Created by Julia Kristeva in 2008, the Prix Simone de Beauvoir for the freedom of women was presented Thursday to the Russian novelist Ludmila Ulitskaya, whose work shows "a keen sense of justice and democracy "according to organizers. Author of novels, short stories and plays, Ludmila Ulitskaya has won numerous literary awards in Europe. In 1996, she received the Prix Médicis abroad for his novel "Sonietchkan. By rewarding a woman of letters, the jury wanted to "focus on women's creativity, which manifests itself and asserts empowerment, "said jury president, Julia Kristeva. Aged 67 years, Ludmila Ulitskaya is known to take a stand against the Russian government. The difficulty of being a woman in Russia irrigates his work and women remain the main figures his novels. Featuring 30,000 euros, the price had been created to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Simone de Beauvoir. For the first edition, the jury chose to reward the Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi and Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, both threatened with death because of their denunciations of Women in Islamic world. In 2009 the prize was awarded to the group "One Million Signatures" for the repeal of discriminatory laws against women in Iran. In 2010, two committed to the struggle of women in China, Ai Xiaoming and Guo Jianmei, received the award.
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