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TheSigmund Freud Prize orSigmund Freud Prize for Academic Prose (German:Sigmund Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa ) is a Germanliterary award named afterSigmund Freud and awarded by theDeutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Literature). It was first awarded in 1964.[ 1]
The Sigmund Freud Prize and philosophy [ edit ] In 1967, the Sigmund Freud Prize was awarded for the first time to a philosopher,Hannah Arendt . As of 2006[update] , ten of its recipients were philosophers writing in theGerman language , among themHannah Arendt (1967),Ernst Bloch (1975),Jürgen Habermas (1976),Hans-Georg Gadamer (1979),Hans Blumenberg (1980),Odo Marquard (1984),Günther Anders (1992),Kurt Flasch (2000),Klaus Heinrich (2002), andPeter Sloterdijk (2005).
The Sigmund Freud Prize is amongst the most prestigious academic prizes in Germany.
1964Hugo Friedrich , classicist 1965Adolf Portmann , zoologist 1966Emil Staiger , scholar of German language and literature 1967Hannah Arendt , philosopher 1968Karl Barth , Theologian 1969Bruno Snell , linguist (ancient languages) 1970Werner Heisenberg , physicist 1971Werner Kraft , literary historian 1972Erik Wolf , jurist (lawyer) 1973Karl Rahner , theologian 1974Günter Busch , art historian 1975Ernst Bloch , philosopher 1976Jürgen Habermas , philosopher 1977Harald Weinrich , classicist 1978Siegfried Melchinger , theatrical historian 1979Hans-Georg Gadamer , philosopher 1980Hans Blumenberg , philosopher 1981Kurt von Fritz , linguist (ancient languages) 1982Arno Borst , historian 1983Peter Graf Kielmansegg , political scientist 1984Odo Marquard , philosopher 1985Hermann Heimpel , historian 1986Hartmut von Hentig , education studies 1987Gerhard Ebeling , theologian 1988Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , physicist and philosopher 1989Ralf Dahrendorf , political scientist 1990Walther Killy , literary scholar 1991Werner Hofmann , art historian 1992Günther Anders , philosopher 1993Norbert Miller , literary scholar 1994Peter Gülke , musicologist 1995Gustav Seibt , historian 1996Peter Wapnewski , scholar of German language and literature 1997Paul Parin , ethno-psychologist 1998Ilse Grubrich-Simitis , psychologist 1999Reinhart Koselleck , historian 2000Kurt Flasch , philosopher 2001Horst Bredekamp , art historian 2002Klaus Heinrich , philosopher 2003Walter Burkert , classicist 2004Karl Schlögel , historian 2005Peter Sloterdijk , philosopher 2006Johannes Fried , historian 2007Josef H. Reichholf , evolutionary biologist 2008Michael Hagner , physician and historian of science 2009Julia Voss , art historian and journalist 2010Luca Giuliani , archeologist 2011Arnold Esch , historian 2012Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde , lawyer 2013Angelika Neuwirth ,Arabist 2014Jürgen Osterhammel , historian 2015Peter Eisenberg [de ] , linguist 2016Jan Assmann , Egyptologist 2017Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger , historian 2018Wolfgang Kemp [de ] , art historian 2019Thomas Macho [de ] , philosopher[ 2] 2020Ute Frevert , historian[ 3] 2021Hubert Wolf , church historian[ 4] [ 5] 2022Iris Därmann [de ] , philosopher[ 6] 2023Matthias Glaubrecht [de ] , science journalist[ 7] 2024Karl-Heinz Kohl [de ] , ethnologist and religious scholar 2025Dan Diner , historian and political writer[ 8]
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