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==Legacy and awards== *1979, near the end of his imprisonment, Timerman won the Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedom Prize from the Jewish [[Anti-Defamation League]].<ref name=JP10Aug1979>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|371465070}} |title=Congressmen Speak Out To Aid Jacobo Timerman |work=The Jewish Press |date=10 August 1979 |page=12 }}</ref> *In 1980, Timerman was awarded the [[Golden Pen of Freedom]] by the [[World Association of Newspapers]] in recognition of his courage in defending the right to free expression and press freedom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wan-press.org/article4489.html |title=Golden Pen of Freedom Laureates |year=2009 |publisher=[[World Association of Newspapers]] |access-date=26 January 2012}}</ref> *His 1981 memoir, ''Prisoner Without a Name'', earned him many awards: **[[Conscience-in-Media Award]] from the [[American Society of Journalists and Authors]] **[[CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction]] **[[Hillman Prize]] **[[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize]] for Current Events **[[Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award]] from the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] **[[List of Peabody Award winners (1980-1989)|Peabody Award]] *1984, Argentine President [[Raúl Alfonsín]] decorated him with The [[Order of the Liberator General San Martín]], the country's highest honor.<ref name=DukeMeyer /> *2000, Timerman was posthumously named as one of the [[International Press Institute]]'s 50 [[World Press Freedom Heroes]] of the past 50 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes/ |title=World Press Freedom Heroes: Symbols of courage in global journalism |year=2012 |publisher=[[International Press Institute]] |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116082802/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes |archive-date=16 January 2012 }}</ref>
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