Goethe medal
The Goethe Medal is an award that has been awarded annually since 1955 by the Goethe Institute for services to foster the German language abroad and to promote international cultural cooperation. It has been an official order of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1975 . According to Article 2 of the Statute for the award of the Goethe Medal (cf. BGBl. 2009 I p. 522, 523 ), the medal is usually awarded for “special scientific or literary, didactic, organizational services that mediate between German culture or benefit the culture of the partner countries ”. It is only given to Germans in exceptional cases. The day of the award is (since 2008) the birthday ofJohann Wolfgang von Goethe on August 28th .
Award winners
Previous winners (selection )
- Camilla Lucerna (1955)
- Eben Gowrie Waterhouse (1957)
- Walter Horace Bruford (1958)
- Eugen Löffler (1958)
- Richard Samuel (1958)
- Robert Minder (1961)
- Franz Thierfelder (1961)
- Walter A. Berendsohn (1963)
- Jean Fourquet (1963)
- Pierre-Paul Sagave (1963)
- Marian Szyrocki (1963)
- Max Grasmann (1964)
- Gustav Korlén (1965)
- Roy Pascal (1965)
- Vittorio Santoli (1965)
- Richard Wolf (1965)
- Herman Meyer (1966)
- Ladislao Mittner (1966)
- Eduard Goldstücker (1967)
- Viktor Schirmunski (1967)
- Erich Heller (1968)
- Robert Schinzinger (1968)
- Heinz Politzer (1969)
- Cornelis Soeteman (1969)
- Pierre Bertaux (1970)
- William G. Moulton (1970)
- Max Wehrli (1970)
- Peter Demetz (1971)
- Udo Rukser (1971)
- Nishitani Keiji (1972)
- Viktor Žmegač (1974)
- Bernhard Böschenstein (1975)
- Joseph Breitbach (1975)
- Alfred Grosser (1975)
- Pierre-Paul Sagave (1976)
- Rudolf Ernst Keller (1981)
- Li Guohao (1982)
- Werner Kraft (1982)
- Alokeranjan Dasgupta (1985)
- Johannes Edfelt (1985)
- Gordon A. Craig (1987)
- Pavica Mrazović (1987)
- Theodore Ziolkowski (1987)
- Pierre Boulez (1987)
1990
- Eda Sagarra , Head of the Institute for German Studies, Trinity College Dublin
- György Ligeti , composer
- Hilde Spiel , writer, translator and journalist
- Hubert Orlowski , Professor of German Studies, University of Poznan
- Thomas Messer , art historian
1991
- Hans Sahl , writer, translator and journalist
- Leslie Bodi , Head of the German Department, Monash University Melbourne
- Panajotis Kondylis , publisher
- Sir Eduardo Paolozzi , sculptor
- Jan Hoet , curator, artistic director Documenta IX
1992
- Hugo Rokyta , literary historian and monument conservator
- Sir Karl Raimund Popper , philosopher and science theorist
- Elisabeth Augustin , writer
1993
- Adam Krzemiński , Germanist and publicist
- José Maria Carandell , essayist and writer
- Michel Tournier , writer
- Patrice Chéreau , theater and film director
1994
- Paolo Chiarini , Full Professor of German Studies, University of Rome La Sapienza
- István Szabó , film director
- Graciela Paraskevaídis , composer
- Billy Wilder , film director
- Per Øhrgaard , Professor of German Philology, University of Copenhagen
1995
- Ada Brodsky , author and translator
- Laila Naim , writer and philosopher
- José Maria Perez Gay , writer and translator
- Naum Kleiman , film historian
- Isang Yun , composer
- Hermann Walther von der Dunk , historian
1996
- Suzanne Pagé , art historian
- Philip Brady , Head of the Faculty of German Studies, University of London
- Naoji Kimura , Chair of German Studies, Sophia University Tokyo
- İoanna Kuçuradi , philosopher
- Jan Křen , historian
1997
- Gian Enrico Rusconi , political scientist
- Rolf Liebermann , composer and author
- Nam June Paik , video artist and composer
