Sigmund Freud Prize
| Sigmund Freud Prize | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Darmstadt |
| Country | Germany |
| Presented by | Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung |
| Reward | €20,000 |
| First award | 1964 |
| Website | www |
The Sigmund Freud Prize or Sigmund Freud Prize for Academic Prose (German: Sigmund Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa) is a German literary award named after Sigmund Freud and awarded by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Literature). It was first awarded in 1964.[1]
The Sigmund Freud Prize and philosophy
In 1967, the Sigmund Freud Prize was awarded for the first time to a philosopher, Hannah Arendt. As of 2006, ten of its recipients were philosophers writing in the German language, among them Hannah Arendt (1967), Ernst Bloch (1975), Jürgen Habermas (1976), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1979), Hans Blumenberg (1980), Odo Marquard (1984), Günther Anders (1992), Kurt Flasch (2000), Klaus Heinrich (2002), and Peter Sloterdijk (2005).
The Sigmund Freud Prize is amongst the most prestigious academic prizes in Germany.
Winners
- 1964: Hugo Friedrich, classicist
- 1965: Adolf Portmann, zoologist
- 1966: Emil Staiger, scholar of German language and literature
- 1967: Hannah Arendt, philosopher
- 1968: Karl Barth, Theologian
- 1969: Bruno Snell, linguist (ancient languages)
- 1970: Werner Heisenberg, physicist
- 1971: Werner Kraft, literary historian
- 1972: Erik Wolf, jurist (lawyer)
- 1973: Karl Rahner, theologian
- 1974: Günter Busch, art historian
- 1975: Ernst Bloch, philosopher
- 1976: Jürgen Habermas, philosopher
- 1977: Harald Weinrich, classicist
- 1978: Siegfried Melchinger, theatrical historian
- 1979: Hans-Georg Gadamer, philosopher
- 1980: Hans Blumenberg, philosopher
- 1981: Kurt von Fritz, linguist (ancient languages)
- 1982: Arno Borst, historian
- 1983: Peter Graf Kielmansegg, political scientist
- 1984: Odo Marquard, philosopher
- 1985: Hermann Heimpel, historian
- 1986: Hartmut von Hentig, education studies
- 1987: Gerhard Ebeling, theologian
- 1988: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, physicist and philosopher
- 1989: Ralf Dahrendorf, political scientist
- 1990: Walther Killy, literary scholar
- 1991: Werner Hofmann, art historian
- 1992: Günther Anders, philosopher
- 1993: Norbert Miller, literary scholar
- 1994: Peter Gülke, musicologist
- 1995: Gustav Seibt, historian
- 1996: Peter Wapnewski, scholar of German language and literature
- 1997: Paul Parin, ethno-psychologist
- 1998: Ilse Grubrich-Simitis, psychologist
- 1999: Reinhart Koselleck, historian
- 2000: Kurt Flasch, philosopher
- 2001: Horst Bredekamp, art historian
- 2002: Klaus Heinrich, philosopher
- 2003: Walter Burkert, classicist
- 2004: Karl Schlögel, historian
- 2005: Peter Sloterdijk, philosopher
- 2006: Johannes Fried, historian
- 2007: Josef H. Reichholf, evolutionary biologist
- 2008: Michael Hagner, physician and historian of science
- 2009: Julia Voss, art historian and journalist
- 2010: Luca Giuliani, archeologist
- 2011: Arnold Esch, historian
- 2012: Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, lawyer
- 2013: Angelika Neuwirth, Arabist
- 2014: Jürgen Osterhammel, historian
- 2015: Peter Eisenberg, linguist
- 2016: Jan Assmann, Egyptologist
- 2017: Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, historian
- 2018: Wolfgang Kemp, art historian
- 2019: Thomas Macho, philosopher[2]
- 2020: Ute Frevert, historian[3]
- 2021: Hubert Wolf, church historian[4][5]
- 2022: Iris Därmann, philosopher[6]
- 2023: Matthias Glaubrecht, science journalist[7]
- 2024: Karl-Heinz Kohl, ethnologist and religious scholar
- 2025: Dan Diner, historian and political writer[8]
References
- ^ "Sigmund-Freud-Preis". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Thomas Macho erhält den Sigmund-Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa". Residenz Verlag (in German). Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Ute Frevert erhält Sigmund-Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina (in German). 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Awards – Sigmund-Freud-Preis – Hubert Wolf". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in German). Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "WWU Münster > Fachbereich 2 > Freud-Preis_Wolf". Universität Münster (in German). 27 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Akademie in Darmstadt: Iris Därmann und Niklas Maak ausgezeichnet". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 12 August 2022. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Literaturpreise für Publizisten Matthias Glaubrecht und Jutta Person". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Plodroch, Ina (18 July 2025). "Dan Diner und Ilma Rakusa erhalten Literaturpreise". WDR (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2025.
External links
- Official website (in English and German)
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
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