The Theodor Körner Prize (

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: ''Theodor-Körner-Preis'') is a set of annual

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n awards bestowed by the Theodor Körner Fund in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The prize is awarded at the

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. The prize is one of Austria's most prestigious awards in the

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s and

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History

In 1953, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Federal President Theodor Körner declined all gifts for him and asked that a fund be created instead for the promotion of arts and sciences.

Terms

Projects and works that may be submitted include scientific papers in the fields of humanities and culture, medicine, science and technology, law, social science and economics. In the arts field, works from

fine art In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function (such as ...

s, photography, literature, and

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an Originality, original piece or work of music, either Human voice, vocal or Musical instrument, instrumental, the musical form, structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new pie ...

are considered. With some exceptions, scientists and artists may not be older than 40 years. The prize is awarded for "work in progress" that is, the work submitted has not been completed. The decisive factor is the general scientific or artistic quality. The work must be completed within the deadline foreseen in the application. The projects are submitted to an independent advisory board composed of experts from the arts and sciences. Based on the board's recommendations, the trustees determine the winners. The amount of prize money is determined by the available funds and the number of submitted and eligible works. Two-thirds of the prize money is given at the awards ceremony, and one-third upon completion of the project.

Selected laureates

* Otto König (1954) *

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(1955) *

Gottfried von Einem Gottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. Bio ...

(1955) * Vera Ferra-Mikura (1956) * Helmut Zilk (1959) * Hertha Firnberg (1959) *

Herbert Tichy Herbert Tichy (1 June 1912 – 26 September 1987) was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber. Along with and Pasang Dawa Lama, Tichy made the first ascent of Cho Oyu on 19 October 1954. Tichy documented the climb in his bo ...

(1959) * Günther Nenning (1960) * Werner Ogris (1961) * Ortwin Gamber (1962) *

Friederike Mayröcker Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian writer of poetry and prose, radio plays, children's books and dramatic texts. She experimented with language, and was regarded as an avant-garde poet, and as one of the l ...

(1963) * Arnulf Rainer (1964) * Andreas Kohl (1966) * Werner Schneyder (1966) * Franz Kain (1966) * Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (1968) * Andreas Okopenko (1968) * Ingrid Leodolter (1969) * Ludwig Christian Attersee (1972) * Gottfried Helnwein (1974) * Ulrike Truger (1977) * Elfriede Gerstl (1978) * F. Scott Hess (1981) * Hubert Sielecki (1982) * Renée Schröder (1984) * Elfriede Czurda (1984) * Wolfgang Neuber (1985) * Barbara Neuwirth (1986) * Clemens Jabloner (1988) * Margot Pilz (1990) * Karin Berger (1991) * Robert Menasse (1992) * (1997) * Dine Petrik (1998) * Paul Videsott (2001) * Thomas Mölg (2003) * Erika Weinzierl (2004) *

Emmanuelle Charpentier Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier (; born 11 December 1968) is a French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. As of 2015, she has been a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. In 2018, sh ...

(2009)

References

External links

Homepage of the Theodor Körner Fund
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