German Language Culture Prize

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The German Language Culture Prize, which has been awarded since 2001, is one of the most highly endowed German language prizes with its Jacob Grimm Prize and consists of three awards.

It is supported and awarded by the Baden-Baden Eberhard Schöck Foundation and the German Language Association (VDS). The Theo Münch Foundation for the German Language also participated at times . The place of the award is Kassel . The award ceremony in 2020 is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Jacob Grimm Prize

The Jacob Grimm Prize for German Language has been awarded annually since 2001 to people who, like its namesake Jacob Grimm, “have made a special contribution to the recognition, further development and maintenance of German as a cultural language”. It is endowed with 30,000 euros (as of 2019).

Prize winners are:

  • 2001: Rolf Hochhuth (writer); "... for his services to the German language and his courageous public advocacy for its maintenance, its creative development and the safeguarding of its position as a foreign language in other countries ..."
  • 2002: Lyudmila Putina (then wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin ); "... for the maintenance of German as a foreign language in the Russian Federation ..."
  • 2003: Christian Meier (historian); "... linguistic discipline and appropriate style ..." and as the author of the book Language in Need? To the situation of today's German
  • 2004: Vicco von Bülow (Loriot) (writer); "... for his part in the linguistic and cultural assessment of the Germans of themselves and of people who look at the Germans from the outside ..."
  • 2005: Paul Kirchhof (retired constitutional judge); "... for his services to the language of law and German language law ..."
  • 2006: Günter de Bruyn "... for his services as a writer, librarian and editor", with his work he "promoted the spiritual and linguistic unity of the country".
  • 2007: Frank Schirrmacher (co-editor of the FAZ); "... for his linguistic achievements as a newspaper journalist and book author and in recognition of the linguistic culture of the feature pages of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which repeatedly sets standards ..."
  • 2008: (not awarded)
  • 2009: Cornelia Funke , because in her books “it's not just about an exciting plot, but also about the linguistic form” and she “enjoys playing with language, not least because of the titles of her books (e.g. Die Wilden Chickens , Inkheart , Captain Knitterbart) and the names of characters in their stories (e.g. Dustfinger, Shaggy Claw) ”shows.
  • 2010: Udo Lindenberg , "... because he has shown that you can be successful with demanding, beautiful rock lyrics in German."
  • 2011: Nora-Eugenie Gomringer , because she helped “a new form of poetry”, “slam poetry”, to become popular in Germany.
  • 2012: Peter Härtling , “... is one of the most diverse German-speaking authors today. He has made a name for himself as a journalist, critic and publisher, but especially as a poet and author for children and adults. "
  • 2013: Ulrich Tukur , ... he proves “that you can play wonderfully with the German language,” he is convincing not only as an actor, but also as an author and musician.
  • 2014: Dieter Nuhr (cabaret artist)
  • 2015: Asfa-Wossen Asserate (writer), "because he is a careful observer of the Germans, their manners and their language", "his elevated narrative tone is sensitive and stirring at the same time, always factual, but also ironic and sometimes wonderfully comical".
  • 2016: Katharina Thalbach : "Through her work on stage, Katharina Thalbach makes it clear that the power of language can generate feelings and moods."
  • 2017: Norbert Lammert ... "for the exemplary linguistic quality of his speeches". Lammert has mastered the art of political argument in speech and counter-speech like no other.
  • 2018: Die Fantastischen Vier for "their contribution to German-speaking hip-hop"
  • 2019: Peter Eisenberg for his "outstanding achievements in researching German grammar"

Initiative Prize German Language

The German Language Initiative Prize has been awarded annually since 2002 to people, groups or institutions that implement “ideas for the promotion and further development of the German language” or are “role models for good, clear German”. It is endowed with 5000 euros (as of 2019).

Prize winners are:

  • 2002: Association for educational work with immigrant children V. Osnabrück
  • 2003: DeutschMobil project
  • 2004: Peter Schlenter and Deville Schober, founders of the network for German-language music, literature and German film "Irgendwo in Deutschland"
  • 2005: District Administrator Axel Gedaschko for his efforts to create an administrative language that is close to the people
  • 2006: (not awarded)
  • 2007: German Library Helsinki
  • 2008: Marica Bodrožić "... for her sensitive and touching reflections on the rich expression that the German language, her second language, offers."
  • 2009: People First - Network People First Germany , "... that advocates 'easy language' in public."
  • 2010: Office of German-Moravian Literature at the Palacký University in Olomouc
  • 2011: Dieter Schönecker "... for his contribution to the scientific language German."
  • 2012: What do I have? ; "We are honoring the commitment to translating medical findings into language that is easy for helpless patients to understand."
  • 2013: (not awarded)
  • 2014: Mentor - Die Leselernhelfer "for voluntary work, the aim of which is to individually promote reading and language skills in adolescents and thereby create a basic requirement for social participation"
  • 2015: Part of Speech Ensemble (Dresdner Gesangsgruppe) "... for your language cultivation with special aesthetic power"
  • 2016: International dialect archive "Ludwig Soumagne"
  • 2017: Project “ Great! We sing "of the Verein Singen eV" for the overall social approach to encourage families and children to sing together and to participate in culture "
  • 2018: The campaign "It is better to talk to your child" of the network early help in Frankfurt "to sensitize parents to the needs of their children in times of constant smartphone consumption"
  • 2019: The music group Tonbandgerät from Hamburg for their "lifelike and light-emitting texts"

Institutional German Language Award

The Institutional German Language Prize has been awarded annually since 2001 to institutions or companies that strive for “clear and understandable German”. The price is undoped.

Prize winners are:

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Individual evidence

  1. No German Language Culture Prize this year , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on June 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Association of German Language for the Awarding of the Prize ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vds-ev.de
  3. Helmut Glück, Walter Krämer, Eberhard Schöck (Ed.): German Language Culture Prize - Speeches and Speeches . IFB Verlag Deutsche Sprache, Paderborn 2013, ISBN 978-3-942409-36-0 , p. 7 .
  4. ^ German Language Culture Prize - Winner 2014. Accessed on May 4, 2016 .
  5. ^ German Language Culture Prize - Prize Winners 2015. Accessed on May 4, 2016 .
  6. a b German Language Culture Prize - Prize Winner 2017. Accessed on November 8, 2018 .
  7. a b German Language Culture Prize - Prize Winner 2018. Accessed on November 8, 2018 .
  8. ^ German Language Culture Prize - Winner 2010. Accessed November 8, 2018 .
  9. Thomas Remlein: Prize for the German Summer. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse from October 10, 2016.

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