Art and culture prize of the German Catholics

The German Catholics' Art and Culture Prize is the Catholic Church's highest award in the cultural sector. This cultural award was founded in 1990 by the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) and the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) . Since then, it has been awarded every two to four years by the chairman of the DBK and the president of the ZdK. With the award, the donors want to “sharpen cultural awareness in the church and strengthen the religious dimension in today's pluralistic culture”. It is awarded in various cultural categories ( literature , architecture , music , film , visual arts and theater ) and is endowed with 25,000 euros.

Award winners

• 1990 - Literature: Andrzej Szczypiorski
• 1994 - Architecture: Karljosef Schattner
• 1998 - Music: Petr Eben and Bertold Hummel
• 2001 Film: Theo Angelopoulos
• 2004 - Fine Arts: Gerhard Richter
• 2008 - Drama: Ursula Ehler-Dorst and Tankred Dorst
• 2011 - Architecture: Peter Zumthor
• 2014 - Literature: Ralf Rothmann
• 2017 - Music: Mark Andre

Web links

• Homepage of the German Bishops' Conference on the price

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Award ceremony 2011 ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with texts, documents and exhibition information) on the website of the German Bishops' Conference , accessed on October 28, 2011. 
2. ↑ The Catholic Church honors Ralf Rothmann: "Meister der Antihelden" , Börsenblatt-Magazin for the German book trade from October 20, 2014, accessed October 21, 2014