Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
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 | Flag | Year | Awarded For |
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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. |
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (2030 ~ 2021)
Salman Rushdie
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2023
Serhiy Shadan
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2022
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2021
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Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (2020 ~ 2011)
Amartya Sen
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2020
Sebastiao Salgado
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2019
Aleida Assmann and Jan Assmann
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2018
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Margaret Atwood
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2017
Carolin Emcke
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016
Navid Kermani
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2015
Jaron Lanier
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2014
Svetlana Alexievich
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2013
Liao Yiwu
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2012
Boualem Sansal
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2011
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (2010 ~ 2001)
David Grossman
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2010
Claudio Magris
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2009
Anselm Kiefer
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2008
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Saul Friedlander
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2007
Wolf Lepenies
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2006
Orhan Pamuk
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2005
Peter Esterhazy
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2004
Susan Sontag
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2003
Chinua Achebe
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2002
Jürgen Habermas
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2001
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (2000 ~ 1991)
Assia Djebar
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2000
Fritz Stern
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1999
Martin Walser
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1998
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Yasar Kemal
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1997
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1996
Annemarie Schimmel
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1995
Jorge Semprun
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1994
Friedrich Schorlemmer
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1993
Amos Oz
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1992
György Konrad
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1991
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1990 ~ 1981)
Karl Dedecius
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1990
Vaclav Havel
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1989
Siegfried Lenz
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1988
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Hans Jonas
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1987
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1986
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1985
Octavio Paz
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1984
Manès Sperber
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1983
George F Kennan
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1982
Lev Kopelev
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1981
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1980 ~ 1971)
Ernesto Cardinal
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1980
Yehudi Menuhin
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1979
Astrid Lindgren
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1978
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Leszek Kolakowski
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1977
Max Frisch
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1976
Alfred Grosser
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1975
Frère Roger
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1974
Club of Rome
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1973
Janusz Korczak
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1972
Marion Countess Dönhoff
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1971
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1970 ~ 1961)
Alva Myrdal and Gunnar Myrdal
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1970
Alexander Mitscherlich
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1969
Leopold Sedar Senghor
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1968
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Ernst Bloch
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1967
Augustin Bea
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1966
Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1966
Nelly Sachs
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1965
Gabriel Marcel
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1964
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1963
Paul Tillich
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1962
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1961
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Laureates (1960 ~ 1950)
Victor Gollancz
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1960
Theodore Heuss
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1959
Karl Jaspers
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1958
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Thornton Wilder
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1957
Reinhold Schneider
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1956
Hermann Hesse
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1955
Carl Jacob Burckhardt
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1954
Martin Buber
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1953
Romano Guardini
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1952
Albert Schweitzer
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1951
Max Tau
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1950