Joseph Roth Prize

The Austro-French journalist prize "Joseph Roth" (formerly: Joseph Roth Prize for International Journalism , also International Journalism Prize Klagenfurt ) is an award named after the writer Joseph Roth for journalists who promote a better mutual understanding of political, economic and cultural life in France and Austria .

From 1985 to 1997 it was awarded in the context of the international journalism competition of the city of Klagenfurt . The initiator, founder and subsequently also a member of the jury was Humbert Fink . The award was based on the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Literature, which was also initiated by Humbert Fink and awarded by the City of Klagenfurt . The selection criteria were "the clarity and quality of the language and the intelligibility, the plausibility of the message". In addition, the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Sport awarded a special prize worth 75,000 schillings.

Since 1998 the Joseph Roth Prize has been part of an Austro-French action plan drawn up by the embassies of the two countries in October 1997 to deepen mutual relations. The sponsors are the Association of Austrian Newspapers , the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), Bank Austria , the Association de la presse diplomatique and Le Monde . The prize is “awarded to an Austrian or a French journalist for journalistic achievements that have contributed to a better mutual understanding of political, economic and cultural life in France and Austria and to deepening bilateral relations”. The prize is now endowed with EUR 3,700, which was donated by Bank Austria Creditanstalt . The jury, chaired by Paul Lendvai , editor-in-chief and co-publisher of the Europäische Rundschau , consists of seven people: the representatives of the organizers as well as the Austrian ambassador in Paris and the French ambassador in Vienna.

Award winners

The prize has been awarded to the following authors and journalists, among others:

Austro-French Journalism Award:

• 2005: Daniel Vernet ( Le Monde )
• 1999: Eva Twaroch , foreign correspondent for ORF
• 1998: Françoise Lepeltier (Le Figaro)

International Journalism Prize:

• 1997:
• 1996: Carmen Butta , Andrian Kreye , Dieter Thomä (Prize for essay writing)
• 1995: Uwe Schmitt
• 1994: Hania Luczak ( GEO )
• 1993: Andrian Kreye , Andrea Kästle
• 1992: Rudolph Chimelli , Christoph Dieckmann
• 1991: Eva Karnofsky
• 1990: Al Imfeld , Sylvia Kabus
• 1989:
• 1988: Ralph Dutli
• 1987: Axel Hacke
• 1986: Tilman Spengler , Marga Swoboda
• 1985: Margrit spokesman

Year of award unknown:

• Kuno Kruse
• Sabine Rückert
• Jacqueline Hénard
• Hans Werner Kilz

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Harpprecht: ZEIT ONLINE . In: The time . No. 42/1997 ( online ).
2. ↑ Life and work "Humbert Fink"
3. ^ Margret Lünenborg: Quality in journalism. A research overview ( memento of the original from March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Literature by and about the Joseph Roth Prize in the catalog of the German National Library