Schock prize

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The Schock Prizes were instituted by the will of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933-1986). The Prizes were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, 1993 and have been awarded every two years since. Each recipient currently receives 400,000 Swedish kronor, which is a little over $50,000 USD.

The Prizes are given in four categories and decided by committees of three of the Swedish Royal Academies:

Logic and Philosophy (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Mathematics (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Visual Arts (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts)
Musical Arts (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music)

Contents

1 Laureates in Logic and Philosophy

2 Laureates in Mathematics

3 Laureates in Visual Arts

4 Laureates in Musical Arts

5 See also

6 External links

Laureates in Logic and Philosophy

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	W.V. Quine	United States
1995	Michael Dummett	United Kingdom
1997	Dana S. Scott	United States
1999	John Rawls	United States
2001	Saul A. Kripke	United States
2003	Solomon Feferman	United States
2005	Jaakko Hintikka	Finland/United States

Laureates in Mathematics

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Elias M. Stein	United States
1995	Andrew Wiles	United States
1997	Mikio Sato	Japan
1999	Yurij Manin	Germany
2001	Elliott H. Lieb	Germany
2003	Richard P. Stanley	United States

Laureates in Visual Arts

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Rafael Moneo	Spain
1995	Claes Oldenburg	United States
1997	Torsten Andersson	Sweden
1999	Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron	Switzerland
2001	Giuseppe Penone	Italy
2003	Susan Rothenberg	United States

Laureates in Musical Arts

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Ingvar Lidholm	Sweden
1995	György Ligeti	Germany
1997	Jorma Panula	Finland
1999	Kronos Quartet	United States
2001	Kaija Saariaho	Finland
2003	Anne Sofie von Otter	Sweden

External links

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Press Release 2003 (in Swedish)

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