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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.
1964 :Hugo Friedrich , classicist1965 :Adolf Portmann , zoologist1966 :Emil Staiger , scholar of German language and literature1967 :Hannah Arendt , philosopher1968 :Karl Barth , Theologian1969 :Bruno Snell , linguist (ancient languages)1970 :Werner Heisenberg , physicist1971 :Werner Kraft , literary historian1972 :Erik Wolf , jurist (lawyer)1973 :Karl Rahner , theologian1974 :Günter Busch , art historian1975 :Ernst Bloch , philosopher1976 :Jürgen Habermas , philosopher1977 :Harald Weinrich , classicist1978 :Siegfried Melchinger , theatrical historian1979 :Hans-Georg Gadamer , philosopher1980 :Hans Blumenberg , philosopher1981 :Kurt von Fritz , linguist (ancient languages)1982 :Arno Borst , historian1983 :Peter Graf Kielmansegg , political scientist1984 :Odo Marquard , philosopher1985 :Hermann Heimpel , historian1986 :Hartmut von Hentig , education studies1987 :Gerhard Ebeling , theologian1988 :Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , physicist and philosopher1989 :Ralf Dahrendorf , political scientist1990 :Walther Killy , literary scholar1991 :Werner Hofmann , art historian1992 :Günther Anders , philosopher1993 :Norbert Miller , literary scholar1994 :Peter Gülke , musicologist1995 :Gustav Seibt , historian1996 :Peter Wapnewski , scholar of German language and literature1997 :Paul Parin , ethno-psychologist1998 :Ilse Grubrich-Simitis , psychologist1999 :Reinhart Koselleck , historian2000 :Kurt Flasch , philosopher2001 :Horst Bredekamp , art historian2002 :Klaus Heinrich , philosopher2003 :Walter Burkert , classicist2004 :Karl Schlögel , historian2005 :Peter Sloterdijk , philosopher2006 :Johannes Fried , historian2007 :Josef H. Reichholf , evolutionary biologist2008 :Michael Hagner , physician and historian of science2009 :Julia Voss , art historian and journalist2010 :Luca Giuliani , archeologist2011 :Arnold Esch , historian2012 :Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde , lawyer2013 :Angelika Neuwirth ,Arabist 2014 :Jürgen Osterhammel , historian2015 :Peter Eisenberg [de ] , linguist2016 :Jan Assmann , Egyptologist2017 :Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger , historian2018 :Wolfgang Kemp [de ] , art historian2019 :Thomas Macho [de ] , philosopher[ 2] 2020 :Ute Frevert , historian[ 3] 2021 :Hubert Wolf , church historian[ 4] [ 5] 2022 :Iris Därmann [de ] , philosopher[ 6] 2023 :Matthias Glaubrecht [de ] , science journalist[ 7] 2024 :Karl-Heinz Kohl [de ] , ethnologist and religious scholar2025 :Dan Diner , historian and political writer[ 8]
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