Hessian Cultural Prize
German award
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The Hessian Cultural Prize (German: Hessischer Kulturpreis) is an annual German culture prize awarded by the Government of Hesse. The prize was established in 1982. With a trophy of 60,000 German marks, now 45,000 Euro, it is currently the highest endowed culture prize in Germany.
Awarded forspecial achievements in art, science and cultural mediation
Sponsored byGovernment of Hesse
LocationHesse
CountryGermany
| Hessian Cultural Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | special achievements in art, science and cultural mediation |
| Sponsored by | Government of Hesse |
| Location | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Reward | 45,000 Euro |
| Website | Official website  |
Recipients
- 1982 – Eugen Kogon (political scientist); Thomas Michael Mayer (chairman, Georg Büchner Association)
- 1983 – Karl Krolow (lyricist); Hans-Jürgen von Bose (composer); Ror Wolf (author)
- 1984 – Bernard Schultze (painter); Albert Mangelsdorff (jazz trombonist)
- 1985 – Michael Gielen (conductor and composer); Ludwig Denecke and Heinz Rölleke (German philologists)
- 1986 – Karl Dedecius (translator); D. E. Sattler (Hölderlin scholar)
- 1987 – Volker Schlöndorff (film director); E. R. Nele (sculptor); Ev Grüger (painter)
- 1988 – Gabriele Wohmann (author)
- 1989 – Adolf Dresen (film director); Judith Rosenbauer (actor)
- 1990 – Horst Krüger (novelist); Egbert Strolka (Tänzer und Ballettmeister)
- 1991 – Horst Antes (painter und sculptor); Helmut Burmeister (museum director); Gerd J. Grein (museum director)
- 1992 – Eilke Brigitte Helm (physician); Marcel Ophüls (documentary director); Ensemble Modern
- 1993 – Hans-Albert Walter (philologist); F. K. Waechter (author); Heiner Goebbels (composer)
- 1994 – Lucius Burckhardt and Annemarie Burckhardt (sociologists); Peter Urban (translator); Adelheid Hoffmann and Hans-Jürgen „Slu“ Slusallek (galerists)
- 1995 – Margret Stuffmann (museum director); William Forsythe (choreographer); Karlheinz Braun (publicist)
- 1996 – Klaus Reichert (anglicist); Klappmaul Theater (youth theater company); Walter Boehlich (author and translator)
- 1997 – Odo Marquard (philosopher); Anna Viebrock (scenic designer); Ute Gerhard (sociologist, gender studies)
- 1998 – Wolf Singer (neuroscientist); Thomas Bayrle (painter); Mischka Popp and Thomas Bergmann (director)
- 1999 – Jürgen Habermas (philosopher); Marcel Reich-Ranicki (literary critic); Siegfried Unseld (publisher)
- 2000 – Barbara Klemm (photographer); Helga Fanderl (film director); José Luis Encarnação (information scientist)
- 2001 – Gottfried Kiesow (historic preservator); Paul Posenenske, Berthold Penkhues and Christoph Mäckler (architects)
- 2002 – Tabea Zimmermann (violist); Hans Zender (composer and conductor); Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt
- 2003 – Florian Illies (publicist); Nicolaus Schafhausen (curator); Til Schweiger (actor)
- 2004 – Andrea Breth (film director); Jürgen Holtz (actor); Klaus Völker (dramaturge)
- 2005 – no award
- 2006 – Christine Schäfer (soprano); Christoph Prégardien (tenor); Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)
- 2007 – René Block (galerist); Klaus Gallwitz and Klaus Herding (arts historians)
- 2008 – Wolfgang Diefenbach (orchestra director); Albrecht Beutelspacher (mathematician); Kindertheaterbürooo Kassel (Stefan Becker, Günter Staniewski)
- 2009 – Salomon Korn (Jewish community leader); Karl Lehmann (Cardinal); Peter Steinacker (former Protestant church leader); Navid Kermani (author, Islam scholar) rejected: Fuat Sezgin (Islam scholar)[1]
- 2010 – Rebecca Horn (visual artist)
- 2011 – Dieter Rams (designer); F. C. Gundlach (photographer); Gunter Rambow (visual artist)
- 2012 – Hilmar Hoffmann (former president of the Goethe-Institut)
- 2013 – Wolf D. Prix (architect)
- 2014 – Peter Härtling (author)
- 2015 – Artistic directors of documenta I–XIII
- 2016 – Andreas Scholl (countertenor) and Tamar Halperin (harpsichordist and pianist)[2]
- 2017 – Volker Mosbrugger (paleontologist) and Matthias Lutz-Bachmann (philosoph)
- 2018 – Margareta Dillinger and Johnny Klinke (Tigerpalast Frankfurt); Regina Oehler–van Gemmeren (science journalist hr), Andreas Platthaus (journalist FAZ) and Heike Schmoll (political correspondent FAZ)
- 2019 – Wolfgang Lorch and Andrea Wandel (Wandel Lorch Architekten, architects)[3]
- 2020 – Caricatura Museum Frankfurt and Caricatura Gallery in Kassel[4]
- 2021 – Sandra Ciesek and Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim[5]
- 2022 – Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken (director Freies Deutsches Hochstift)[6]
- 2023 – Bernd Loebe (intendant Oper Frankfurt)[7]
- 2024 – Mirjam Wenzel (director Jewish Museum Frankfurt)[8]
- 2025 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony[9]