The Einhard Prize (German: ''Einhard-Preis'') is a literary prize for historical biography. It is awarded by the Einhard-Stiftung, a foundation headquartered in
Seligenstadt,
Hesse,
Germany, a town founded by
Einhard
Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; la, E(g)inhardus; 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the ''Vita ...
, famous as a biographer of
Charlemagne.
Prizes awarded
* 1999:
Otto Pflanze
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
The name is recorded fro ...
, works about
Otto von Bismarck
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...
* 2001:
Brian Boyd
Brian David Boyd (born 30 July 1952) is a professor of literature known primarily as an expert on the life and works of author Vladimir Nabokov and on Literary Darwinism, literature and evolution. He is a University Distinguished Professor in ...
, biography of
Vladimir Nabokov
* 2003:
Joachim C. Fest
Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about ...
, works about
Albert Speer
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he ...
* 2005:
Irène Heidelberger-Leonard, ''Revolte in der Resignation'', a biography of
Jean Améry
Jean Améry (31 October 191217 October 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work, ''At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survi ...
* 2007:
Eberhard Weis Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.
People
First name
* Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
*Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
* Eberhard I, ...
, biography of
Maximilian von Montgelas
* 2009:
Margot Friedländer
Margot Friedländer (''née'' Bendheim; born 5 November 1921) is a German survivor of the Holocaust and public speaker. She and her family were persecuted by the Nazism, Nazis for being Jews. Born and raised in Berlin, she was forced to go into h ...
, autobiography ''Versuche, Dein Leben zu machen''
* 2011:
Hugh Barr Nisbet, biography of
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (, ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the developmen ...
* 2013:
John C. G. Röhl
John C. G. Röhl (born 31 May 1938) is a British historian notable for his work on Imperial Germany and European history.
Early life
John Charles Gerald Röhl was born in the German Hospital in Dalston, east London, on 31 May 1938 to a German ...
, biography of
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
* 2015:
Joachim Radkau, biography of
Theodor Heuss
* 2017:
Albrecht Schöne
Albrecht Schöne (born 17 July 1925) is a German Germanist. From 1960 to 1990 he was a professor of German philology at the University of Göttingen.
Career
Schöne was born on 17 July 1925 in Barby an der Elbe. After graduating from secondary sc ...
, ''Der Briefschreiber Goethe''
* 2019:
Emmanuelle Loyer
Emmanuelle Loyer (born, 1968) is a French historian, winner of the prix Femina essai 2015 for her biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss.
Professor of Universities, Emmanuelle Loyer teaches contemporary history at Sciences-Po Paris.
Works
*1994: ' ...
, biography of
Claude Lévi-Strauss
* 2021:
Jacques Tardi, graphic novel biography of his father, World War II veteran René Tardi
References
Website of the Einhard Prize Foundation (German only) https://www.einhard-stiftung.de/
Literary awards of Hesse
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