Karl-Vossler-Preis Explained

From 1984 to 2002, the Free State of Bavaria biennially awarded its Karl-Vossler-Preis, named after Karl Vossler, to authors of scientific literature of distinguished literary quality written in German.^{[1] [2]} The award was aimed at fostering the status of German as an academic language and came with a prize money of 25,000 marks until 2000, and 12,500 Euros in 2002. It alternated with the Jean-Paul-Preis, another literary prize biennially awarded by Bavaria since 1983.

Laureates

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• 1984: Hubert Markl, biologist
• 1986: Josef Isensee, jurist
• 1988: Wolf Lepenies, sociologist
• 1990: Friedrich Cramer, biochemist
• 1992: Harald Weinrich, linguist
• 1994: Hans-Martin Gauger, philologist and linguist
• 1996: Arnold Esch, historian
• 1998: Peter Gülke, musicologist
• 2000: Dieter Borchmeyer, philologist and dramatician
• 2002: Otfried Höffe, philosopher

External links

• “Literaturpreise des Freistaates Bayern” at the website of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts (German)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karl-Vossler-Preis . Kulturpreise.de : Bayerischer Literaturpreis . de . 17 July 2021.
2. Web site: Erinnerung an den Romanisten Karl Vossler: Die Poesie des alten Europa . stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . 16 November 2016 . de . 17 July 2021.
3. Web site: Literaturpreise des Freistaats Bayern . Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst . de . 17 July 2021.