TOKYO, Nov 10: Indian literary critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is among the recipients of this year’s prestigious Kyoto Prize, the highest private award given in Japan for global achievement.
The Kyoto Prize is an international award to honour those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind.
The Prize, instituted by the Inamori Foundation, a charitable body founded in 1984, is presented annually in the fields of Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences and Arts and Philosophy.
Gayatri, a professor at Columbia University, received the Arts and Philosophy Prize at a ceremony held today in Kyoto.
US computer scientist Ivan Sutherland, regarded as a father of computer graphics, won the Advanced Technology Prize while Japanese molecular biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Basic Sciences Prize.
Each laureate received a diploma, a gold Kyoto Prize medal and a cash gift of USD 630,000. (PTI)
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