Giedroyć, Jan Kulczyk, Jan Winiecki
1991 – Bogusław Bagsik, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jerzy Grohman
1990 – Janusz Beksiak, Stefan Bratkowski, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Rafał Krawczyk, Piotr Kuncewicz, Stefan Kurowski, Józef Kuśmierek, Jacek Maziarski, Krzysztof Mętrak, Kazimierz Pytko, Ernest Skalski, Jerzy Waldorff, Wiesław Walendziak, Piotr Wierzbicki, Mieczysław Wilczek, Wacław Wilczyński