| 1962 |
Jean COCTEAU |
| 1963 |
Arthur MILLER |
| 1964 |
Laurence OLIVIER - Jean-Louis BARRAULT |
| 1965 |
Anonymous/Anonyme |
| 1966 |
René MAHEU, Director General of UNESCO |
| 1967 |
Hélène WEIGEL |
| 1968 |
Miguel Angel ASTURIAS |
| 1969 |
Peter BROOK |
| 1970 |
D. CHOSTAKOVITCH |
| 1971 |
Pablo NERUDA |
| 1972 |
Maurice BEJART |
| 1973 |
Luchino VISCONTI |
| 1974 |
Richard BURTON |
| 1975 |
Ellen STEWART |
| 1976 |
Eugène IONESCO |
| 1977 |
Radu BELIGAN |
| 1978 |
national messages |
| 1979 |
national messages |
| 1980 |
Janusz WARMINSKI |
| 1981 |
national messages |
| 1982 |
Lars af MALMBORG |
| 1983 |
Amadou Mahtar M'BOW, Director General of UNESCO |
| 1984 |
Mikhaïl TSAREV |
| 1985 |
André-Louis PERINETTI |
| 1986 |
Wole SOYINKA |
| 1987 |
Antonio GALA |
| 1988 |
Peter BROOK |
| 1989 |
Martin ESSLIN |
| 1990 |
Kirill LAVROV |
| 1991 |
Federico MAYOR, Director General of UNESCO |
| 1992 |
Jorge LAVELLI - Arturo USLAR PIETRI |
| 1993 |
Edward ALBEE |
| 1994 |
Vaclav HAVEL |
| 1995 |
Humberto ORSINI |
| 1996 |
Saadalla WANNOUS |
| 1997 |
Jeong Ok KIM |
| 1998 |
50th Anniversary of ITI - Special Message |
| 1999 |
Vigdís FINNBOGADÓTTIR |
| 2000 |
Michel TREMBLAY |
| 2001 |
Iakovos KAMPANELLIS |
| 2002 |
Girish KARNAD |
| 2003 |
Tankred DORST |
| 2004 |
Fathia EL ASSAL |
| 2005 |
Ariane MNOUCHKINE |
| 2006 |
Victor Hugo RASCON BANDA |
| 2007 |
Sultan bin Mohammed AL QASIMI |
| 2008 |
Robert LEPAGE |
| 2009 |
Augusto BOAL |
| 2010 |
Judi DENCH |
