Konrad Duden Prize
Konrad-Duden Prize is a German linguistics award presented by the City of Mannheim in cooperation with the Duden publisher. It honours individuals with special merits in the research and public understanding of the German language. The prize is endowed with €12,500 and is awarded every three years.
The prize is awarded by the Mannheim city council on the recommendation of a prize committee and is not open to applications.
History
The prize is named after German philologist Konrad Duden.In 2007, a special award was presented to the Goethe-Institut in connection with Mannheim's 400th anniversary celebrations.
Recipients
The following people and institutions have received the prize:- 1959 Leo Weisgerber
- 1961 Hans Glinz
- 1964 Hugo Moser
- 1966 Louis L. Hammerich and Gerhard Storz
- 1968 Gustav Korlén and Jost Trier
- 1970 Johannes Erben
- 1972 Hans Eggers
- 1974 Jean Fourquet
- 1976 Ludwik Zabrocki
- 1978 Heinz Rupp
- 1980 Peter von Polenz
- 1982 Hugo Steger
- 1984 Mirra Guchmann
- 1986 Harald Weinrich
- 1988 Wladimir Admoni
- 1990 Hans Jürgen Heringer
- 1992 Els Oksaar
- 1994 Gerhard Helbig
- 1996 Helmut Henne
- 1998 Ingo Reiffenstein
- 2000 Siegfried Grosse
- 2002 Hans-Werner Eroms
- 2004 Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen
- 2006 Heinrich Löffler
- 2007 Goethe-Institut
- 2008 Peter Eisenberg
- 2009 Institute for the German Language
- 2011 Peter Schlobinski
- 2014 Damaris Nübling
- 2017 Christian Fandrych
- 2020 Christa Dürscheid
- 2023 Helmuth Feilke