The Münchhausen Prize was instituted in 1997, the 200th anniversary of the death of the historical
Baron von Münchhausen
Baron Munchausen (; ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book '' Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''. The character is loosely based on baron ...
.
It is awarded in May each year in
Bodenwerder
The ''Münchhausenstadt'' Bodenwerder is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the river Weser and is best known as the birthplace and residence of Baron von Münchhausen.
Geography
Bodenwerder is located in ...
, the Baron's hometown, for special talent in the art of speaking or presentation, either in literature or the visual arts, fantasy and satire, in the sense of the Baron.
The prize money is €2,556.
Recipients
Source:
*1997:
Dieter Hildebrandt
Dieter Hildebrandt (23 May 1927 – 20 November 2013) was a German Kabarett artist.
Biography
Hildebrandt was born in Bunzlau, Lower Silesia, Weimar Germany (now Boleslawiec, Poland) where he attended school. In World War II he became a Fla ...
*1998:
Wolfgang Völz
Wolfgang Otto Völz (16 August 1930 – 2 May 2018) was a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, TV shows, feature films (especially German films based on Edgar Wallace works) and audio dramas. He was also a very prolific vo ...
*1999:
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 ...
*2000:
Norbert Blüm
Norbert Blüm (21 July 1935 – 23 April 2020) was a German politician who served as a Federation, federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU North Rhine-Westphalia (1987–1999), ...
*2001:
Ephraim Kishon
Ephraim Kishon (; August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005) was a Hungarian-born Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Academy Award, Oscar-nominated film director. He was one of the most widely read contemporary satire, satirists in Israel a ...
*2002:
Evelyn Hamann
Eveline Braun, (née Hamann; 6 August 1942 – 28 October 2007) commonly known as Evelyn Hamann, was a German actress best known for her work with popular German comedian Loriot as well as for her appearances in television series such as ''The B ...
*2003:
Bruno Jonas
Bruno Jonas (born in Passau, Germany, on 3 December 1952) is a German Kabarett artist and actor.
Education
Many people predicted he would become a priest, but he prefers to pray from the Kabarett stage. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied German, ...
*2004:
Wolfgang Stumph
Wolfgang Stumph (born 31 January 1946) is a German actor and cabaret artist.
Early life
Stumph was born in Wünschelburg, Lower Silesia (Poland) in 1946 to German parents. He was expelled from his hometown and grew up without a father in Dre ...
*2005:
Rudi Carrell
Rudi Carrell (born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar; 19 December 1934 – 7 July 2006) was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol, he was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active ...
*2006:
*2007:
Tony Marshall
*2008:
Jürgen von der Lippe
Hans-Jürgen Hubert Dohrenkamp (born 8 June 1948), better known by his stage name Jürgen von der Lippe, is a German television presenter, entertainer, actor, musician and comedian. His stage name comes from the fact that he was born near the sou ...
*2009:
Emil Steinberger
*2010:
Götz Alsmann
Götz Alsmann (born 12 July 1957) is a German musician, singer and former television presenter.
Biography
Born in Münster, Alsmann studied German studies, music and communication studies at the University of Münster from 1977 to 1985. Fro ...
*2011:
Eckart von Hirschhausen
Eckart Axel von Hirschhausen (born 25 August 1967) is a German physician, talk show host, comedian, author, and journalist.
Academic career
Born in Frankfurt, von Hirschhausen studied medicine, supported by a scholarship from the Studienstift ...
*2012:
Herman van Veen
Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter and musician. He worked with accompanists Laurens van Rooyen and Erik van der Wurff, both of whom were pianists and composers.
In ...
*2013:
Frank Elstner
Timm Franz Maria Elstner (born 19 April 1942), known as Frank Elstner, is an Austrian-born German television presenter.
Early life
Elstner went to school in Rastatt in Germany and gained his first experience in broadcasting as a child when he ...
*2014:
Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden (born 5 September 1935) is a German actor, comedian, cabaret artist and singer. He achieved great popularity in German-speaking countries in the mid-1970s with the slapstick series ''Nonstop Nonsens'' and his characte ...
*2015:
Annette Frier
Annette Frier (born 22 January 1974) is a German actress and comedian, best known for her work in television and film. She gained popularity for her comedic roles and is recognized for her performances in series such as Danni Lowinski and Mord m ...
*2016:
Dieter Nuhr
Dieter Herbert Nuhr (born 29 October 1960) is a German kabarett artist, comedian, author and television presenter.
Nuhr's stage program ''nuhr in Berlin'' (the title is a pun; for explanation, see below) is the first German stand-up comedy whic ...
*2018:
Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian.
Early life
Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time ...
*2022:
Andreas Rebers
Andreas Rebers (born 7 January 1958) is a Kabarett artist, author and musician from Munich. His shows often incorporate performances on the accordion or the piano.
Early life
Rebers was born in Westerbrak in Lower Saxony. By the age of 15, Rebe ...
References
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Awards established in 1997
Baron Munchausen
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