Johannes-Saß-Preis is a German scientific and literary prize, named after

Johannes Sass Johannes Sass (also in German: Saß) born in Hamburg, died ) was a linguist who specialized in the Low German language. He obtained his doctorate in 1926 from the University of Hamburg. Significance in Low German Although Low German has no off ...

, a

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

who specialized in the

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

language. It was first awarded in 1986.

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German literary awards Awards established in 1986 1986 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub de:Johannes Saß#Sonstiges