Goethe Medal

Goethe Medal
The Goethe Medal, also known as the Goethe-Medaille, is a yearly prize given by the Goethe-Institut honoring non-Germans "who have performed outstanding service for the German language and for international cultural relations". It is an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. The prize used to be given on 22 March, the anniversary of Goethe's death. Since 2009, it has been given on 28 August, the anniversary of Goethe's birth. The first awards were made in 1955. In the intervening years, through 2018, a total of 348 women and men from 65 countries have been so honored. It is not to be confused with Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (1932–1944) and Goetheplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main.
Recent recipients
2021
Marilyn Douala Bell, Socio-economist
Toshio Hosokawa, Composer
Wen Hui, Choreographer
2020
Zukiswa Wanner, Writer, publisher and curator
Ian McEwan, Author
Elvira Espejo Ayca, Artist and museum director
2019
Enkhbat Roozon, Publisher, bookseller and political journalist
Shirin Neshat, Artist and filmmaker
Doğan Akhanlı, freelance author of novels and essays in Turkish, and a play in German
2018
Heidi Abderhalden and Rolf Abderhalden (Mapa Teatro), Colombian theater maker
Claudia Andujar, Brazilian photographer and activist
Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
2017
Urvashi Butalia, Indian feminist and historian
Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer
Irina Shcherbakova, Russian historian and journalist
2016
Akinbode Akinbiyi, British-Nigerian photographer
Yurii Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer and translator
David Lordkipanidze, Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist
2015
Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, Syrian philosopher and writer
Neil MacGregor, British art historian and former museum director
Eva Sopher, German-Brazilian cultural entrepreneur
2014
Krystyna Meissner, Polish director
Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
Gerard Mortier, (posthumously) Belgian opera director
2013
S. Mahmoud Hosseini Zad, Persian translator of German literature.
Naveen Kishore, publisher of Seagull Books.
Petros Markaris, Greek novelist.
2012
Irena Veisaitė
Bolat Atabayev
Dževad Karahasan, Bosnian writer
2011
John le Carré
Adam Michnik
Ariane Mnouchkine
2010
Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher
Fuad Rifka
John Spalek
2009
Lars Gustafsson
Victor Scoradet
Sverre Dahl
2008
Gholam Dastgir Behbud
Bernard Sobel
John E. Woods
2007
Daniel Barenboim
Dezső Tandori
Kim Min-ki
2006
Vera San Payo de Lemos
Giwi Margwelaschwili
Said
2005
Samuel Assefa
Ruth Klüger
Dmytro Zatonsky
Yoko Tawada
Simone Young
2004
Mohan Agashe
Kevin Willie
Imre Kertész
Paul Michael Lützeler
Anatoli A. Michailow
Sergio Paulo Rouanet
2003
Lenka Reinerová
Jorge Semprún
2002
Werner Michael Blumenthal
Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt
Francisek Grucza
Touradj Rahnema
Antonio Skármeta
2001
Adonis
Sofia Gubaidulina
Gerardo Marotta
Werner Spies
2000
Nicholas Boyle
György Konrád
Daniel Libeskind
Sara Sayin
George Tabori
Abdel-Ghaffar Mikkawy
Other notable recipients
20th century recipients are:
1961: :fr:Robert Minder
1963: :pl:Marian Szyrocki
1967: Peter Jørgensen
1968: Gertrud Seidmann
1969: :nl:Cornelis Soeteman
1970: Pierre Bertaux
1973: Chetana Nagavajara
1976: Pierre-Paul Sagave, Elichi Kikuchi, Waichi Sakurai, John Asher, Ingerid Dal
1982: Ekrem Akurgal, :de:Werner Kraft
1983: Bruno Bettelheim
1985: Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Johannes Edfelt
1987: Gordon A. Craig, Pierre Boulez, Pavica Mrazović
1988: George Mosse, Pierre Bourdieu, Giorgio Strehler
1989: Ernst Gombrich
1990: György Ligeti, Thomas Messer, :pl:Hubert Orłowski, Eda Sagarra, Hilde Spiel
1991: Leslie Bodi, Jan Hoet, Panagiotis Kondylis, Eduardo Paolozzi, Hans Sahl
1992: Elisabeth Augustin, Karl Raimund Popper, :cs:Hugo Rokyta
1993: Michel Tournier
1994: István Szabó, Billy Wilder
1995: Isang Yun, Hermann von der Dunk
1996: Jan Křen
1997: Nam June Paik, Rolf Liebermann
1998: Ralf Dahrendorf
1999: Dani Karavan, Leoluca Orlando, Jiří Gruša
References
External links
of The Goethe-Medal
Awards established in 1955
German awards
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1955 establishments in West Germany
Goethe-Institut