Lady Gaga will share a peace prize in memory of John Lennon to honor her work campaigning for equality for gay, lesbian and transgender people.

The pop star has been chosen along with four others - including Russian punk band Pussy Riot, peace activist Rachel Corrie and the late writer Christopher Hitchens - to receive the biennial LennonOno Grant For Peace.

Gaga is expected to accept the award and a donation from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 9 -- the birthday of both John Lennon and his son, Sean. John would have been 72 years this year, and Sean turns 37 years old.

Ono said in a statement that while Gaga is "one of the biggest living artists of our time" she is also an activist whose album "Born This Way" altered "the mental map of the world."

 

"Lady Gaga is in a position of number one as a singer songwriter, in her age, and when you are number one you don't want to risk yourself. And she did. It's incredible and by risking her position she made sure that certain things are corrected in the world, very important things," Ono said.

Gaga plans to donate her prize money to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

沪江娱乐快讯：

Lady Gaga因多年从事维护同性恋和变性者权益的活动，被考虑授予以约翰·列侬名字命名的和平奖。Gaga自己也坦言，奖金计划将会被捐赠给埃尔顿•约翰艾滋病基金会。

列侬的遗孀小野洋子在接受采访时说到，Lady Gaga是我们这个时代最活跃的生活艺术家之一。当她获得了number one的头衔和荣誉之后，她仍旧敢于冒险，打破常规，因为她相信在这个世界上还有更加正确的事情在等着她。