Lessing Prize for Criticism
The Lessing Prize for Criticism has been awarded every two years since 2000 by the Lessing Academy e. V. and the Braunschweig Foundation . Analogous to Lessing's critical activity, it does not only distinguish subject-specific criticism, but rather criticism in the broader sense .
The main prize is endowed with 15,000 euros. At the same time, a sponsorship prize is awarded, which is determined by the main prize winner; it is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Members of the jury are: Franziska Augstein , Peter Burschel, Cord-Friedrich Berghahn, Ulrike Sprenger, Joachim Block, Daniel Fulda. (Wilfried Barner died in 2015, the new director of the HAB, Peter Burschel, succeeds the retired director Schmidt-Glinzer in the jury, the new president of the Lessing Academy Cord-Friedrich Berghahn follows the retired former president Erich Unglaub.)
Award winners
- 2000: Karl Heinz Bohrer ; Michael Maar's sponsorship award
- 2002: Alexander Kluge ; Advancement award for the St. Petersburg cello duo: Mikail Degtiarev and Kirill Timofejev
- 2004: Elfriede Jelinek ; Prize for Antonio Fian
- 2006: Moshe Zimmermann ; Sponsorship award for Sayed Kashua
- 2008: Peter Sloterdijk ; Advancement award for Dietmar Dath
- 2010: Kurt Flasch ; Advancement award for Fiorella Retucci
- 2012: Claus Peymann ; Advancement award for the actress Nele Winkler from the RambaZamba theater
- 2014: Hans-Ulrich Wehler ; Sponsorship award for Albrecht von Lucke
- 2016: Dieter Wieland ; Sponsorship award for Thies Marsen
- 2018: Elizabeth T. Spira ; Advancement award for Stefanie Panzenböck
- 2020: Ines Geipel ; Promotional awards for Ekaterina Melnikova, Ekaterina Pavlenko, Margarita Maslyukova
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claus Peymann receives Lessing Prize for criticism. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of December 7, 2011, p. B4
- ↑ Award: Lessing Prize for documentary filmmaker Dieter Wieland on www.br.de
- ↑ Elizabeth T. Spira receives Lessing Prize for Criticism 2018 ( Memento from December 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), volksblatt.at from December 15, 2017