Peter Weiss Prize

The Peter Weiss Prize is a culture prize that is awarded every two years by the City of Bochum in memory of the writer, painter, graphic artist and experimental filmmaker Peter Weiss .

It has been awarded in the theater, literature, film and visual arts categories since 1990 and is endowed with 15,000 euros (as of 2019).

Award winners

Milo Rau at the presentation of the Peter Weiss Prize, December 2017

1990 - George Tabori
1992 - Marcel Ophüls
1994 - Elfriede Jelinek
1996 - Jochen Gerz
1998 - Christoph Hein
2000 - Kurt Huebner
2002 - Harun Farocki
2004 - Hans Haacke
2006 - Ingo Schulze
2008 - Dimiter Gotscheff
2010 - Rosemarie Trockel
2012 - Fatih Akın
2014/15 - Ulrich Peltzer
2017 - Milo Rau
2019 - Otobong Nkanga

Individual evidence

↑ The idea of freedom in art. Dimiter Gotscheff receives the “Peter Weiss Prize” ( memento of the original from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 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. , April 14, 2008

↑ The City of Bochum awards two Peter Weiss Prizes in 2016, accessed on June 10, 2016

[1] The idea of freedom in art. Dimiter Gotscheff receives the “Peter Weiss Prize” ( memento of the original from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 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. , April 14, 2008

[2] The City of Bochum awards two Peter Weiss Prizes in 2016, accessed on June 10, 2016