Thuringian fairy tale and legend award
The Thuringian fairy tale and legends award “Ludwig Bechstein” is a culture award from the city of Meiningen .
The prize has been awarded every two years since 2001 as part of the Thuringian fairy tale and legends festival, which takes place every autumn in the Meiningen Theater Museum . For the first few years, the award ceremony was the fairytale Meininger Schloss Landsberg . The occasion for the first award ceremony was the 200th birthday of the Meiningen librarian and fairy tale and legend collector Ludwig Bechstein . The prize honors people who have made a contribution to the research, maintenance, processing, communication and dissemination of fairy tales and legends and to the culture of storytelling in various communicative forms. The winners are selected by a jury. In 2011, the prize was awarded to an English-speaking fairy teller for the first time.
The prize figure represents the brave little tailor , created by the artist Eva Skubin based on an illustration by Adolf Emil Ludwig Bechstein, a son of Ludwig Bechstein. It is donated by the hotelier Uwe Klein. The award, endowed with 2500 euros, is provided by the Rhön-Rennsteig-Sparkasse and the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen - Thüringen .
Fairy tale and legend festival
The Thuringian fairy tale and legends festival takes place every year from the last weekend in October until Christmas in the southern Thuringian town of Meiningen. The main organizer and main venue is the city and district library " Anna Seghers " Meiningen. Other venues are the theater foyer and various locations. The festival focuses on fairy tales from all over the world and free storytelling. With numerous events, it offers children, young people and adults the opportunity to experience the whole variety of cheerful, sensual and serious fairy tales.
The highlight of the fairy tale and legend festival is the fairy tale symposium at the end of November in the Meiningen Volkshaus . On this day, lectures by cultural scientists and writers as well as several workshops on the topic will take place. The symposium is organized by the city of Meiningen and the library in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena , the Institute for Folklore / Cultural History and the Association for Reading Signs Jena. As part of this symposium , the fairy tale and legends prize is awarded every odd year.
A special feature is the Meiningen Advent calendar from December 1st to December 24th. The 15 windows and the entrance gate of the library function as Advent doors , which show illuminated, colored fairy tale motifs after opening the numbered shutters . The eight windows on the upper floor have double shutters. December 24th is the entrance gate. Every evening the corresponding door is opened with a ceremony and a fairy tale for the children present.
Award winners
- 2001: Kristin Wardetzky (Berlin)
- 2003: Margarete Möckel (Jena)
- 2005: Sabine Kolbe (Berlin) and Suse Weisse (Potsdam)
- 2007: Klaus Ensikat (Berlin)
- 2009: Jürgen Janning (Münster)
- 2011: Jan Blake (London, England)
- 2013: Heinz Rölleke (Grimm researcher, Wuppertal)
- 2015: Mensah Weckenon Tokponto ( Benin )
- 2017: Nazli Çevik Azazi (Istanbul, Turkey)
- 2019: Ruth B. Bottigheimer (Boston, USA)
Web links
- City of Meiningen - Thuringian fairy tale and legend festival
- Reading in Germany Thuringian fairy tale and legends festival.
- Daily newspaper Thüringer Allgemeine - Fairy Tale Symposium 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Section - Website of the city of Meiningen
- ↑ Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen
- ^ Daily newspaper Thüringer Allgemeine - Awarding of the Thuringian Fairy Tale and Legends Prize to the storyteller Jan Blake, who is of American origin.
- ↑ Die Welt , Thueringer Märchen-und-Sagenpreis goes to Nazli Cevik Azazi.
- ↑ insuedthueringen.de Thuringian Fairy Tale Prize goes to the American Ruth B. Bottigheimer from Boston.