page_title: Carolin Emcke
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Carolin Emcke / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Carolin Emcke, deutsche Publizistin
context_page_description: Carolin Emcke is a German author and journalist who worked for Der Spiegel from 1998 to 2006, often writing from areas of conflicts. In 2008 she published Stumme Gewalt in memory of Alfred Herrhausen, who was murdered, probably by the Red Army Faction, in 1989. In 2013 she published her autobiography, How We Desire. She was awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels in 2016.
context_section_description: 2005: Political Book Prize of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
  2006: Advancement award of the Ernst-Bloch-Preis
  2008: Theodor Wolff Prize
  2010: Otto Brenner Prize for critical journalism
  2010: "Journalist of the Year" 2010, Medium Magazin
  2014: Johann Heinrich Merck Prize
  2015: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Prize, Free State of Saxony
  2016: Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
caption: Emcke in 2010
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