Awardees

Awardees 2018

Heidi and Rolf Abderhalden © Archive Mapa Teatro

Colombia
Mapa Teatro

Theatre-makers [more …]
Claudia Andujar © Katharina von Ruckteschell-Katte

Brazil
Claudia Andujar

Photographer, artist and human rights activist [more …]
Péter Eötvös © Szilvia Csibi

Hungary
Péter Eötvös

Composer, Conductor and Professor [more …]

Awardees 2017

Urvashi Butalia © Maik Schuck

India
Urvashi Butalia

Publisher, writer and women’s rights activist [more …]
Emily Nasrallah © Maik Schuck

Lebanon
Emily Nasrallah

Writer [more …]
Irina Scherbakowa © Maik Schuck

Russia
Irina Scherbakowa

Historian and civil rights activist [more …]

Awardees 2016

Akinbode Akinbiyi Photo: Maik Schuck

Nigeria/Germany
Akinbode Akinbiyi

Photographer and curator  [more …]
Yurii Andrukhovych Photo: Maik Schuck

Ukraine
Yurii Andrukhovych

Writer, poet, essayist and translator  [more …]
David Lordkipanidze Photo: Maik Schuck

Georgia
David Lordkipanidze

Paleoanthropologist and museum director [more …]

Awardees 2015

Syria
SADIK AL-AZM

Philosopher and author [more …]

Great Britain
Neil MacGregor

Art Historian, Director of the British Museum [more …]
Eva Sopher Photo: Tiago Trindade

Brazil
Eva Sopher

Cultural manager, president of the Fundação Theatro São Pedro [more …]

Awardees 2015

Krystyna Meissner Copyright: Bartłomiej Sowa

Poland
Krystyna Meissner

Director, theatre manager, festival director [more …]
Gerard Mortier Copyright: Javier Del Real

Belgium, (*1943, † 2014)
Gerard Mortier

Opera director [more …]
Robert Wilson Foto: Maik Schuck

USA
Robert Wilson

Director and visual artist [more …]

Awardees 2013

S. Mahmoud Hosseini Zad Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Iran
S. Mahmoud Hosseini Zad

Translator and author [more …]
Naveen Kishore Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

India
Naveen Kishore

Publisher [more …]
Petros Markaris Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Greece
Petros Markaris

Writer [more …]

Awardees 2012

Irena Veisaitė Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Lithuania
Irena Veisaitė

Literary and theatre scholar [more …]
Bolat Atabayev Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Kazakhstan
Bolat Atabayev

Theatre director [more …]
Dževad Karahasan Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dževad Karahasan

Writer [more …]

Awardees 2011

John le Carré Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Great Britain
David Cornwell alias John le Carré

Writer [more …]
Ariane Mnouchkine Copyright: Michèle Laurent

France
Ariane Mnouchkine

Stage director [more …]
Adam Michnik Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Poland
Adam Michnik

Journalist [more …]

Awardees 2010

Ágnes Heller Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Hungary
Ágnes Heller

Philosopher [more …]
Fuad Rifka Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

Lebanon
Fuad Rifka

Poet, philosopher and translator [more …]
John M. Spalek Copyright: Goethe-Institut/Maik Schuck

USA
John M. Spalek

Specialist in German studies [more …]