Saarland Art Prize
The Saarland Art Prize is the most important cultural prize in this German state.
The prize is awarded every two years by the Saarland Minister for Education, Culture and Science to recognize outstanding artistic achievements. The prize, endowed with € 7,500, is awarded alternately in the fields of music, literature and the visual arts; it is not advertised, applications are not possible. The prize can also be awarded to young artists (up to 40) as a sponsorship prize. The prizewinner should have his / her place of residence in Saarland , be born in Saarland or be connected to the cultural life of the state. The respective award winner is determined according to a procedure prescribed in the statutes: a seven-person committee of experts prepares candidate proposals, then a five-person jury recommends the award winner. The proposal is confirmed by the minister.
The Saarland Art Prize was first awarded in 1959, initially on an annual basis. It is considered the most important cultural award in the state.
Award winners
- 1959 Heinrich Konietzny (music)
- 1960 Gustav Regulator (literature)
- 1961 Fritz Zolnhofer (visual arts)
- 1962 Johannes Driessler (music)
- 1964 Edgar Jené (visual arts)
- 1965 Clemens Kremer and Manfred Kelkel (music, sponsorship award)
- 1966 Ludwig Harig (literature)
every two years from 1966!
- 1968 Max Mertz (visual arts)
- 1970 Clemens Kremer (music)
- 1972 Eugen Helmlé (literature)
- 1974 Karl Hanus (fine arts, architecture)
- 1976 Gerd Boder (music)
- 1978 Oskar Holweck (visual arts)
- 1980 Hans Zender (music)
- 1982 Felicitas Frischmuth (literature)
- 1984 Leo Kornbrust (visual arts)
- 1986 Theo Brandmüller (music)
- 1988 Johannes Kühn (literature / poetry)
- 1990 Boris Kleint (visual arts)
- 1992 Rolf Riehm (music)
- 1994 Alfred Gulden (literature)
- 1996 Ulrike Rosenbach (visual arts)
- 1998 Tzvi Avni (music)
- 2000 Arnfrid Astel (literature)
- 2002 Hanns Schönecker (visual arts, architecture)
- 2004 Siegmund Nimsgern (music)
- 2006 Sibylle Knauss (literature)
- 2008 Leo Erb (visual arts)
- 2010 Christoph Poppen (music)
- 2012 Marie-Luise Scherer (literature)
- 2014 Werner Bauer (visual arts)
- 2016 Gustav Rivinius (music)
- 2018 Christopher Ecker (literature)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarland Art Prize to Marie-Luise Scherer . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of March 22, 2012
- ^ Gustav Rivinius receives Saarland Art Prize . In SR.de on September 30, 2016
literature
In June 2007, the Saarland state government (Head of the State Chancellery and Minister for Education, Culture and Science) published a compendium with 26 individual portraits of the 1959-2006 award winners. The author of the portraits is the Saarland writer, playwright, songwriter and filmmaker Alfred Gulden . The 26 portraits are contained in a slipcase. The compendium serves the Saarland state government as an official honorary gift, it was not published in bookshops.
Web links
- Saarland Art Prize on saarland.de