Culture Prize of the Province of Burgenland

The Burgenland Culture Prize honors artists and cultural workers in Burgenland .

The Burgenland Culture Prize has been awarded since 1975. The categories are literature and journalism (since 1975), music (since 1975), fine arts (since 1975), adult education and the like. Popular culture (since 1975), science (since 1977), cultural journalism (1979–1985) and performing arts, photography, film, video (since 1986).

Culture Prize 1975

• Rudolf Klaudus as the first prize winner

Culture Prize 1978

• Franz Erntl

Culture Prize 1983

• Rudolf Kedl
• Jan Rys Culture Prize for Literature

Culture Prize 1984

• Klara Köttner-Benigni (literature)

Culture Prize 1988

• Josef Berghofer (literature)

Culture Prize 1989

• Sidonia Gall (literature and journalism)

Culture Prize 1992

• Hellmut Andics (literature)

Culture Prize 1993

• Wolfgang R. Kubizek (music)

Culture Prize 1995

• Günter Unger (literature)
• Harald Prickler (Science)

Culture Prize 1998

• Paul Blaha (literature), Fria Elfen-Frenken , Toni Stricker (music), Rudolf Buczolich (performing arts)

Culture Prize 2001

• Heinz Vegh (literature), painter Annelie Wagner

Culture Prize 2004

Jakob Perschy gave the laudation

• Frank Hoffmann (performing arts, film and video), Gertraud Liesenfeld (adult education and folk culture), Harro Pirch (visual arts and photography), Friederike Spitzenberger (science), Juttareiber (literature and journalism), Franz Zebinger (music).

Culture Prize 2007

• Stefan Helmut Milletich (literature)

Culture Prize 2011

• Helene Flöss (literature and journalism), Gidon Kremer (music), Heinz Bruckschwaiger (art and photography), Peter Huber (science), Thomas Mühlgassner (adult education and popular culture), director Wolfgang Böck (performing arts, film and video).

Culture Prize 2013

• Karl Messner (music), Erwin Moser (literature and journalism), Josef Haubenwallner (adult education and folk culture), Gerald Schlag (science), Franz Vass (visual arts and photography), Liz King (performing arts, film and video)

Culture Prize 2014

• Elisabeth Waglechner (music)

Culture Prize 2015

• The author Peter Wagner and the composer Ferry Janoska refused to hand over the award by Governor Hans Niessl in protest against the Niessl IV provincial government , but not the award itself.

Culture Prize 2016

• Julius Koller (* 1950 in Stegersbach; music)
• Marianne Gruber (literature and journalism)
• Hans Spiess (* 1944 in Baden; adult education and folk culture)
• Alois Herzig (Scientific Director of the National Park and the Illmitz Biological Station; Science)
• Wolfgang Horwath (painter and graphic artist; visual arts and photography)
• Christa Prets (Performing Arts, Film and Video)

Culture Prize 2019

• Clara Prickler (folk culture)
• Günther Stefanits (Science)
• Hans Lunzer (adult education)
• Stefan Horvath (literature)
• Stefan Lentsch (music)
• Harald Serafin (performing arts)
• Sepp Laubner (visual arts)
• Robert Schneider (visual arts)

Without a year

• Gottfried Kumpf
• Margit Pflagner
• Gerhard Baumgartner (* 1957 in Oberwart) (science and research)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1983 Rudolf Kedl
2. ^ Artist profile of Fria Elfen-Frenken
3. ↑ 2001 Annelie Wagner ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2013 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. 
4. ^ LH Niessl: "I'm proud of the Burgenland art and culture scene" December 20, 2004
5. ↑ Burgenland Cultural Awards 2011 awarded on January 21, 2011
6. ↑ Hans-Christian Siess: 2013 Cultural Awards of the State ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 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. burgenland.at, October 22, 2013 
7. ↑ Artists do not accept culture awards . Article dated June 19, 2015, accessed November 11, 2015.
8. ↑ 2016 cultural prizes awarded by the state . Article dated December 15, 2016, accessed September 6, 2017.
9. ↑ The state's cultural prizes awarded. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .