The Erich Fromm Prize (german: Erich-Fromm-Preis) is a German prize bestowed upon people who have advanced

Humanism Humanism is a philosophy, philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and Agency (philosophy), agency of Human, human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical in ...

through their scientific, social, sociopolitical or journalistic engagement. The prize is named after Erich Fromm, a Jewish German-American philosopher, psychoanalyst and psychologist. The prize is conferred yearly since 1995, and since 2006, it is endowed with 10,000 €. The Erich Fromm Society (Erich-Fromm-Gesellschaft) elects a five-person jury, which decides on the prize winner. Its decision is made by simple majority and is not influenced by the Society, but it has to respect applications and recommendations.

Recipients

Source: *1995 **Duchovný Parliament, Bratislava *1996 **Sociopsychoanalytical Seminary of the University of Mexiko-City **

University of Wrocław , ''Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau'' (before 1945) , free_label = Specialty programs , free = , colors = Blue , website uni.wroc.pl The University of Wrocław ( pl, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, U ...

, Poland **Germanistic Division of the

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, Hungary *1997: No prize winner *1998 **Rainer J. Kaus **Svante Lundgren **Martina Parge *1999 **Jan M. Böhm **Claudia Hoock *2000 ** Kevin Anderson **Richard Quinney **Bruno Osuch *2001 **Gerd Meyer *2002–2003: No prize winners *2004 William Wasson, Hamid Lechhab *2005: No prize winner *2006

Hans Leyendecker Hans Leyendecker (born 12 May 1949) is a German journalist. He writes for the '' Süddeutsche Zeitung'' and is one of Germany's best known investigative journalists. Leyendecker formerly worked for the magazine '' Der Spiegel'', unveiling various ...

Heribert Prantl Heribert Prantl (born 30 July 1953 in Nittenau, Bavaria, Germany) is a German author, journalist and jurist (former judge, prosecutor and lawyer). At the ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' he was head of the department of domestic policy from 1995 to 2017, ...

*2007 Eugen Drewermann,

Konstantin Wecker Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born 1 June 1947, Munich) is a German singer-songwriter; he also works as a composer, author, and actor. Life and work Classically educated at the Wilhelmsgymnasium, Wecker got one of his first jobs as a songwriter a ...

*2008

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*2009

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* 2010

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* 2011

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* 2012 Georg Schramm * 2013

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* 2015 Götz Werner * 2016 Christel und

Rupert Neudeck Rupert Neudeck (; 14 May 1939 – 31 May 2016) was known for his humanitarian work, especially with refugees. He started his career as a noted correspondent for Deutschlandfunk, a German public broadcaster.Christoph Koch: Wie wird man eigentlich ...

* 2017

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* 2018

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* 2019 Daniel and Sabine Röder and Pulse of Europe * 2020 Paul Mason * 2021

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* 2022 * 2023 Thomas Fuchs>

References

External links

* German literary awards {{Germany-lit-award-stub