Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize
The Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize is a literary prize that was donated by the cities of Thorn (Toruń) and Göttingen in 1996. It is named after the Polish linguist Samuel Bogumił Linde and annually honors German and Polish writers or humanities scholars who have achieved “understanding, reconciliation and friendly affection for their neighbors”.
The award is endowed with 5,000 euros each (2020) and is awarded annually alternately in the two partner cities.
Award winners
- 1996 Wisława Szymborska and Günter Grass
- 1997 Zbigniew Herbert and Karl Dedecius
- 1998 Tadeusz Różewicz and Siegfried Lenz
- 1999 Ryszard Kapuściński and Christa Wolf
- 2000 Hanna Krall and Marcel Reich-Ranicki
- 2001 Jan Józef Szczepański and Henryk Bereska
- 2002 Andrzej Stasiuk and FC Delius
- 2003 Włodzimierz Kowalewski and Barbara Köhler
- 2004 Hubert Orłowski and Klaus Zernack
- 2005 Paweł Huelle and Hans Joachim Schädlich
- 2006 Sławomir Mrożek and Tankred Dorst
- 2007 Ewa Lipska and Sarah Kirsch
- 2008 Olga Tokarczuk and Ingo Schulze
- 2009 Adam Zagajewski and Durs Grünbein
- 2010 Adam Krzemiński and Karl Schlögel
- 2011 Wiesław Myśliwski and Herta Müller
- 2012 Andrzej Bart and Stephan Wackwitz
- 2013 Eustachy Rylski and Brigitte Kronauer
- 2014 Janusz Rudnicki and Wilhelm Genazino
- 2015 Stefan Chwin and Marie-Luise Scherer
- 2016 Kazimierz Brakoniecki and Jan Wagner
- 2017 Magdalena Tulli and Juli Zeh
- 2018 Navid Kermani and Małgorzata Szejnert
- 2019 Christoph Hein and Szczepan Twardoch
- 2020 Dea Loher and Dorota Masłowska