Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities 2004

Irresistibly drawn to the works of Ramón Llull, the Majorcan writer, who he has given a number of conferences on, Jean Daniel is a figurehead of a journalism committed to truthfulness and independence from political pressure who has worked longstandingly in journalism in such publications as Le Monde, L'Express and Le Nouvel Observateur, which he also founded.