The Manhae Prize is a series of awards in the following categories: Peace, Social Service, Academic Excellence, Art, Literature, and Buddhist Missionary Work awarded by The Society for the Promotion and Practice of Manhae's Thoughts in memory of Buddhist reformer and anti-Japanese independence activist Han Yong-un (1879–1944).

Dr. M.K. Otani receiving Manhae Prize from Mr. Kim, Cultural and Sport Minister of South Korea

Awardees

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Peace Prize winners

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Year Name Country Role/Reason Ref
2008 Lokamitra (Jeremy Goody) Member of the Triratna Buddhist Community
2009 Shirin Ebadi Iran Iranian human rights advocate, winner of Nobel Prize for Peace
2013 World Fellowship of Buddhists
2014 Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran Iranian film director [1]
2015 Alexis Dudden U.S.A Professor of History at University of Connecticut
2019 Haruki Wada Japan professor at the University of Tokyo [2]
2020 Phra Bodhirak Thailand monk and founder of Santi Asoke [3]

Practice Prize winners

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Year Name Country Role/Reason Ref
2012 Kurt Gribl   DE Mayor of the Friedensstadt Augsburg
2013 Dagon Taryar   MM Writer and democracy advocate [4]
2014 Se-Chung Lee   KO Lawyer
2015 Cheoung-Jeoun   KO Buddhist monk
Rainbow Community - Noel-El Cheoun   IE Priest
2019 National Emergency Medical Center [2]
2020 Um Hong-gil   KO Mountaineer and philanthropist
Sun Young-sung   KO Director of the Keimyung University Deagu Dongsan Hospital

Literature Prize winners

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References

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  1. ^ "Iranian film director wins Manhae Award". Korea Times. 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  2. ^ a b c "Four Awardees Selected for the 23rd Manhae Prize". Dongguk University. August 16, 2019. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  3. ^ a b "Five Winners Selected for the 24th Manhae Prize". Dongguk University. July 28, 2020. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  4. ^ "Dagon Taryar awarded peace prize". Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  5. ^ "Ralston Saul wins Korea's Manhae Prize". CBC Arts. 2010-03-10. Archived from the original on 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  6. ^ "Ashraf Dali, 2014 Manhae Grand Prize Awardees Reports in Middle East". Asia Journalist Association. 2014-08-21. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  7. ^ AJA article
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