Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis is a literary prize of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. It was established by the

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. It is seated in Darmstad ...

in 1964 to promote German culture outwith Germany. The award is named after the Germanist

Friedrich Gundolf Friedrich Gundolf, born Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger (20 June 1880 – 12 July 1931) was a German- Jewish literary scholar and poet and one of the best known academics of the Weimar Republic. Education Gundolf, who was the son of a mathema ...

. The award is endowed with €15,000.

Award winners

*1964

Robert Minder The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

*1965 Frederick Norman *1966

Victor Lange Victor Lange (13 July 1908 — 29 June 1996) was a renowned Germanist, known primarily for his work at Princeton University. Biography Born in Leipzig, Germany, he obtained his M.A. degree from the University College of the University of Toro ...

*1967 Eudo C. Mason *1968 Oskar Seidlin *1969

Eduard Goldstücker Eduard Model Accessories is a Czech manufacturer of plastic models and finescale model accessories. Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Following the s ...

*1970 Erik Lunding *1971 Zoran Konstantinovi *1972 Ladislao Mittner *1973 Gustav Korlén *1974 Herman Meyer *1975 Elizabeth M. Wilkinson *1976 Marian Szyrocki *1977 Franz H. Mautner *1978 Claude David *1979 Zdenko Skreb *1980

Lev Kopelev Lev Zalmanovich (Zinovyevich) Kopelev (russian: Лев Залма́нович (Зино́вьевич) Ко́пелев, German: Lew Sinowjewitsch Kopelew, 9 April 1912, Kyiv – 18 June 1997, Cologne) was a Soviet author and dissident. Early ...

*1981

Leonard Forster Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin ...

*1982 Tomio Tezuka *1983

Jean Fourquet Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

*1984 Stuart Atkins *1985 Mazzino Montinari *1986 Siegbert S. Prawer *1987 Viktor Žmegač *1988 Feng Zhi *1989

Leslie Bodi Leslie Bodi (1922–2015) was the foundation Professor of German and long-term head of the department (1963-1987) at Monash University. Early life and education Bodi was born László Bodi in Budapest, Hungary on 1 September 1922. His parents w ...

*1990 Konstantin Asadowski *1991

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and di ...

*1992 Emil Skala *1993

Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau (; 2 November 1944 – 7 October 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films '' La Reine Margot'' and ...

*1994 Helen Wolff *1995

Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe ( , ; 6 March 1940 – 28 January 2007) was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator. Lacoue-Labarthe published several influential works with his friend Jean-Luc Nancy. Lacoue-Labarthe was ...

*1996 Volkmar Sander *1997

Imre Kertész Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...

*1998 Shulamit Volkov *1999

Thomas von Vegesack Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the ...

*2000

Ryszard Krynicki Ryszard Krynicki (Polish: ; born 28 June 1943) is a Polish poet and translator, member of the Polish "New Wave" Movement. He is regarded as one of the most prominent post-war contemporary Polish poets. In 2015, he was awarded the Zbigniew Herbert ...

*2001

Fuad Rifka Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد ''fū’ād, fou’ād'') (also spelled Fouad, Foud, Fuaad or Foad) is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart" - the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit". Its root word is the Arabic verb ' ...

*2002

Massimo Cacciari Massimo Cacciari (; born 5 June 1944) is an Italian philosopher, politician and public intellectual. Biography Born in Venice, Cacciari graduated in philosophy from the University of Padua (1967), where he also received his doctorate, writing ...

*2003

Per Øhrgaard Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math ...

*2004

Isidor Levin Isidor Levin ( lv, Izidors Levins; September 20, 1919 – July 24, 2018) was a Latvian Jewish-born Soviet/Estonian folklorist, narrative researcher, theologian, and Professor Emeritus at the St. Petersburg Institute of Religion and Philosophy. Le ...

*2005 László F. Földényi *2006 Kim Kwang-Kyu *2007

Nora Iuga Nora Iuga (born 4 January 1931) is a Romanian poet, writer and translator. Iuga was born in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre ...

*2008 Jurko Prochasko *2009

Nicholas Boyle Nicholas Boyle FBA (born 18 June 1946) is an English literary critic. He is the emeritus Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He has written widely on German literature, inte ...

*2010 Şara Sayın *2011 Feliu Formosa *2012 Bernard Lortholary *2013

Mati Sirkel Mati Sirkel (born 12 October 1949) is an Estonian translator and writer. Career He was born in Paide. In 1972 he graduated from Tartu State University with a degrees in literary theory and German philology. From 1972 until 1975, he worked as a ...

*2014 Drinka Gojković *2015

Neil MacGregor Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the '' Burlington Magazine'' from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of ...

*2016 Hubert Orłowski *2017

László Márton László Márton (22 August 1923 – 25 January 1989) was a Hungarian rowing (sport), rower. He competed in the Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's eight, men's eight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links< ...

*2018

Miguel Sáenz Miguel Sáenz Sagaseta de Ilúrdoz (Larache, Spanish Morocco, 1932) is a Spanish translator. Biography Born in colonial Morocco, he was son of a military officer. He studied German philology at the Complutense University of Madrid. He speciali ...

*2019 Paul Michael Lützeler *2020

Tatiana Baskakova Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germa ...

*2021

Khalid Al-Maaly Khalid al-Maaly (born April 15, 1956 in as-Samawa, Iraq) is a leading Arab writer, poet and publisher. References * * * * External links Khalid al-Maalyin: NRW Literatur im Netz 1956 births Living people 20th-century Iraqi poet ...

*2022

Alison Lewis Alison Lewis is a South African chemical engineer known for her research in crystallisation and precipitation as applied to the recovery of valuable metals. She is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University o ...

References

External links

* German literary awards Awards established in 1964 1964 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub