From 1984 to 2002, the
Free State of Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
biennially awarded its Karl-Vossler-Preis, named after
Karl Vossler
Karl Vossler (6 September 1872, in Hohenheim – 19 September 1949, in Munich) was a German linguist and scholar, and a leading Romanist. Vossler was known for his interest in Italian thought, and as a follower of Benedetto Croce. He declared his ...
, to authors of
scientific literature
: ''For a broader class of literature, see Academic publishing.''
Scientific literature comprises scholarly publications that report original empirical and theoretical work in the natural and social sciences. Within an academic field, scient ...
of distinguished literary quality written in
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
.
The award was aimed at fostering the status of German as an academic language and came with a prize money of 25,000
marks
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Business
* Mark's, a Canadian retail chain
* Marks & Spencer, a British retail chain
* Collective trade marks, trademarks owned by an organisation for the benefit of its members
* Marks & Co, the inspiration for the novel '' ...
until 2000, and 12,500 Euros in 2002. It alternated with the
Jean-Paul-Preis
Jean-Paul-Preis is a Bavarian literary prize, awarded bi-annually by the Free State of Bavaria. It is named in honour of the German Romantic writer Jean Paul. The prize money is €15,000.
Recipients
*1983 Hans Egon Holthusen
*1985 Friedrich ...
, another literary prize biennially awarded by Bavaria since 1983.
Laureates
Source:
* 1984:
Hubert Markl
Hubert Simon Markl (17 August 1938 – 8 January 2015) was a German biologist who also served as president of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002.
Early life
Markl was born on 17 August 1938 in Regensburg, Germany. He studied biology, chemis ...
, biologist
* 1986:
Josef Isensee, jurist
* 1988:
Wolf Lepenies, sociologist
* 1990:
Friedrich Cramer, biochemist
* 1992:
Harald Weinrich
Harald Weinrich (24 September 1927 – 26 February 2022) was a German classical scholar, scholar of Romance philology and philosopher, known for the breadth of his writings.
Biography
He was emeritus professor of the Collège de France, and hel ...
, linguist
* 1994:
Hans-Martin Gauger, philologist and linguist
* 1996:
Arnold Esch
Arnold may refer to:
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* Arnold (given name), a masculine given name
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Places Australia
* Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria
Canada
* Arnold, Nova Scotia
Uni ...
, historian
* 1998:
Peter Gülke
Peter Ludwig Gülke (born 29 April 1934) is a German conductor and musicologist. Biography
Born in Weimar, Gülke studied cello and musicology at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. He completed his doctorate in philosophy in Leipzi ...
, musicologist
* 2000:
Dieter Borchmeyer
Dieter Borchmeyer (born 3 May 1941 in Recklinghausen) is a German literary critic.
Borchmeyer is Professor Emeritus of Modern German Literature (''Neuere Deutsche Literatur'') and Dramatic Theory (''Theaterwissenschaft'') at the University of H ...
, philologist and dramatician
* 2002:
Otfried Höffe, philosopher
References
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External links
“Literaturpreise des Freistaates Bayern”at the website of the
Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts (German)
Awards established in 1984
2002 disestablishments in Germany
German non-fiction literary awards
Literary awards of Bavaria