Herder Prize
The Herder Prize, established in 1963 and named for Johann Gottfried von Herder, is a prestigious international prize, dedicated to the promotion of scientific, art and literature relations, and presented to scholars and artists from Central and Southeastern Europe whose life and work have improved the cultural understanding of European countries and their peaceful interrelations.
The jury is composed of German and Austrian universities. Financing for the Herder Award (which raises to 15,000 €) is ensured by the Alfred Töpfer Foundation in Hamburg. The awards are traditionally presented at the University of Vienna each year and handed over by the President of Austria. The awarded has also the right to make a nomination for an one-year Herder scholarship (900-1000 € monthly) at an Austrian university.
In 2007, the Herder Prize will merge with another fund creating a new European culture prize worthing 75,000 € and designed to encourage young European artists.
List of recipients
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| 1965 | Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer László Németh, Hungarian writer |
| 1966 | Ján Cikker, Slovak composer |
| 1967 | Witold Lutosławski, Polish Composer Mihai Pop, Romanian ethnologist |
| 1968 | Lajos Vayer |
| 1969 | Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist |
| 1970 | Gyula Illyés, Hungarian poet and novelist |
| 1971 | Zaharia Stancu, Romanian writer |
| 1972 | Gyula Ortutay, Hungarian ethnographer Virgil Vătăşianu, Romanian art historian |
| 1973 | Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet, essayist and moralist |
| 1975 | Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet |
| 1976 | Dezső Keresztury, Hungarian writer, poet Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian composer |
| 1977 | Eugen Barbu, Romanian novelist, playwright and journalist Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer |
| 1978 | Béla Gunda, Hungarian ethnographer |
| 1979 | Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer |
| 1980 | Emil Condurachi, Romanian academician, historian |
| 1981 | Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet, writer |
| 1982 | Ana Blandiana, Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure Imre Varga, Hungarian sculptor |
| 1983 | Jozef Jankovič, Slovak sculptor György Konrád, Hungarian novelist and essayist (1984?) Adrian Marino, Romanian literary critic Stoimen Stoilov, Bulgarian artist |
| 1984 | Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor |
| 1985 | Adrian Marino, Romanian literary critic, historian and theoretician |
| 1986 | Tekla Dömötör Anatol Vieru, Romanian composer |
| 1987 | József Ujfalussy, Hungarian aesthete |
| 1988 | Ana Blandiana, Romanian poet Constantin Noica, Romanian philosopher and essayist |
| 1990 | András Vizkelety, Hungarian philologist |
| 1991 | Marin Sorescu, Romanian poet, playwright, and novelist Stoimen Stoilov, Bulgarian artist |
| 1994 | Sándor Kányádi, Hungarian poet (1995?) Zigmas Zinkevičius, Lithuanian linguist and historian |
| 1995 | Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, essayist and translator |
| 1996 | Konstantin Iliev, Bulgarian dramatist |
| 1997 | Ferenc Glatz, Hungarian academician, professor |
| 1998 | Imre Bak, Hungarian artist Andrei Corbea Hoişie, Romanian philologist |
| 1999 | Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet, editor and dissident István Fried Svetlana Alexievich, Byelorussian investigative journalist |
| 2000 | Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer Milan Kundera, Czech writer |
| 2001 | Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer Janez Bernik, Slovenian painter János Böhönyey, Hungarian architect Marek Kopelent, Czech composer |
| 2002 | Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer |
| 2003 | Drago Jančar, Slovenian novelist and dramatist Károly Manherz, Hungarian germanist, linguist, professor Ana Maria Zahariade, Romanian architect |
| 2004 | Éva Pócs, Hungarian ethnographer |
| 2005 | Károly Klimó, Hungarian artist Hanna Krall, Polish journalist and writer Primoz Kuret, Slovenian historian and musicologist Jir¡ í Kuthan Andrei Marga, Romanian professor, philosopher Eimuntas Nekrošius, Lithuanian theater director Krešimir Nemec, Croatian literary critic |
| 2006 | Wlodzimierz Borodziej, Polish historian Nicos Hadzinikolau Gabriela Kilianova, Slovak ethnologist Ene Mihkelson, Estonian writer Vojteh Ravnikar, Slovenian architect, professor |