The Friedrich Nietzsche Prize or Friedrich-Nietzsche-Preis is a German
literary award named after
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...
and awarded by the state of
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...
. It was first awarded in 1996 for a German-language essayistic or philosophical work.
The Friedrich Nietzsche Prize is endowed with 15,000 euros.
It is awarded by the Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt on the basis of proposals by an international jury.
The Friedrich Nietzsche Prize is one of the most highly endowed awards in Germany, awarded exclusively for philosophical and essayistic achievements.
The International Friedrich Nietzsche Prize replaces the Friedrich Nietzsche Prize awarded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt between 1996 and 2012.
Recipients
* 1995
Eugenio Trías, Barcelona
* 1996
Wolfgang Müller-Lauter, Berlin
* 1998 , Basel
* 2000
Rüdiger Safranski
Rüdiger Safranski (born 1 January 1945) is a German philosopher and author.
Life
From 1965 to 1972, Safranski studied philosophy (among others with Theodor W. Adorno), German literature, history and history of art at Goethe University i ...
, Berlin
* 2002
Marie-Luise Haase, Berlin and
Michael Kohlenbach, Basel
* 2004
Durs Grünbein
Durs Grünbein (born 1962) is a German poet and essayist.
Life and career
Durs Grünbein was born and grew up in Dresden. He studied Theater Studies in East Berlin, to which he moved in 1985.
Since the Peaceful Revolution nonviolently toppled ...
, Berlin
* 2006
Silvio Vietta
Silvio Vietta (born 7 August 1941, in Berlin) is a German scholar and professor emeritus of the University of Hildesheim. His work has concerned itself principally with German literature, philosophy and European cultural history. His main areas of ...
, Hildesheim
* 2009 , Freiburg
* 2012
Andreas Urs Sommer, Heidelberg
* 2015
Martin Walser
Martin Walser (; born 24 March 1927) is a German writer.
Life
Walser was born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, on Lake Constance. His parents were coal merchants, and they also kept an inn next to the train station in Wasserburg. He described the ...
, Überlingen
* 2017 , Zürich
* 2019
Ágnes Heller, New York / Budapest
* 2022
Bettina Stangneth
Bettina Stangneth (born 1966) is a German philosopher. Known for her work on antisemitism and National Socialism, she is the author of several books, including '' Eichmann Before Jerusalem'' (2014), which won an NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis (non-fict ...
, Hamburg
References
External links
List of Award Winners
{{German literary awards
Friedrich Nietzsche
German non-fiction literary awards
Philosophy awards