Marion Dönhoff Prize
The Marion Dönhoff Prize for international understanding and reconciliation has been awarded annually since 2003 by the weekly newspaper Die Zeit , the Zeit Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius and the Marion Dönhoff Foundation . The main prize honors personalities who work for understanding and reconciliation between peoples. In addition, a sponsorship award is given to organizations to support their ongoing projects. The award ceremony takes place on the first Sunday of Advent in the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
The prize is named after Marion Countess Dönhoff (1909–2002), who for decades was committed to understanding and reconciliation between peoples. In their spirit, the Marion Dönhoff Foundation, founded in 1988, is committed to promoting friendly relationships between Germans and citizens in Eastern Europe.
Until 2010 the main prize was endowed with 20,000 euros and the sponsorship award with 10,000 euros. From 2011 to 2014 the sponsorship award was endowed with 20,000 euros, the main award was awarded as an honorary award. Since 2015, both awards have been endowed with 20,000 euros each.
jury
The winners are proposed by the readers of the time . A jury then selects the winners from the proposals.
In 2010 the jury was composed as follows:
- Theo Sommer , former editor-in-chief of Zeit (chairman)
- Manfred Lahnstein , Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zeit Foundation
- Hermann Graf Hatzfeldt , Chairman of the Marion Dönhoff Foundation
- Helmut Schmidt
- Richard von Weizsäcker
- Janusz Reiter , Polish Ambassador to Germany a. D.
- Fritz Stern , historian
- Anne Will , television presenter
Members of the jury are currently (as of 2018):
- Matthias Naß , international correspondent of the time (chairman)
- Manfred Lahnstein, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zeit Foundation
- Friedrich Dönhoff , great-nephew of Marion Dönhoff, author, board member of the Marion Dönhoff Foundation
- Norbert Frei , historian
- Astrid Frohloff , television presenter
- Janusz rider
- Theo summer
- Anne Will
Award winners
| year | Grand Prize | Sponsorship award |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Donald Tusk | Fridays for Future |
| 2018 | Seyran Ateş | Reporters without borders |
| 2017 | The New York Times | Pulse of Europe |
| 2016 | Navid Kermani | Hanseatic Help eV |
| 2015 | Laura Poitras | Barada Syrienhilfe eV |
| 2014 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Bettina Landgrafe for the Madamfo Ghana Association |
| 2013 | Daniel Barenboim | Karoline Mayer for Cristo Vive Europe-Partner Latin America e. V. |
| 2012 | Karel Schwarzenberg | Stolpersteine project by Gunter Demnig |
| 2011 | Hildegard Hamm-Brücher | Steffi Graf for her Children for Tomorrow Foundation |
| 2010 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Baumgartsbrunn Farm School |
| 2009 | Fritz Stern | Kinderberg International Association |
| 2008 | Egon Bahr | Masifunde educational support |
| 2007 | Desmond tutu | Kreisau Initiative |
| 2006 | Bronislaw Geremek | Children's aid in Afghanistan |
| 2005 | Ruth Pfau | Young sound forum in Central Europe |
| 2004 | Gesine Swan | Maximilian Kolbe factory |
| 2003 | Rupert Neudeck | Home instead of Chernobyl eV |
Web links
- Marion Dönhoff Prize verlag.zeit.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ See preamble in the statutes of the Marion Dönhoff Foundation on marion-doenhoff.de.
- ↑ For information on funding, see the texts linked to the year in the table.
- ↑ See, for example, the call for proposals in 2004 (zeit.de) and the mention of reader participation on the occasion of the announcement of the 2018 award winners (presseportal.de).
- ↑ a b Michail Gorbatschow receives the Marion Dönhoff Prize zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, September 16, 2010.
- ↑ Marion Dönhoff Price verlag.zeit.de
- ↑ Donald Tusk and Fridays for Future awarded the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2019 zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, September 10, 2019.
- ↑ Seyran Ateş and Reporters Without Borders awarded the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2018 zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, December 2, 2018.
- ↑ New York Times and Pulse of Europe awarded the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2017. ZEIT Publishing Group, December 3, 2017, archived from the original on July 16, 2019 ; accessed on June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Navid Kermani receives the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2016 zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, September 6, 2016. See the report on the award ceremony on zeit.de, December 4, 2016, with videos.
- ↑ Laura Poitras receives the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2015 zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, September 10, 2015.
- ↑ Genscher receives Marion Dönhoff Prize dw.com, December 7, 2014.
- ↑ Hans-Dietrich Genscher accepts the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2014 retrospectively zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, November 24, 2015.
- ↑ Daniel Barenboim receives the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2013, the sponsorship prize goes to Sr. Karoline Mayer zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, September 5, 2013.
- ↑ 10 years Marion Dönhoff Prize: Awards go to Karl Schwarzenberg and the Stolpersteine project zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, October 1, 2012.
- ↑ Hildegard Hamm-Brücher receives the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2011 zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, September 9, 2011.
- ↑ Fritz Stern receives the Marion Dönhoff Prize 2009 - Promotion Prize goes to Kinderberg International eV presseportal.de, August 6, 2009.
- ↑ Marion Dönhoff Award 2003 - Main Prize Winner Neudeck: The personified 'principle of responsibility' zeit-verlagsgruppe.de, December 15, 2003.