- Sebastian K. Bemile , linguist, Germanist and translator
- Miguel Sáenz Sagaseta de Ilúrdoz , author and translator
1998
- Ralf Dahrendorf , journalist and cultural scientist
- Sudhir Karar , psychoanalyst and book author
- Takashi Oshio , Professor of German Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo
- Joao Barrento , essayist, translator and literary critic
- Claire Kramsch , Professor of German Studies, University of Berkeley
1999
- Michel Bataillon , theater maker
- Dani Karavan , painter, sculptor, installation artist
- Leoluca Orlando , lawyer and politician
- Jiří Gruša , writer, poet and diplomat
- Andrei Pleșu , theologian and politician
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Daniel Barenboim , Israeli pianist and conductor
- Dezső Tandori , Hungarian writer and translator
- Min'Gi Kim , South Korean theater director, director and songwriter
2008
- Gholam Dastgir Behbud , Afghan Germanist
- Bernard Sobel , French theater director
- John E. Woods , American translator
2009
- Lars Gustafsson , Swedish writer and philosopher
- Victor Scoradeţ , Romanian theater critic and translator
- Sverre Dahl , Norwegian translator
2010
- Ágnes Heller , Hungarian philosopher
- Fuad Rifka , Lebanese translator, poet and philosopher
- John Spalek , American German studies scholar and researcher in exile
2011
- John le Carré , British writer
- Adam Michnik , Polish publicist
- Ariane Mnouchkine , French theater director
2012
- Bolat Atabaev , Kazakh author, theater director and human rights fighter
- Dževad Karahasan , Bosnian writer, dramaturge, essayist and literary scholar
- Irena Veisaitė , Lithuanian theater scholar
2013
- Mahmoud Hosseini Zad , Iranian writer and translator
- Naveen Kishore , Indian publisher and artist
- Petros Markaris , Greek author and President of the National Book Center of Greece
2014
- Krystyna Meissner , Polish director and general manager
- Gerard Mortier , Belgian opera and theater director
- Robert Wilson , American director
2015
- Sadik Al-Azm , Syrian philosopher and author
- Neil MacGregor , British art historian and museum director
- Eva Sopher , Brazilian cultural manager and president of the Theatro São Pedro Foundation
2016
- Akinbode Akinbiyi , Nigerian photographer
- Jurij Andruchowytsch , Ukrainian writer
- Dawit Lortkipanidze , Georgian Museum Director
2017
- Urvashi Butalia , Indian publisher
- Emily Nasrallah , Lebanese writer
- Irina Scherbakowa , Russian civil rights activist
2018
- Heidi and Rolf Abderhalden (siblings), Colombian theater makers (Mapa Teatro, Bogotá )
- Claudia Andujar , Swiss-Brazilian photographer and human rights activist
- Péter Eötvös , Hungarian composer and conductor
2019
- Doğan Akhanlı , German writer of Turkish origin
- Shirin Neshat , artist and filmmaker from Iran
- Enkhbat Roozon , Mongolian publisher, bookseller and political publicist
2020
- Elvira Espejo Ayca , Bolivian artist and museum director
- Ian McEwan , British writer
- Zukiswa Wanner , South African writer, publisher and curator
2021
- Marilyn Douala Bell , Cameroonian-French social economist
- Toshio Hosokawa , Japanese composer
- Wen Hui , Chinese dancer and choreographer
literature
- Uwe Brückner: The Goethe Medal from the Goethe Institute and the reuse of an old jewelry tool . In: Orders and Medals. Das Magazin für Freunde der Phaleristik, Ed .: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde , Issue 81, 14th year, Hof / Saale 2012. ISSN 1438-3772.
See also
- Goethe Medal for Art and Science , an award donated by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg in 1932, which was awarded until 1944.