敦煌奖

敦煌奖

“敦煌奖”是甘肃省人民政府于1996年10月设立的外国专家荣誉奖项，旨在表彰在甘肃省经济社会发展中做出突出贡献的外国专家。

该奖项每三年评选一次，有多位致力于敦煌文化遗产保护与敦煌文化传播的外国友人获此殊荣，如2016年获得者为美国人倪密·盖茨（Mimi Gates），是美国敦煌基金会理事会主席，西雅图艺术博物馆前任馆长。2019年获得者俄罗斯人普隆金娜·奥莉娅（Pronkina Olga），现任甘肃政法大学教授。2022 年获得者为英国人海瑟·安·威尔斯（Heather Viles），现任牛津大学教授。

Dunhuang Award

The Dunhuang Award is an honorary award established by the Gansu Provincial People's Government in October 1996 to recognize foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the economic and social development of Gansu Province.

This award is granted every three years, and several foreign friends who have become dedicated to the protection and promotion of Dunhuang cultural heritage have received the honor. For instance, the recipient in 2016 was Mimi Gates from the United States, chair of the Dunhuang Foundation and former curator of the Seattle Art Museum. The 2019 recipient was Pronkina Olga from Russia, who is a professor at Gansu University of Political Science and Law. The 2022 recipient was Heather Viles from the UK, who is currently a professor at the University of Oxford.