Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim

German award

The Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim has been awarded by the City of Mannheim since 1954.[1] It was donated on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the National Theatre.[2] The prize is awarded every two years and endowed with €20,000.[1] It is awarded for "outstanding contribution to cultural development".[1] Supported by a jury, the municipal council decides the winner.[3] From 27 July 1783 to 9 April 1785, Friedrich Schiller lived and worked as a theater poet in Mannheim.[4] Schiller's The Robbers was premiered 1782 in Mannheim.[5]

Recipients

Source:[6]

  • 1954 Mary Wigman
  • 1956 Jürgen Fehling
  • 1958 Friedrich Dürrenmatt[7]
  • 1960 Theodor Eschenburg
  • 1962 Elisabeth Bergner
  • 1964 Golo Mann
  • 1966 Carl Wurster
  • 1968 Hartmut von Hentig
  • 1970 Ida Ehre
  • 1972 Peter Handke
  • 1974 Horst Janssen
  • 1978 Peter Stein
  • 1982 Leonie Ossowski
  • 1986 Dieter Hildebrandt
  • 1990 Lea Rosh
  • 1994 Alfred Grosser
  • 1998 Wolfgang Menge
  • 2002 Frank Castorf
  • 2005 Rhythm Is It!
  • 2006 Nico Hofmann
  • 2010 Jan Philipp Reemtsma
  • 2012 Silvia Bovenschen[8]
  • 2014 Georg Stefan Troller
  • 2016 Klaus Theweleit[9]
  • 2018 Uwe Timm[3]
  • 2020 Christian Petzold[2]
  • 2022 Emine Sevgi Özdamar[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Schillerpreis". Mannheim.de (in German). Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Filmregisseur Petzold erhält Schillerpreis". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 6 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Lennartz, Annette (16 April 2018). "Uwe Timm: Mit Schiller tief verbunden". Südwestrundfunk (in German). Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Kulturpreise.de : Schillerpreis der Stadt Mannheim". Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards (in German). Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Neues in der Theaterwelt". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 13 January 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Mannhein Schiller Preis – Preisträger" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Friedrich Dürrenmatt". Der Spiegel (in German). 17 March 1959. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Silvia Bovenschen erhält Schillerpreis der Stadt Mannheim". www.Metropolnews.info (in German). Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Klaus Theweleit erhält den Schillerpreis". Mannheim.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ^ Reyk, Nicola (19 August 2022). "Schiller-Preis für Emine Sevgi Özdamar". WDR (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Schillerpreis der Stadt Mannheim überreicht". Mannheim.de (in German). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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