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

1. ↑ Claus Peymann receives Lessing Prize for criticism. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of December 7, 2011, p. B4
2. ↑ Award: Lessing Prize for documentary filmmaker Dieter Wieland on www.br.de
3. ↑ Elizabeth T. Spira receives Lessing Prize for Criticism 2018 ( Memento from December 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), volksblatt.at from December 15, 2017

Web links

• List of award winners on the Lessing Academy eV website
• About the Lessing Prize for Criticism on the website of the Braunschweigische Stiftung (formerly Stiftung NORD / LB Public ) ( Memento from September 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )