Ludwig-Uhland-Preis is a literature prize awarded in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
, Germany. The award ceremony of the biennial prize traditionally takes place on 26 April,
Ludwig Uhland
Johann Ludwig Uhland (26 April 1787 – 13 November 1862) was a German poet, philologist and literary historian.
Biography
He was born in Tübingen, Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest i ...
's birthday, in
Ludwigsburg Palace
Ludwigsburg Palace, nicknamed the "Versailles of Swabia", is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its total area, including the gardens, is the largest palatial estate in the country. T ...
.
Winners range from literary scholars to political scientists. The award is endowed with 10,000 euros (promotional prize 5,000 euros).
Winners
Winners of the grand prize
* 1991:
Wilhelm Koenig, vernacular writer
* 1994:
Hermann Bausinger
Hermann Bausinger (17 September 1926 – 24 November 2021) was a German cultural scientist. He was professor and head of the Ludwig Uhland Institute for empirical cultural science at the University of Tübingen from 1960 to 1992. The institute ...
, empirical cultural studies
* 1997:
Karl Moersch, writer and politician
* 1999:
Arno Ruoff dialects researcher
* 2001:
Bernhard Zeller
Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
*Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946 ...
, literary historian and archivist
* 2003:
Hans-Georg Wehling, a political scientist
* 2005:
Manfred Bosch
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Byr ...
, writer
* 2007:
Gottlob Haag, dialect poet
* 2009:
Hans-Ulrich Simon, literary scholar
* 2011: Bernard Hurm and Uwe Zellmer,
Theater Lindenhof
Theater Lindenhof is a theatre in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1981 in Melchingen, a Swabian Jura, swabian village near Burladingen. Up to now the theatre is said to be the first and only Community theatre, regional theatre of G ...
in
Melchingen
Melchingen is a Swabian village in the district of Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is 730 m above sea level and has 895 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Melchingen is known for its annual pottery and handicraft market, and ...
* 2013:
Hellmut G. Haasis
Hellmut G. Haasis (born 7 January 1942)''Südwest Presse'' (7 January 2012)Hellmut G. Haasis wird 70" (Hellmut G. Haasis turns 70). Retrieved 14 October 2012. is a German historian, author, and broadcaster. He is particularly known for his biogra ...
, writer
* 2015: Bernhard Fischer, literary scholar, director of the Goethe- and Schiller-Archive Weimar
* 2017:
Mathias Beer, historian,
Universität Tübingen
* 2019:
Dieter Langewiesche
Dieter Langewiesche (born 11 January 1943 in Sankt Sebastian, Styria, Sankt Sebastian, Mariazell) is a German people, German historian. Langewiesche is one of the leading experts on the history of nationalism and liberalism.
In 1996 he received ...
, historian, Universität Tübingen
Winners of the promotional prize
* 2001:
Helmuth Mojem
* 2003:
Petra Zwerenz, dialect writer
* 2005:
Marek Hałub, Germanist
* 2007:
Kurt Oesterle, writer
* 2009:
Walle Sayer, vernacular writers
* 2011:
Hubert Kloepfer, publisher
* 2013: Georg Günther, musicologist
* 2015: Susanne Hinkelbein, composer an playwright
* 2017: Stefan Knödler, Germanist, Universität Tübingen
* 2019: Dominik Kuhn, language artist and Swabian voice actor, Reutlingen
References
Literary awards of Baden-Württemberg
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