The Theodor Körner Prize (

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: ''Theodor-Körner-Preis'') is a set of annual

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n awards bestowed by the Theodor Körner Fund in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The prize is awarded at the

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. The prize is one of Austria's most prestigious awards in the

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

s and

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History

In 1953, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Federal President Theodor Körner declined all gifts for him and asked that a fund be created instead for the promotion of arts and sciences.

Terms

Projects and works that may be submitted include scientific papers in the fields of humanities and culture, medicine, science and technology, law, social science and economics. In the arts field, works from

fine art In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

s, photography, literature, and

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are considered. With some exceptions, scientists and artists may not be older than 40 years. The prize is awarded for "work in progress" that is, the work submitted has not been completed. The decisive factor is the general scientific or artistic quality. The work must be completed within the deadline foreseen in the application. The projects are submitted to an independent advisory board composed of experts from the arts and sciences. Based on the board's recommendations, the trustees determine the winners. The amount of prize money is determined by the available funds and the number of submitted and eligible work. Two-thirds of the prize money is given at the awards ceremony, one-third upon completion of the project.

Selected laureates

* Otto König (1954) *

Maria Lassnig Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".Attias, Lauri''Maria Lassnig'', ''Frieze'', May 1996. She was the first female artist to win the Grand ...

(1955) *

Gottfried von Einem Gottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. Biog ...

(1955) *

Vera Ferra-Mikura Vera Ferra-Mikura (February 14, 1923 – March 9, 1997) was an Austrian writer best known for her children's stories. She was born Vera Ferra in Vienna. After completing her schooling, she worked in her family's bird shop and then in a Vienna ...

(1956) *

Helmut Zilk Helmut Zilk (9 June 1927, Vienna – 24 October 2008, Vienna) was an Austrian journalist and politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party. He served as mayor of Vienna between 1984 and 1994. Biography Born in Vienna, Zilk was Mayor of ...

(1959) *

Hertha Firnberg Hertha Firnberg (18 September 1909 in Vienna – 14 February 1994 Vienna) was an Austrian politician. Life Hertha Firnberg was born on 18 September 1909 as the eldest daughter of Anna, née Shamanek, and Dr. Josef Firnberg. She was born in the ...

(1959) *

Herbert Tichy Herbert Tichy (1 June 1912 - 26 September 1987) was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber. His first ascent of Cho Oyu was on 19 October 1954, with Sepp Jöchler and Pasang Dawa Lama.Sale, Richard. ''On Top of the World: Climbing ...

(1959) *

Günther Nenning Günther Nenning (December 23, 1921 – May 14, 2006) was an Austrian journalist, author, and political activist. Günther Nenning was born in Vienna, Austria. After an excellent performance in high school, Nenning served from 1940 to 1945 in the ...

(1960) *

Werner Ogris Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Raid ...

(1961) *

Ortwin Gamber Ortwin Gamber (born 21 March 1925) is an Austrian art historian who served as director of the weapons collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum from 1976 to 1986. He had previously volunteered and following his 1950 graduation, worked at the mus ...

(1962) *

Friederike Mayröcker Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian writer of poetry and prose, audio plays, children's books and dramatic texts. She experimented with language, and was regarded as an avantgarde poet, and as one of the lea ...

(1963) *

Arnulf Rainer Arnulf Rainer (born 8 December 1929) is an Austrian painter noted for his abstract informal art. Rainer was born in Baden, Austria. During his early years, Rainer was influenced by Surrealism. In 1950, he founded the ''Hundsgruppe'' (''dog gro ...

(1964) * Andreas Kohl (1966) *

Werner Schneyder Werner Schneyder (25 January 1937 – 2 March 2019) was an Austrian kabarett performer, journalist, writer, actor, stage director, television presenter and sports reporter. He performed political kabarett with Dieter Hildebrandt from 1974 to 19 ...

(1966) * Franz Kain (1966) * Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (1968) *

Andreas Okopenko Andreas Okopenko (15 March 1930, Košice – 27 June 2010, Vienna) was an Austrian writer. Andreas Okopenko's father was a Ukrainian physician and his mother was Austrian. From 1939, the family lived in Vienna. After studying chemistry at the ...

(1968) * Ingrid Leodolter (1969) * Ludwig Christian Attersee (1972) *

Gottfried Helnwein Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media. His work is ...

(1974) * Ulrike Truger (1977) *

Elfriede Gerstl Elfriede Gerstl (16 June 1932 – 9 April 2009) was an Austrian author and Holocaust-survivor. Gerstl, who was Jewish, was born in Vienna, where her father worked as a dentist. Biography She survived the war years by hiding in various locations w ...

(1978) * F. Scott Hess (1981) *

Hubert Sielecki Hubert Sielecki (born 6 November 1946 in Rosenbach, Carinthia) is an Austrian artist, primarily known for his animated films. Biography In 1985 he founded the Austrian chapter of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). In 1990� ...

(1982) * Renée Schröder (1984) *

Elfriede Czurda Elfriede Czurda (born 25 April 1946) is an Austrian poet, writer and translator. Life Czurda was born in Wels in 1946. She studied archaeology and Art History at the University of Saltzburg. She completed her education at the University Paris in ...

(1984) * Wolfgang Neuber (1985) *

Barbara Neuwirth Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously ...

(1986) *

Clemens Jabloner Clemens Jabloner (born 28 November 1948) is an Austrian jurist who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Minister of Justice in the Bierlein government from 2019 to 2020. He previously served as president of the Supreme Administrative Court o ...

(1988) * Margot Pilz (1990) * Karin Berger (1991) *

Robert Menasse Robert Menasse (born 21 June 1954) is an Austrian writer. Biography Menasse was born in Vienna. As an undergraduate, he studied German studies, philosophy and political science in Vienna, Salzburg and Messina. In 1980 he completed his PhD thesi ...

(1992) * Bernd Richard Deutsch (1997) * Dine Petrik (1998) * Paul Videsott (2001) * Thomas Mölg (2003) *

Erika Weinzierl Erika Weinzierl (6 June 1925 – 28 October 2014) was an Austrian historian, gender researcher, and historian of Nazism. A member of the Austrian People's Party and the Curatorium of the Austrian Mauthausen Committee, she was the second director ...

(2004) *

Emmanuelle Charpentier Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier (; born 11 December 1968) is a French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. As of 2015, she has been a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. In 2018, sh ...

(2009)

References

External links

Homepage of the Theodor Körner Fund
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theodor Korner Prize Austrian awards University of Vienna