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THE GERMAN BOOK TRADE ASSOCIATION

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is an international peace prize . The award is presented annually at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the Paulskirche ( Frankfurt am Main ) to a personality “who has made an outstanding contribution to the realization of the idea of peace, primarily through their work in the fields of literature, science and art.”The Peace Prize is awarded by the German Book Trade Association and comes with prize money of 25,000 euros. The honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book fair in the world, is associated with international publicity. In 2023, the awards ceremony was held on October 22nd; The award went to the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie .The Peace Prize goes back to the initiative of a few writers and publishers in 1949 and was first awarded in Hamburg in 1950 as the “Peace Prize of German Publishers”. In 1951 it became a price for the entire book trade by the German Book Trade Association. It was awarded posthumously for the first time in 1972. The award winners are determined by the Board of Trustees. Suggestions can come from anyone and must be sufficiently justified and documented.

Sl	Name	Country	Year	Awarded For
77	Karl Schlögel	Germany	2025	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
76	Anne Applebaum	United States	2024	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
75	Salman Rushdie	India	2023	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
74	Serhiy Shadan	Ukrine	2022	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
73	Tsitsi Dangarembga	Zimbabwe	2021	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
72	Amartya Sen	India	2020	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
71	Sebastiao Salgado	Brazil	2019	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
70	Aleida Assmann and Jan Assmann	Germany	2018	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
69	Margaret Atwood	Canada	2017	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
68	Carolin Emcke	Germany	2016	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
67	Navid Kermani	Germany	2015	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
66	Jaron Lanier	United States	2014	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
65	Svetlana Alexievich	Belarus	2013	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
64	Liao Yiwu	China	2012	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
63	Boualem Sansal	Algeria	2011	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
62	David Grossman	Isreal	2010	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
61	Claudio Magris	Italy	2009	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
60	Anselm Kiefer	Germany	2008	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
59	Saul Friedländer	Isreal	2007	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
58	Wolf Lepenies	Germany	2006	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
57	Orhan Pamuk	Turkey	2005	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
56	Péter Esterházy	Hungary	2004	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
55	Susan Sontag	United States	2003	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
54	Chinua Achebe	Nigeria	2002	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
53	Jürgen Habermas	Germany	2001	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
52	Assia Djebar	Algeria	2000	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
51	Fritz Stern	United States	1999	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
50	Martin Walser	Germany	1998	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
49	Yasar Kemal	Turkey	1997	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
48	Mario Vargas Llosa	Dominica	1996	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
47	Annemarie Schimmel	Germany	1995	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
46	Jorge Semprún	Spain	1994	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
45	Friedrich Schorlemmer	Germany	1993	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
44	Amos Oz	Isreal	1992	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
43	György Konrád	Hungary	1991	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
42	Karl Dedecius	Germany	1990	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
41	Václav Havel	Czech	1989	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
40	Siegfried Lenz	Germany	1988	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
39	Hans Jonas	Germany	1987	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
38	Wladyslaw Bartoszewski	Poland	1986	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
37	Teddy Kollek	Isreal	1985	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
36	Octavio Paz	Mexico	1984	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
35	Manès Sperber	Australia	1983	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
34	George F. Kennan	United States	1982	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
33	Lew Kopelew	Germany	1981	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
32	Ernesto Cardenal	Nicaragua	1980	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
31	Yehudi Menuhin	United States	1979	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
30	Astrid Lindgren	Sweden	1978	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
29	Leszek Kolakowski	Poland	1977	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
28	Max Frisch	Switzerland	1976	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
27	Alfred Grosser	Germany	1975	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
26	Frère Roger	Switzerland	1974	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
25	Club of Rome	Italy	1973	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
24	Janusz Korczak	Poland	1972	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
23	Marion Gräfin Dönhoff	Germany	1971	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
22	Alva und Gunnar Myrdal	Germany	1970	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
21	Alexander Mitscherlich	Germany	1969	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
20	Léopold Sédar Senghor	France	1968	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
19	Ernst Bloch	Germany	1967	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
18	Kardinal Augustin Bea	Germany	1966	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
17	Willem Vissert 't Hooft	Netherlands	1966	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
16	Nelly Sachs	Germany	1965	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
15	Gabriel Marcel	France	1964	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
14	Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker	Germany	1963	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
13	Paul Tillich	United States	1962	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
12	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	India	1961	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
11	Victor Gollancz	United Kingdom	1960	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
10	Theodor Heuss	Germany	1959	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
9	Karl Jaspers	Germany	1958	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
8	Thornton Wilder	United States	1957	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
7	Reinhold Schneider	Germany	1956	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
6	Hermann Hesse	Germany	1955	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
5	Carl Jacob Burckhardt	Switzerland	1954	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
4	Martin Buber	Australia	1953	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
3	Romano Guardini	Germany	1953	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
2	Albert Schweitzer	France	1951	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.
1	Max Tau	Germany	1950	Commitment to serving the international understanding between nations and cultures through knowledge and literature.

THE GERMAN BOOK TRADE ASSOCIATION

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1980 ~ 1971)

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1970 ~ 1961)

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1960 ~ 1950)

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